{"id":6088,"date":"2009-09-20T23:30:59","date_gmt":"2009-09-21T06:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=6088"},"modified":"2009-09-20T23:30:59","modified_gmt":"2009-09-21T06:30:59","slug":"the-2009-conference-of-the-polish-genealogical-society-of-america-%e2%80%93-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/6088","title":{"rendered":"The 2009 Conference of the Polish Genealogical Society of America &#8211; Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2009 Conference of the Polish Genealogical Society of America (PGSA) ended on Saturday. I attended four lectures out of the thirteen offered:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kahlile Mehr &#8211; &#8220;Online Databases of the Polish State Archives&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Loretto Dennis\u00c2\u00a0Szucs and Julianna Szucs Smith &#8211; &#8220;A Dozen Ways to Jumpstart a Family History Project&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Loretto Dennis Szucs &#8211; &#8220;They Became Americans &#8211; Finding Naturalizations and Ethnic Origins&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Loretto Dennis Szucs &#8211; &#8220;Hidden Sources for finding Family Stories&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I attended all three lectures that Loretto (Lou) Szuczs presented in the afternoon. It was sort of my &#8220;afternoon with Lou Szucs&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6089\" style=\"width: 378px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Lou-Szucs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6089\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6089  \" title=\"Loretto (Lou) Dennis Szucs\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Lou-Szucs-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Loretto (Lou) Dennis Szucs\" width=\"368\" height=\"245\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6089\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Loretto (Lou) Dennis Szucs<\/p><\/div>\n<p>SOURCE: Loretto (Lou) Dennis Szucs (Schaumburg, Cook County, Illinois. Photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 19 September 2009.<\/p>\n<p>I skipped one lecture I had planned to attend by Michael Miko\u015b on &#8220;The Partitions of Poland and What They Meant to Our Ancestors&#8221; because I was meeting with a Polish translator, getting help with an 18th century mortgage document from Poland and, by the time I made it over to the lecture hall, all seats were taken.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the lectures, the conference attendees were treated to a lunchtime banquet where the PGSA presented several awards and the attendees watched a performance of traditional Polish dances by the Wici Dancers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2009 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2009 Conference of the Polish Genealogical Society of America (PGSA) ended on Saturday. 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