Polish Institute of Culture and Research at Orchard Lake

3535 Commerce Rd.

Orchard Lake, Michigan

Her email:  tjleszcz@gmail.com.

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The speaker will be Steve J. Hanley, "The Psychogenealogist".  Whether you have been researching your family tree for decades or are just starting today, at some point you will likely want to share your discoveries with family, friends, and maybe the world.  This talk will focus on three areas: finding, writing, and sharing (blogging, social media, etc.) your family history (with special emphasis on the writing and sharing).

 

 

The Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan and the Utica Heritage Association will sponsor a historical walk at the St. Lawrence Cemetery in Shelby Township on Sunday, June 23 at 2 p.m. The cemetery organized in 1878, is located on the east side of Auburn Road, north of West Utica Road, and near Mound Road. Life stories of past residents from the Utica area will be featured. 

Patricia Hallman, PGSM Director will conduct the tour of the St Lawrence Cemetery-Utica Cemetery. 

 

There is limited parking in the back of the cemetery or across the street in the lot of the former AAA office. For more information, go to www.pgsm.org or email uticaheritage@gmail.com

 

Kamila Mazurek will give a lecture on locating ancestors through gazetteers and surname distribution maps. 

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Every day new genealogy information flows into our environment. Keeping current means pausing occasionally to catch our breath and catch up. With a nod toward these needs, this program aims to refresh our view of some prominent sources, examine a few new ones, and see how they can best be used in tandem. Equally important, we will also look at how and to what extent we might want to alter our search strategies to get maximum benefit from our research efforts.

 

Our review will be led by Patricia Yocum, librarian emerita at the University of Michigan.  An avid researcher of Polish genealogy and research consultant, Patricia is committed to helping others trace their family lines and learn about their heritage. Her studies of Polish immigrants from villages in Galicya have been published and well received in talks given in Massachusetts, Florida, and Michigan. Emphasizing the role of primary records, she has spoken about search strategies and sources with people beginning their research as well as those who are well advanced. A member of PGSM for many years, Patricia currently serves in the Society’s Research Assistance program and has spoken with us several times in the past.

 

 

 

DNA Workshop with Richard Hill           

Richard Hill discovered the power of DNA during his long search for biological ancestors. His DNA Workshop will introduce us to the leading genetic genealogy tests and compare them on how well they perform specific functions. He will also describe the key factors that will impact our results and share his favorite third-party resources. A Question and Answer session will follow.

 

Mr. Hill’s talks have been well received by libraries, genealogy groups and DNA conferences, including the 7th International Conference on Genetic Genealogy sponsored by Family Tree DNA, the world’s first Family History and DNA conference held in conjunction with the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree, and Who Do You Think You Are? LIVE in England.

Because this meeting will be a workshop on DNA, bring your questions and personal quandaries about DNA, and any DNA test results you have had done.  This will be important in order for our expert, Richard Hill, to help answer your questions.