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Upcoming Events

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Are you curious about your Family History and want to know more, but just don't have the ability or time to do the research yourself? Would you like to discover what interesting things might have happened to your Ancestors?

How much do you know about your ancestors? Were they pioneers, entrepreneurs, immigrants looking for a better life or just for religious freedom? What challenges did they face, what was their day-to-day life like? Do you know what motivated them to come to America?

Do you look like your ancestors? What characteristics or traits have you inherited from your ancestors? And what can they teach you about yourself and about your own life patterns and choices?


These are some of the questions that encourage us to gain more knowledge about our ancestors. Are there additional questions that have motivated you to explore your family history?

If you are curious about who your ancestors are and what places and events shaped their lives, then you have come to the right place. Genealogy research can help you learn about your family's unique history, traditions, origins, and how those things led to your life.

Allow The Genealogy Assistant be your guide on a voyage into the past. The Genealogy Assistant offers a number of genealogical and historical research services that can be tailored to meet your needs to can help you in the search for your ancestors. For us the reward is in the journey, whether we are researching your ancestors or our own.

The 25th Anniversary of the PGSMA This Weekend

DSC07035This year The Polish Genealogical Society of Massachusetts (PGSMA) will be celebrating it's 25th year anniversary by holding a day long event entitled "An Eastern European and Polish Genealogical Roadshow" on June 21, 2014 at the Polish Center of Discovery and Learning in Chicopee, MA. You will find me there on Saturday and will be joining other genealogists do some short one on one consultations to help guide those people who are stuck in their research and want to learn how to proceed in their research.

The Roadshow will run from 10am to 4pm and will feature four speakers and there will be several stations that participants can visit throughout the day to address specific topics or problems with their research. The speakers will be presenting a variety of topics that are geared to both beginners and advanced researchers. Individual working stations will include the following: Find your Village, Map Your Village, Surname Sign-Up, Translation Station, Scanning Old Photographs, Working with Census Records, Navigating Through the LDS Records, and more! Genealogists will be on hand all day to help with dead ends or roadblocks that participants may have encountered. 

Due to overwhelming demand and limited space, no further registrations can be accepted for this event. PGSMA plans to hold similar events in the future. Stay tuned for those future events.

They have a new genealogy room at the Polish Center for Discovery and Learning in Chicopee, MA. The PSGMA genealogy room collections represent a cross section of the material culture of Poland. Our library has been moved to the Center, along with some historic maps and helpful genealogical resources. The Center itself has a wonderful collection of displays throughout the building. If you have Polish Ancestry, schedule some time to visit the Center to view all the displays.



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