Poland / Polska » Societies & Groups

Arbeitsgemeinschaft ostdeutscher Familienforscher e. V. / Association of East German Genealogists eV

Czestochowa-Radomsko Area Research Group - CRARG

CRARG finds, translates, types, and organizes databases of records from the late 1700s through the mid 1900s, and gives these databases to JRI-Poland, Yad Vashem, and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Czestochowa-Radomsko Area Research Group (CRARG)

Research to find, type, and index Holocaust survivor lists and death lists from around Poland (about 50,000 records so far). Research to find, type, and index lists of Jewish residents of Czestochowa, Radomsko, and a growing list of nearby towns (about 200,000 records so far). Research in Poland, the group is based in Springfield, Ohio.

East European Genealogical Society

Winnipeg, Canada.

FEEFHS - Foundation for East European Family History Studies

Górnośląskie Towarzystwo Genealogiczne / Upper Silesian Genealogical Society

Institute of National Remembrance: Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes Against the Polish Nation

Poland. Preserving the memory of the losses suffered by the Polish Nation as the result of World War 2 and the post-war period.

Jewish Family History Foundation

Works to preserve, acquire, translate and disseminate Jewish records from the archives and other repositories in eastern Europe. The major ongoing project is putting the 18th Century censuses of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania/Kingdom of Poland into an online database. Translating early 19th Century Russian revision lists on which Jewish families first had surnames, to serve as bridge records to the 18th Century lists where families did not have them. Provides support to family history researchers who establish groups to study the history of their ancestral towns and family origins.

Kashubian Association of North America

Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Kielce-Radom SIG

Jewish genealogy special interest group researching the southern Russian Polish regions of the Kielce and Radom gubernias.

Kindertransport Association

Organization of child holocaust survivors who were sent, without their parents, out of Austria, Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia to Great Britain.

Polish Falcons

A fraternal benefits society.

Polish Genealogical Society of America

The PGSA is a leading resource for researchers and individuals seeking to learn more about their Polish ancestry, and to connect and network with like-minded individuals. PGSA publishes the quarterly journal RODZINY, maintains a Facebook Group page, holds an annual conference in the greater Chicago area, and offers quarterly webinars on topics of interest to Polish for members and non-members alike.

Polish Genealogical Society of California - PGSCA

Polish Genealogical Society of Connecticut and the Northeast

Includes searchable database of over 100,000 names transcribed from Polish (and some non-Polish) cemeteries from across New England and the Northeast U.S.

Polish Genealogical Society of Massachusetts

The PGSMA was founded to assist and unite people in researching their ancestry. We hold educational and cultural events three times a year and have an active on-line community.

Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan

The Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan is dedicated to assisting the public with Polish research particularly as it relates to Detroit, Wayne County Michigan and Michigan Polonia.

Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota

We maintain a book & map collection; sponsor monthly meetings and summer activities; conduct parish records research; and publish a quarterly newsletter.

Polish Genealogical Society of New York State

Polish Genealogical Society of Texas

Organized in 1982 to promote genealogical research among individuals of Polish heritage. Goals of the society are to unite Polish researchers, share information, publish Texas research for previously undocumented and unexplored areas, educate others on Polish-Texan history, sponsor trips to Polish Settlements in Texas, sponsor workshops on historical and genealogical topics relevant to Poles in Texas.