PHSR is a member of:

• Kosciuszko Foundation
• The Polish American Congress
• American Council for Polish Culture

Current Rochester Polonia Organizations/Resources

• Polish Heritage Society of Rochester
• St. Stanislaus Church, 34 St. Stanislaus Street, Rochester. On the web, see: Polish Arts Festival site.
• St. Casimir's Polish National Church, 500 Simpson Road, Rochester, 585-338-7920.
• Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies, University of Rochester.
• Polish Falcons Nest 52, meets at Ira Jacobsen American Legion Post, 90 St. John Place.
• Polish National Alliance, Lodge 512, meets at St. Stanislaus Church, 34 St. Stanislaus Street.
• Krakow-Rochester Sister Cities Committee
• Polish Scouting Organization, meets at St. Stanislaus Church.
• Polonia Civic Centre, meets at St. Stanislaus Church.

Education and Heritage:

• Christmas Traditions
• Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies (also, Facebook)
• Polish-American Heritage on the Niagara Frontier
• Rochester Sister Cities
• Buffalo Folklore and Martin Biniasz's Buffalo history site.
• American Council for Polish Culture

Genealogy:

• Polish Genealogical Society of America - The PGSA website has a great deal of helpful information, including publications and data bases. Society members also offer limited help with research. Increasingly, there are researchers/companies in Poland that provide service to American genealogists, including help with locating and translating records in Poland. The PGSA website lists some of these.
• A helpful book is "Going Home: A Guide to Polish American Family History Research" by Jonathan Shea (available for purchase on the PGSA website).
• Polish Genealogical Society of Western New York - Buffalo.
• Jewish genealogy website.
• Rochester Genealogical Society - They meet monthly (except in the summer). Their members include people who have been doing genealogical research for many years and are very knowledgeable about how to trace family roots.
• History at Home: A Guide to Genealogy - a beginner's guide with lots of links.
• Genealogy: The Complete Resource Guide
• How to Use DNA Testing to Trace Your Family Tree
• How to Preserve Your Family Treasures
• How to Handle Antique Textiles and Costumes
• Preserving and Passing On Your Values: How to Create a Family Heirloom
• 13 Fun Family Traditions: Examples and Ideas
• Guide to Finding the Best DNA Ancestry Test
• Ellis Island, official web pages of the Nation Park Service

Historical:

• Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin
• Battle of Grunwald
• Ignacy Jan Paderewski
• Solidarity
• Smolensk plane crash
• Kathleen Urbanic's book about Rochester's Polish Americans is: Shoulder to Shoulder: Polish Americans in Rochester, NY, 1890-2000
• Polish American Congress, Washington Metropolitan Area Division, see this site for translations of recent speeches about the Warsaw Uprising 60th anniversary.
• Prominent Poles