Presentation 2 - Toledo Polish Genealogical Society

TOLEDO POLISH
GENEALOGICAL
SOCIETY
LIBRARY
a place to reunite with family!
Presented by-Marlene Hardman
TPGS librarian and Vice President
WHERE
WE ARE
LOCATED
The TPGS Library is
located in the old
St. Michael School Building
at 420 Sandusky St.
Off Summit and on the
Corner of Sandusky & Cleveland
Sts. in North Toledo.
SOMETHING ABOUT US
TPGS was formed in 2002 from a group of local residents who were interested in genealogy
and in preserving their Polish heritage.
Our first research library opened in the old St. Hedwig School building in 2009. We moved
to our new location at St. Michael's in 2012.
Our society continues to grow in membership. We now have 150 plus members!
Our monthly meeting are always held on the 3rd Saturday of the month except for July and
August when we are closed for the summer. Our library is opened 3 days a month for
research.
Many other exciting club activities are planned for members throughout the year. We offer
guest speakers, webinars, research help, field trips, summer picnic, quarterly newsletters,
Christmas party, and so much more!
A single membership is $20.00 annually and includes full use of library, and all of it's
resources.
OUR SPACIOUS CLUB MEETING ROOM
St. Michael's community room Comfortably seats 125 people.
MEET OUR LIBRARY STAFF
Veronica
Komorny
Marge
Stefanski
Joan
Caughhorn
Joyce
Homrighaus
We have a great library staff who volunteer and are
on hand to guide you with your research!
BROADBAND INTERNET
Broadband Internet complete with wifi and 2 laptop
computers, and a printer/copier for patron research.
Access to ancestry.com World Edition
COLLECTORZ.COM
DATABASE
Library staff member Veronica Komorny catalogs all incoming
books that are bought or donated to the TPGS library.
Our library uses the collectorz.com database software program which allows us to scan
the isbn which then downloads the full book details and cover images.
Books are then searchable by author, title, isbn or by jacket cover!
To date we now have over 1500 books, magazines & newsletters within our collection !
POLISH PIONEERS
"THE FIRST 300 FAMILIES"
Noted author and long-time TPGS
member Rosemary Chorzempa has
devoted a great deal of time and
effort to definitive work on the
origins of Toledo, Ohio's Polish
community. She has documented
the first 300 Polish families that
started to arrive in Toledo in 1867.
The binder not onl y gives an
overview of what she has found,
but a great deal more information
including detailed maps!
"THE ETHNICITY OF POLES IN TOLEDO"
By Dr. David Chelminski
Local historian, author and
TPGS member Dr. David
Chelminski has written two
books that highlight the
Polish in Toledo, Ohio. Our
society is proud to house both
of the these books: A
dissertation entitled "Toledo's
Nineteenth-Century Polonia"
and "The Ethnicity of Poles in
Toledo".
OUR FIRST IMMIGRANT ANCESTORS
DATABASE
TPGS Member Russell Pawlowski created this database in 2006. So far Russ has
documented over 1400 Polish immigrants who came to the U.S. and settled in NW
Ohio. Among those documented you will find over 680 different surnames.
The information, which is listed, gives the researcher a broad spectrum of information
for a specific individual. Critical research information of these twelve fields may allow
one to quickly find one's ancestral origins in Poland.
• Surname and first name of you
immigrant ancestor
• Immigration date
• Spouse/Spouses name
• Port of departure and arrival
• Parents of Immigrant
• Ship
• DOB
• Church/Religious affiliation
• Place of birth
• LDS film number, if
applicable
• Settled in
• Confirmation source
OUR MAP COLLECTION
We have a fine collection of maps and
county atlases that can aid you in
locating where your immigrant
ancestors relocated in Toledo, Ohio.
Also numerous maps of Poland that can
aid you in finding your Ancestral village.
OUR
COLLECTIONS
polish research
We have numerous books that are
specific to Polish Genealogical
Research.
The picture to the right showcases
some of them.
CHURCH-SCHOOL RECORDS
We have over 70 binders containing
Birth, Marriage and Death records with
many of the records being indexed from
the following parishes: St. Hedwig, St.
Anthony, St. Adalbert, St. Stanislaus, St.
Mary, Sts. Peter and Paul, St. Hyacinth,
Little Flower, Our Lady of Lourdes,
Nativity. Also included are St. Mary
Magdalene, Sts. Cyril & Methodias and
All Saints parishes from Rossford, Ohio.
www.familysearch.org.
Various school records and class photos
from St. Anthony's, St. Hedwig's, St.
Adalbert's and Nativity elementar y
schools.
NORTHWEST OHIO AND TOLEDO
Assorted Genealogy Books from Northwest Ohio and Toledo & Michigan.
HIGH SCHOOL
YEARBOOKS
The TPGS library has over
140 school yearbooks from
local area high schools.
PEDIGREE
CHARTS &
SURNAME
BOOK
Over 70 completed pedigree charts
that can aid you in making a family
connection to other TPGS members,
plus an Indexed Surname Binder
that contains a listing of all the
Surnames being researched by
members within our society.
RESEARCHING OTHER NATIONALITIES
The TPGS library has many books that are specific to researching other Nationalities.
A sampling of these books is in our "Coming to America " Series
which highlights 12 different Nationalities.
FAMILY HISTORIES
Numerous members have donated copies of their families
history books to our library.
IMMIGRATION/NATURALIZATIONS AND
DECLARATIONS OF INTENT
Make sure you check out our huge selection of
resource books that can aid you with finding
how and when your ancestors arrived in America.
Resource books are also on hand to help you find
out when they became naturalized citizens!
MILITARY BOOKS
These beautifully
illustrated color books
show off a variety of
military equipment and
uniforms that were
appropriate for the
armies that fought in the
the various wars.
these books could
possible prove helpful in
dating that old
military photo.
CITY DIRECTORIES &
ASST SOCIETY NEWSLETTERS
The library holds a nice collection of city directories which date from 1894-present!
We also have numerous newsletters from other Polish Genealogical societies including:
the Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan, Chicago, Connecticut, California, and
Cleveland. These newsletters hold a wealth of genealogical information!
PARISH HISTORIES
Over 70 local church & school history books are housed at the library.
OBITUARIES-INDEX BINDERS
ETC.
TPGS member and library staff member Joan Caughhorh
has been compiling obituary books since 2007.
She clips obituaries for every person of Polish descent and also
those who married a person of Polish ancestry.
Alphabetical indexes are included for each year.
This is a great resource for finding deceased loved ones!
CEMETERY RECORDS
Numerous resources pertaining to
the the early Catholic cemeteries in
the Toledo, Ohio area are available
to help you locate just where your
ancestor may be buried. Many
section maps are also included.
TPGS librarians Joyce Homrighaus
and Marlene Hardman are indexing
the people of Polish Ancestry that
were buried at Calvary Cemetery
during the years 1886-1908. They
hope to be finished with the index
by the end of 2015.
MEMORABILIA
DISPLAY
CASE
The library holds a large
collection of Polish
memorabilia that has been
donated to the
TPGS Library!
TPGS
CLUB
NEWSLETTERS
Back Issues of all TPGS Club Newsletters
and Polonia Journals are housed in a binder
for your viewing.
Please check out this valuable resource!
You may just find that elusive ancestor
showcased on the cover or within an issue!
PRAYER CARDS
L i b r a r y s t af f m e m b e r Ma r g e
Stefanski has been collecting,
cataloging and indexing prayer
cards for over 3 years now.
The library is proud to own this
wonderful collection which fill 3
binders.
Prayer cards f rom o ver 1400
individuals have been collected to
date, with more being added ever
week!
OUR PUBLICATIONS
Toledo's Polonia, Polish Pride Cookbook, History of St.Hedwig Church CD &
Honoring our Ancestors" which includes the Diamond Jubilee of St. Anthony Parish
are available to purchase!