2023 Genealogy Lecture Series
Researchers Presenting
Lucjan Cichoki began his genealogy career by accident. He was working as an English teacher in Poland and was considering a career change. In 2013, he went to the diocesan archive in Przemyśl with a friend and Mr. Cichocki saw the nineteenth century vital record books for the first time. He describes it as “love at first sight.” He is now a full-time professional genealogist. His areas of research include Poland, Slovakia and Western Ukraine. In addition to genealogical research, Mr. Cichocki provides translation and transportation services to Americans visiting Poland in search of living relatives. He is a member of the Association of Polish Professional Genealogists.
Contact info for Lucjan Cichoki:
website: www.polishancestryresearch.com
email: info@polishancestryresearch.com
Agnieszka Dawicka is a zoologist. She currently works at the public library. Her passion is genealogy and she is a member of the West Pomerania Genealogical Society. She is a frequent speaker on the bits and pieces that make up the daily life of our ancestors, such as the history of toys in Poland.
Piotr Jasiek is the manager of the Museum of Soap and Dirt in Bydgoszcz, Poland. He has an interest in the history of the Middle Ages and participates in historical re-enactments. He is well known for his museum tours, combining humor with his extensive knowledge of the topic.
Aleksandra Kacprzak is a genealogical researcher living in Poland and the owner of the genealogy research company “Genoroots.” Ms. Kacprzak graduated from Copernicus University in Toruń with a degree in archival science and completed the Eastern European Genealogy course at SLC. Ms. Kacprzak is a genealogical lecturer in both Poland and the United States. In the United States, she has spoken throughout New England, including Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Jersey. Ms. Kacprzak is a founding member of Polish Genealogical Society PTG and a founding member and board member of the Association of Polish Professional Genealogists. In addition to her genealogy work, Ms. Kacprzak also provides heir tracing services for both lawyers and the courts. She is also a licensed tour leader and organizes personal ancestral tours as well as cultural oriented tours for larger groups.
Contact information for Aleksandra Kacprzak:
Email: aleksandra.genealogy@gmail.com http://www.genoroots.com/eng/aboutus.php
Janusz Marzewski, comes from a long family tradition of beekeepers in the Kurpie region of Poland. He is referred to as the “mayor” of the beekeepers in the Kurpie region.
Piotr Nojszewski is an active member of the Warsaw Genealogical Society and currently serves as its Vice President. He co-organized the international annual Central European Genealogy Conference in Warsaw which is hosted by the Warsaw Genealogical Society in cooperation with German genealogical society (AGOFF) and the Polish Archives in Warsaw and Łódź.
Mr. Nojszewski is a frequent genealogy lecturer in Poland. He has spoken at the Polish National Genealogy Conference in Brzeg, the Polish Science Center Kopernik in Warsaw, and the State Archive in Warsaw. The topics of his lectures cover areas such as introduction to Polish Genealogy, non-metrical sources for genealogy research, DNA for genealogists, Poles in the Russian army and administration.
His areas of research extend beyond Poland, including Estonia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Russia and Germany.
Contact information for Piotr Nojszewski
piotr.nojszewski@wtg.org.pl
Dorian Olszewski is the cofounder of ProjektKurpie, a search engine that gathers information from all types of archival records that might help research your Kurpie ancestors. Privately he holds a master's degree in library and information science specializing in the protection of cultural heritage and works at the University of Warsaw Library.
Tadeusz H. Pilat, known as “Teddy” to his American friends, holds a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Marie Curie-Sklodowska, Lublin, Poland. At the University, he studied “supralibros” -the coat of arms applied to the book covers to identify the book owner. He has extensive knowledge of family coat-of-arms.
In 2003, Mr. Pilat became an Accredited Genealogist specializing in Polish research. In addition to Polish, Mr. Pilat does research in German, Russian and Latin records. He is a frequent visitor to the United States to speak at genealogy conferences. For his clients that chose to visit Poland, he will accompany them to look for living family and provides translation services. He is currently working on both a Lemko extraction project and a Silesian database. He is an active member of the Polish Genealogical Society of Texas.
In addition to his genealogy work, Mr. Pilat performs heir tracing for lawyers both inside and outside of Poland.
Contact information for Tadeusz Pilat:
thpilat@gmail.com