The Fourth Anniversary for the Polonica Americana Research Institute (PARI) at the Polish Mission, Orchard Lake, Michigan www.polishmission.com Email: pmission@orchardlakeschools.com Phone: 248-683-0323 3535 Indian Trail Orchard Lake, Michigan Four years ago this month, we set the foundation for the Polonica Americana Research Institute (PARI) at the Polish Mission. We are a unit of the historic Polish complex of Orchard Lake Schools. We are grateful for the support we have received from the campus and from Polonia. Our dedicated volunteers donate time each week to help fellow researchers, index records, help with collection development and, most recently, the renovation of our Polish Panorama. PARI now offers a range of services including reunion planning, lectures, and family history guidance and research services, if you'd rather hire out the search for your records. As a FamilySearch affiliate we have access to the microfilms in the LDS catalog, and microform readers and scanners to capture your Polish records. By popular request, we are expanding our lecture series this month to include the ability to virtually attend our genealogy lectures, and retrieve them "on demand". Interested? Please see our registration website: http://polgen.eventbrite.com/ PARI is pleased to announce that our Director, Certified Genealogist(sm) Ceil Wendt Jensen, is teaming up with Sylwia Chandzel, a Polish native speaker, and a graduate from the University of Warsaw. Sylwia is a currently a Language Instructor at the University of Detroit-Mercy. Together, they will present a series of four lectures entitled "Polish Language Classes for Genealogists". Sylwia is an exceptionally knowledgeable, creative and innovative teacher, with more than eight years of experience teaching Polish as a Second Language. She also provides translation services at PARI. If the series "The Polish Language Classes for Genealogists" is a success, PARI will bring more lectures online. Those attending on campus will have an opportunity, after class, to use the PARI research lab. Polish Language Classes for Genealogists 10:00am-11:00am Wednesday October 3, 2012 The Polish Alphabet and Basic Vocabulary Wednesday October 10, 2012 Introduction to Polish Given Names and Surnames Wednesday October 17, 2012 Map work: including Voivodeships, Powiats, Gminas and Parishes Wednesday October 24, 2012 Polish Words and Phrases used in Vital Records and Catalogs Update: Polish Panorama Renovation http://www.indiegogo.com/panorama The Polish Mission has undertaken an online fundraiser for the renovation of the Polish Panorama. We want to thank the patrons who have already contributed to help restore the figures. This unique pageant is composed of 106 historical figures representing over a thousand years of Polish history. We have one month left to collect funds to allow us to computerize the theatre and publish the history of the Polish Panorama and the significance of the represented figures including Polish royals, religious leaders, statesmen, poets, writers, composers and educators. We are still recruiting "Guardian Angels" for Thaddeus Kosciusko, Kazimierz PuLaski, and Maksymilian Maria Kolbe. Taking the lead from PBS, we offer "perks" for donations! $25.00-Listing in the booklet "The History of the Polish Panorama" and a Dziekuje (Thank You) Panorama postcard sent to the U.S. address of your choice $50.00-All of the above and an 8x10 photo of Poland by Polish Mission Director Marcin Chumiecki. $75.00-All of the above and a CD with images of all the Panorama figures and the Polish and English narration.