Volunteer Projects
General - Radca?
Doradca? (Consultant, Advisor)
Are you a high-caliber person whose advice can be
counted on? Do you have expertise to contribute to the advancement
of PGSA? Your Board of Directors is seeking members with knowledge
in various fields: insurance, catering, copyright, legal advice,
financial investment, graphic arts, marketing, or computer technology
(hardware/ software/CD creation). From time to time, your Board members
deal with specialty items and need enlightenment. If you’re
willing to be available on an as-needed basis, for short-term projects,
please e-mail the PGSA Secretary, Elaine Kalesics with your name and specialty area. Thank you.
In the Chicago
Area
Project Name: Polish
Museum Library Volunteers
Point of Contact: Library
Staff
Project Description: Working at the Polish Museum
in Chicago to answer phone queries, making copies of requested research
materials, responding to written requests and compiling membership
packets.
Experience required: Computer literacy is not required
but is a help. Ability to read/write Polish is not required but at
least one library volunteer who can is urgently needed.
Time Commitment: Wednesday 9:30 - 2:00pm or any portion
of that period.
Location: Polish Museum Library, 984 N. Milwaukee
Ave., Chicago
Project Name: PRCUA
Record copying
Point of Contact: Norman
Parchim
Project Description: Copying PRCUA insurance death
claim records for electronic imaging. There are 33,000 claim files
with 3 to 20 documents each.
Requirement: Operation of a photocopier.
Time Commitment: TBD
Location: Polish Museum Library, 984 N. Milwaukee
Ave., Chicago
Project Name: Conference
Volunteer-Planning
Point of Contact: Linda
Ulanski
Project Description: Help plan and execute yearly
conference requirements.
Requirements: Having the time to help.
Time Commitment: TBD
Location: Where required in the Chicago area.
National/At
Home
Project Name: Polish
Church Jubilee Book Indexing
Point of Contact: Stan
Schmidt
Project Description: Index the Jubilee books as to
surname and first name content, a page number, and the form of
the content (text, photo ad, etc.). Books can be obtained from
your own home or church Library or photocopies can be supplied
from the Archives of the Polish Museum of America Library.
Experience required: Computer literacy is required
for data entry. A PC or Mac computer with Exce or FileMakerPro
is required.
Time Commitment: As required to finish the book.
Location: Work can be done at volunteer's home.
Project Name: Publication
Contributions
Point of Contact: Fred
Hoffman
Project Description: Prepare genealogical articles
on your successes, techniques, revelations, trips to Poland, etc.
Time Commitment: As required to prepare material.
Location: Write at your home.
Project Name: PGSA
Website development
Point of Contact: James
Czuchra
Project Description: Creation and maintenance of various
applications to allow data searches and perform database updates.
Experience required: Knowledge of Cold Fusion or Microsoft
ASP required. Most projects also require knowledge of MS Access.
Time Commitment: As required to complete development
effort.
Location: Work can be done from volunteer's home.
Obituary Daily Times
http://www.rootsweb.com/~obituary
Visit the Web site to search the database of more
than two million entries indexed in the last four years and to learn
how to become a contributor of obituaries indexed from your local
newspaper. To subscribe to the mailing list, either visit the Web
site and click the option to subscribe to the GEN-OBIT list, or send
your SUBSCRIBE message to Gen-Obit-request@apple.rootsweb.com.
NOTE: If you have a Juno account, instead of the
foregoing, send your request to be added to the mailing list to wstyles@erols.com.
From the RootsWeb Review (Vol. 1, No. 8, 5 August
1998, RootsWeb's main Web page http://www.rootsweb.com).
For Website Problems:
Webmaster at webmaster@pgsa.org
For General Comments & Inquiries: PGSAmerica@aol.com
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Genealogical Society of America — All Rights Reserved
Last Updated on
July 8, 2006
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