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James SmockJames Smock has always held an interest in his Polish ancestors and heritage. He is a native Houstonian with Polish roots in Bremond, Marlin and New Waverly, Texas.

James is a past president of the Polish Genealogical Society of Texas and was the founding webmaster of the PGST website. He also served as the Surname Index Coordinator from 1994 - 2000.

In addition to serving as the webmaster and editor of this Polish Texan website, he maintains a number of other websites including;

With a lifelong passion for photography, James can often be found with a camera around his neck. In addition to photographing family events and his grandchildren, he is the church photographer for St. Mary Catholic Church in Plantersville and St. Joseph Catholic Church in Stoneham. Many of his photographs can be found on the church website or his photography gallery.

Houston’s 2nd Annual Polish Festival – 2008

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Houston Texas Polish Festival - Our Lady Of Czestochowa Church

The 2nd annual Polish Festival at Our Lady of Czestochowa Church in Houston was a rousing success. The festival was held on Saturday, May 3, 2008 on the church grounds in Spring Branch. Our Lady must have put in a good word for the parish because the weather was just about as perfect as it can get. The festivities started at 10 am and when I left a little after 9 pm it was still going strong. Everybody I talked to in the large crowd was having a good time.

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Sweepstakes

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Thank You For Participating In Our Sweepstakes
Which Ended On December 10, 2008

Our winners were chosen by random drawing on December 19, 2008. The 4 winners are:

1st Prize : Polish Music Gift Box containing 5 CD’s and a T-Shirt – Retail Value: $100.00 sponsored by Brian Marshall, Texas-Polish Danceband Fiddler, Polish American Journal On-Line Bookstore, The Choir of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Chappell Hill, Texas and Polish Heritage Gift Shop.

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New Polish Texans Discussion Forum

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10 April 2008

Please join us at the new Polish Texans Forum. This forum is an extension of the main Polish Texan website and is for the discussion of events related to Texans of Polish descent. The forum is in the beginning stages and looks a little bare right now, but hopefully, it will grow and become a popular place where we can help each other in our history and genealogy research.

While anyone can read the posts on this forum, only registered members can post replies or new threads. It only takes a minute or two to register and it will help to reduce the spam which is so prevalent on the internet.

After you register, please tell us a little something about yourself by posting in the introductions topic.

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Houston’s 2nd Annual Polish Festival – 2008

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Houston’s Polish Festival is a celebration of all things Polish ? the food, the music, the language, the customs and the culture of the Polish people. The Festival is held on the grounds of Our Lady of Czestochowa Church conveniently located at 1731 Blalock Drive, about 1.5 miles north of the Katy Freeway. Featured at the Festival is a large sampling of traditional Polish foods such as pierogi (stuffed dumplings), golabki (cabbage rolls) and kielbasa (sausage) and a huge assortment of traditional cakes, rolls and desserts lovingly prepared by our parishioners. Music for this year?s festival will be provided by Brian Marshall and the Texas Slavic Playboys and Chris Rybak noted Texas accordionist; and traditional Polish songs and dances will be performed by our children?s choir throughout the day.

As part of the festival, visitors will be able to tour our beautiful church constructed in the traditional Polish style and will be able to see our Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa, the Polish Black Madonna, and learn of Our Lady?s 600 year old history as protector and defender of the Polish nation. In addition, our festival provides a supervised, safe and fun children?s area complete with games, face painting, kids? snacks and other fun activities to keep the kids entertained. Inside our beautifully decorated parish hall, visitors will find a silent auction full of unique items on which to bid while being entertained by a fine classical pianist. Our entire parish community extends an invitation for everyone to come and celebrate all things Polish with us ? Zapraszamy! (We welcome you!)

For more information go to www.houstonpolishfestival.org

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