Matthew Bielawa, M.A.
Lecture Titles: “Greek Catholic Church Records”; “The Cyrillic Alphabet for Genealogists”; “Taking the First Steps in Ukrainian Genealogy”; “Introduction to Polish Research Part 2”
Matthew Bielawa was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He is the associate registrar at Central Connecticut State University, located in New Britain, Connecticut. Mr. Bielawa currently serves as vice president of the Polish Genealogical Society of Connecticut and the Northeast. He earned a B.A. degree in Slavic and East European Studies from the University of Connecticut in 1989 and a M.A. degree in Slavic Languages and Literatures from New York University in 1994. His research specialization is Galicia, and specifically Eastern Galicia / Western Ukraine, about which he has extensively lectured and written articles for various genealogical journals. He also maintains the website “Genealogy of Halychyna (Western Ukraine) / Eastern Galicia”, at www.halgal.com. Mr. Bielawa has visited Poland, Ukraine and Russia on research trips several times, including a semester study at Leningrad State University.
