Barbara Proko

Barbara Proko, a journalist and genealogist, coauthored The Polish Community of Worcester and The Polish Community of New Britain. Janice Baniukiewicz Stickles, a public relations and marketing specialist, coauthored The Polish Community of Worcester. Proko and Baniukiewicz Stickles are granddaughters of Polish immigrants. Our Lady of Czestochowa Guild of Catholic Women, founded in 1965, provides support for Worcester's Polish parish and schools. Polish American parishes, organizations, and...See more

Barbara Proko, a journalist and genealogist, coauthored The Polish Community of Worcester and The Polish Community of New Britain. Janice Baniukiewicz Stickles, a public relations and marketing specialist, coauthored The Polish Community of Worcester. Proko and Baniukiewicz Stickles are granddaughters of Polish immigrants. Our Lady of Czestochowa Guild of Catholic Women, founded in 1965, provides support for Worcester's Polish parish and schools. Polish American parishes, organizations, and families generously provided images for this photographic history of Worcester County Polonia. See less