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50th Wedding Anniversary for my Father's First Cousin

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Tim Firkowski

Monday, 08 August 2016

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Pork cutlet, potatoes, coleslaw & cucumber saladIn 2011 I was honored to be able to attend the wedding of my second cousin and this year I was able to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary with my father's first cousin - Barbara (Basia), who he & I first met in 2006. Until I had done research on my father's ancestry, my father knew little about his family still in Poland. By 2004, the Firkowski family research with Łukasz Firkowski had turned up many members of the family, but it was not until 2006 that we were able to locate the closest relatives of my father.

This Blog post is a little more personal but I am also sharing because being able to attend this event only occured through all the hard work of the genealogy research that was done. You will also see that this celebration is not unlike how it is done in the US. Another plus is that I can once again share some photos of the wonderful food in Poland.

After picking up some cakes that were preordered & buying up some flowers we headed to the home of Basia & her husband Kazimierz (parents of Adam my second cousin) & were met my Adam's brother Jacek & his wife Ewa with their son Jakub (Kuba). Basia loves to cook & have family and friends come to visit so as always we were treated to some of her great home cooking. It was wonderful to see them again and be able to relax, sit & chat for a while.

As always a great food spread with a good Polish beer!

Flowers for the happy couple

Who needs candles!?!

One of the Anniversary cakes… DELICIOUS!

50 years together

Kazik & Basia's family.

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Tim Firkowski

I have been doing genealogy research since 2002 & have worked full time as a Professional Genealogist since 2008. I specialize in Polish and American-Canadian Genealogy. As a member of APG, I was the 2010/2011 President of the New England Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists (NEAPG). I have Certificates of Completion for studies in "Foundations of Forensic Genealogy" and "Advanced Forensic Genealogy Techniques". I have been a volunteer librarian at the local Family History Center, and a genealogy research consultant at “Ask the Expert” Ancestry Road Shows. I have traveled to Poland numerous times & researched in churches and archives. At conferences and special events, you may find me dressed up in my Sherlock Holmes outfit, or my Kujawy (the folk costume from the region in Poland where my ancestors came from).