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Sherlock's Genealogical Adventures

Follow Sherlock on his adventures into genealogical mysteries.

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General Genealogy

Tim Firkowski

Thursday, 14 July 2011

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Many of my genealogy colleagues have created their own blogs & I have found many of them interesting and informative. When I was young, if I ever told my mother that I did something just because my friends did, she would ask me "If your friends would jump off a bridge, would you?" So now this poses the question... Am I now jumping off the hypothetical bridge or jumping on the bandwagon?

I hope to use this blog as a tool not only for myself but for others to learn from. I hope to have some fun as well as educational posts. My posts may be a simple thought for the day, or a genealogical problem that I am currently working on. Sometimes writing out your thoughts during a research problem can help you reorganize your thoughts and thereby help solve the problem.

I may post a discovery that I believe others should know about. There will be tips and hints for Polish and American-Canadian research.

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About the author

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).

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Guest - Marian Pierre-Louis on Saturday, 16 July 2011 18:23

Leaving a second comment because I am back and can't see any of the original comments anymore. Where'd they go I wonder? this seems to be a new comment form. Allow me to try it out for you

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Guest - Tim Firkowski on Saturday, 16 July 2011 18:29

Once I disable the facebook comments... it removed them all from here. It won't send them all to FB, but it also will not show them here either, So the other comments form is used

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Guest - Patti Hobbs on Saturday, 16 July 2011 18:43

Looks nice, Tim. I take it from Marian's no-longer-existing post that you're using Joomla? And you're using the K2 extension? I love what you've done with the template.

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Guest - Tim Firkowski on Saturday, 16 July 2011 18:50

Hi Pattie...Yes, I am using Joomla with the EasyBlog extension. It is quite sophisticated and am still working through getting all the settings right.

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