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Rootstech 2012 ends with Dinner with Dick Eastman

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Tim Firkowski

Sunday, 05 February 2012

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It has been a wonderfully informational packed few days here at Rootstech and I have experienced a genealogical conference like no other. It is sad to see it go, but it leaves me looking forward to Rootstech 2013. I would not be surprised if next year they beat the attendance record of 4500 people.

I had not been aware of it, but Dick Eastman had sponsored a dinner on the last day of the conference. It had already been sold out, but I was lucky to acquire a ticket from Kathy Hinckley as her plans had changed. What a fun evening it was for the estimated 110 people that were there. I had the opportunity to meet many more people for the first time and swap cemetery research stories and answer some questions about Genealogists in Second Life. Dick raffled of some door prizes at the end of the dinner. He gave away 2 subscriptions to his premium newsletter, 2 copies of the new Behold Genealogy Software, a Flip Pal, and finally the toy I was interested in .... an iPad2. I guess luck was not with me, because somebody won my iPad!

Now its time to head back home and dream of next year.

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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).