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Leaving Maków Podhalański to Kraków

Poland Traditions & Interest

Tim Firkowski

Saturday, 20 August 2016

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Gosia Makes something healthy to eatMy time in Maków Podhalański is finished. After I visited the priest in Żarnówka which was early in the morning, I returned to the Agroturystyka where I was staying in Sucha Góra. An Agroturystyka is a place that is like a small farm that has rooms in their house for rent at a very inexpensive price.

I took some time to start organizing all the massive amount of data that had been acquired over the past few days & then left in the afternoon to go meet a relative in Kraków. The views on the drive to Kraków were spectacular and I only wish I was able to snap a few more photos while driving.

I met with my distant cousin Gosia and after getting settled in and unpacking it was time ot do some grocery shopping for the week plus, that I would be here. We returned to her home, made dinner and sat on the balcony in the evening chatting and having a few drinks. It was a nice relaxing time especially after so many days of intensive work.

My room in Sucha Góra

The Agroturystyka where I stayed in Sucha Góra

Almost ready to leave the Maków Podhalanski area

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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).