Steve Danko lives in San Francisco and is employed as the Manager of Regulatory Affairs for a biotechnology company in Palo Alto. He holds a BS in Chemistry and a PhD in Botany and Plant Pathology. Prior to his present position, Steve conducted scientific research in the fields of chemistry and biology, published articles in scholarly journals, and presented the results of his research at scientific conferences in the United States and Europe.

Steve was born in upstate New York and has lived in New York, Vermont, Oregon, Nebraska, and California. He began seriously researching his family history nine years ago and, in the course of that research, Steve has studied 20th Century American Records as well as 18th and 19th Century Polish Records. He has conducted research on location in Poland and Lithuania and has visited the villages in which his immigrant ancestors lived.

In addition to research on his own family, Steve has conducted client research in records from the United States, Poland, Italy, and Canada. His research has led to an appreciation of history and languages. He has formally studied Latin, German, and Polish, and has acquired a working knowledge of several other languages.
 
Steve writes a daily genealogy research weblog (blog) at http://www.stephendanko.com where he posts images of the documents important in his family history and discusses the genealogical research process. In the course of writing his blog, Steve has reconnected with lost cousins in Poland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
 
Steve is currently studying for a Professional Learning Certificate in Genealogical Studies from the National Institute for Genealogical Studies in Toronto.

He is a member of the Southern California Genealogical Society, the Polish Genealogical Society of America, the Polish Genealogical Society of California, the Polish Genealogical Society of Connecticut and the Northeast, the California Genealogical Society and Library, the San Mateo County Genealogical Society, the New England Historic Genealogical Society, and the National Genealogical Society.