Michelle L Chubenko

With almost 30 years experience researching her colonial American and Eastern European ancestry, Michelle Chubenko is a Research Team Lead and professional genealogist with Legacy Tree Genealogists based in Salt Lake City, Utah. She joined the company in October 2016 as their Researcher for Central & Eastern European research and since April 2021 is the Research Team Manager for the International Team.

She is a member of APG, local and ethnic genealogical societies, and is active in local history organizations. Since 2013, she has been the co-coordinator for the Ukrainian History & Education Center's Nashi Predky Family History Group. Currently, Michelle serves as the Vice-President of the Genealogical Society of New Jersey and the Chapter Representative for the New Jersey Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists. Additionally, she was a researcher for Who Do You Think You Are? (season one) and appeared in the Brooke Shields episode, which aired in April 2010.

RESEARCH:
For assistance with solving your challenging research problems and complex lineage projects, please visit their (https://www.legacytree.com/michellec) website for more details. Or, schedule a 1:1 Consultation appointment via the Genealogist OnDemand service.

PRESENTATIONS:
Michelle continues to present genealogical lectures to audiences on a local, regional (OhioGS 2022; NERGC 2017), national (FGS 2008/Philadelphia), international level (Ontario Ancestors/2019) and through webinars. See her calendar of Upcoming Presentations and follow her blog at JerseyRootsGenealogy: A Garden State Journey in Genealogy for the latest news in NJ genealogy.

Geographic Specialties

NJ, Mid-Atlantic, New York City, Austria-Hungary, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, Eastern Europe