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

Lectures

• Gen101: 21st Century Basics
• Hatched, Matched & Dispatched: Discovering Your Ancestor's Life Events
• Researching Your Ancestor's Locality
• City Directories: Yesteryear's 411
• Special Censuses: Researching Beyond Decennial Enumerations
• Genealogical Education in the 21st Century: Beyond the Lectures
• The Holiday Talk: Getting to Know Your Family's History
• Genealogy Research Using Online Resources
• 5 Tips to Effectively Use FamilySearch
• Perfect Together: Facebook & Genealogy
• Evernote for Genealogy
• New Jersey State Censuses, 1855-1915
• Jersey Roots: From Province to Statehood
• Digging for Roots in the Garden State
• Using the New Jersey Room, Special Collections & University Archives, Rutgers University
• Essential Resources for New Jersey Genealogy
• New Jersey Libraries and Repositories
• Discover Your Immigrant Origins
• (Re)Building Your Eastern European Ancestral Village
• Researching Ancestors in Galicia, Austria-Hungary
• Ancestry in Bukowina & Galicia
• Genealogy in Ukraine: Discover Online Resources
• Introduction to Ukrainian Genealogy
• Orthodoxy in America: Understanding its Ethnic Origins
• WWII Displaced Persons: A Stateless People
• Post-WWII Immigration: Using the Resources of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum
• Perfect Together: Facebook and Eastern European Genealogy
• WORKSHOP: Mapping an Empire

Repositories
NJ Historical Society,NJ State Archives,NJ State Library,Special Collections/Rutgers University

Research Time Periods

• 20th Century
• 19th Century
• 18th Century

Honorifics/Credentials
AG^®, AGL™