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. Since October 2016, she has been LTG Specialist for Central & Eastern European research.

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. Michelle has also served as a Trustee of the Genealogical Society of New Jersey, Education Chairperson for the Monmouth County Genealogy Society, and is a founding member of 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.

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.

Michelle continues to present genealogical lectures to audiences on a local, regional (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