Patrick Cooleybeck
Former architect and data analyst applying my talents to the genealogical realm.
PCb Genealogy + Research
United States
Currently accepting clients for...
- DNA
- Family History Research
- Speaking / Presenting
- Writing /Publishing
Family History Research
- DNA
- Ethnicity / Religion
DNA
- Adoption / Unknown Parentage
- Investigative Genetic Genealogy
After close to 35 years as an architect and data analyst, I made the decision to lean into my strengths as a researcher, and since 2023 have dedicated myself to genealogy. In addition to family research for my own family and others, I am currently enrolled in the Advanced Coursework in Genealogy program offered by the National Genealogical Society as well as developing a portfolio for professional certification.
I have assisted several individuals in identifying biological parents and grandparents through DNA testing, and am also working with over 30 distant cousins in hopes of using my data analytical skills to use DNA to identify common ancestors in Poland in the 18th century. I also have extensively documented my Donauschwaben German roots in former Hungary as well as my Polish roots in north-central Poland. I have researched my wife’s family in New England and New York, and have helped other find ancestors in Canada and Italy. I can locate and roughly translate European records in German, Polish (including the Cyrillic alphabet used after 1868), Hungarian, and Italian.
I have assisted several individuals in identifying biological parents and grandparents through DNA testing, and am also working with over 30 distant cousins in hopes of using my data analytical skills to use DNA to identify common ancestors in Poland in the 18th century. I also have extensively documented my Donauschwaben German roots in former Hungary as well as my Polish roots in north-central Poland. I have researched my wife’s family in New England and New York, and have helped other find ancestors in Canada and Italy. I can locate and roughly translate European records in German, Polish (including the Cyrillic alphabet used after 1868), Hungarian, and Italian.
Geographic Specialities
Poland, esp. Mazowieckie and Warminsko-Mazurskie
Donauschwaben Germans in former Hungary (Croatia, Serbia, Romania)
New England, New York State, Michigan, Ohio
Poland, esp. Mazowieckie and Warminsko-Mazurskie
Donauschwaben Germans in former Hungary (Croatia, Serbia, Romania)
New England, New York State, Michigan, Ohio
Research Time Periods
- 20th Century
- 19th Century
- 18th Century
Languages
Reading knowledge of Spanish and Italian. I can navigate and extract pertinent information from records in German and Hungarian, and am learning the required Polish to extract birthdates and occupations from church records. In addition, I can locate Polish individuals in post-1868 church records indexed in Cyrillic cursive script.
Reading knowledge of Spanish and Italian. I can navigate and extract pertinent information from records in German and Hungarian, and am learning the required Polish to extract birthdates and occupations from church records. In addition, I can locate Polish individuals in post-1868 church records indexed in Cyrillic cursive script.
Affiliations
Association of Professional Genealogists (New England chapter)
National Genealogical Society
American Ancestors (New England Historic Genealogical Society)
Massachusetts Society of Genealogists
Polish Genealogical Society of America (Massachusetts and Connecticut & the Northeast chapters)
Association of Professional Genealogists (New England chapter)
National Genealogical Society
American Ancestors (New England Historic Genealogical Society)
Massachusetts Society of Genealogists
Polish Genealogical Society of America (Massachusetts and Connecticut & the Northeast chapters)
Degrees
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Master of Architecture, 1992
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Certificate, 2020
Data Science in Real Estate
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts
Level Core program in Data Analytics, 2017
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Master of Architecture, 1992
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Certificate, 2020
Data Science in Real Estate
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts
Level Core program in Data Analytics, 2017