Michelle Tucker Chubenko, AG®, AGL™ is accredited in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and specializes in the Mid-Atlantic region and Eastern European research. She has research experience in the historical regions of the Kingdom of Prussia, Imperial Russia, and Austria-Hungary (Poland, Ukraine, Slovakia, Hungary).

She serves as a Board Member for the Foundation for East European Family History Studies (FEEFHS), a co-coordinator for the “Nashi Predky/Our Ancestors” Family History Group at the Ukrainian History and Education Center (Somerset, New Jersey), and in 2023, coordinated the GRIP institute course Researching Your Ancestry in the Crownland of Galicia, Austria-Hungary.

Since 2021, she has hosted a monthly Q&A Zoom session Have Questions? Get Answers for Research in Galicia and authored a digital publication for genealogists—Workbook for Research in Galicia, Austria-Hungary. Michelle is a 2025 Continuing Research Grant awardee from the American Society of Genealogists for her project which will focus on researching Austrian Land Cadastre record collections to create a new publication—A Genealogist's Guide to Austrian Land Cadastres for the Crownland of Galicia.

Visit her website (https://genealogy.chubenko.us/) for a calendar of Upcoming Presentations.

Onsite Repository Experience:

• New Jersey State Archives
• New Jersey Historical Society
• New York City Municipal Archives & Clerk's Office
• Historical Society of Pennsylvania
• Polish State Archives
  • AP-Przemyśl
  • AP-Rzeszów & Oddział w Sanok