Hatched, Matched & Dispatched: Discovering Your Ancestor's Life Events

This lecture is an introduction to vital records. It discusses the history of vital registration in the United States as well as how to obtain records for family history research.

The handout for this session is now available in the Members Only -- Member Files section of this website.

Invitations and instructions for joining this meeting will be emailed to members on Friday, May 1.  All members are welcome to attend, with no limit on the number who may participate.

  Michelle Tucker Chubenko

Michelle Chubenko works for Legacy Tree Genealogists as a Senior Researcher and Team Lead for the LTG Continental European Research Team. She has been a researcher on TLC’s Who Do You Think You Are? (season one) and appeared in the Brooke Shields episode, which aired in April 2010.  In 2013, she became the co-coordinator for the Ukrainian Historical & Educational Center’s Nashi Predky Family History Group and has served as a Commissioner on the Middlesex County Heritage & Cultural Commission since 2011. 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. She has attended Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh, Institute of Genealogy & Historical Research, and Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy and a ProGen17 graduate. She is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, local and ethnic genealogical societies, and is active in local history organizations.