Detailed Genealogy and Historical Information
Michael E. Byczek's lineage in Chicago, IL is one of the oldest in the city's history dating back to 1835.
He has conducted extensive historical and genealogical research to preserve these family's chronicles.
Rooney Research
Michael E. Byczek registered a federal copyright for a 362-page documentary of his 3x-great-grandparents William and Julia Rooney titled
The Biographies of William Rooney and Julia Phelan - Old Settlers of Chicago (
TXu002469190).
View the 362-page biography
A
116-page collective documentary was compiled about William and Julia Rooney's daughter Kittie A. Rooney and her husband Edward H. Talbot (2x-great-grandparents).
Talbot Research
Extensive research was conducted into Edward H. Talbot's (2x-great-grandfather) business ventures as a Chicago real estate promoter.
View the 104-page comprehensive documentary
Historical analysis of records from Co. Tipperary in Ireland has revealed the most likely Talbot lineage going back to Michael E. Byczek's 6x-great-grandparents.
View the 156-page summarized documentary along with a
104-page biography of Edward H. Talbot's parents Thomas Talbot and Hannah McDonald (3x-great-grandparents).
Flanagan Research
Review of church records has identified Collinstown, Co. Westmeath in Ireland as the most likely origin of the Flanagan family prior to settling in Port Huron, MI (United States).
View the 135-page collective documentary of the Flanagan lineage in the United States and Ireland (Co. Mayo and Co. Westmeath)
Chicago Research
A
242-page documentary was compiled about the Rooney, Talbot, and Flanagan families in Chicago through their entries in the City Directories (1839-1928).
Online Genealogy Trees
Michael E. Byczek has created two comprehensive family trees through online genealogy platforms.
His
ancestry.com profile has the username "byczek" with a tree identified as
Michael E. Byczek Lineage.
This is an accurate and verified source of genealogy. Only Michael E. Byczek can upload information and documents without modification by other users, including third-parties.
Michael E. Byczek has extensively contributed to the
familysearch.org online genealogical platform under the username "michaelbyczek". However, the Family Search platform is community-based where only one profile is allowed per deceased individual. This model allows anonymous third-parties to delete, edit, and modify accurate information. Users are advised to carefully review information to verify and validate details, such as reviewing the timestamp activity log for usernames. Michael E. Byczek has proposed that direct descendants assume shared responsibility for monitoring accuracy of these community-based genealogical profiles.
There is an antiquated view that the dead don't have rights. As an attorney, Michael E. Byczek provides legal advice about the digital afterlife and ways to protect the deceased. Information is available at
https://byczeklaw.com/digital_afterlife.html. A four minute video is available on the Byczek law YouTube Channel with username
@byczeklaw. The proposed direct-descendant administered genealogy framework is a good solution to protect the rights of deceased common ancestors.
Each deceased individual has a unique profile on Family Search with an assigned identifier, such as those for Michael E. Byczek's four grandparents:
Michael S. Byczek (GRRG-GMV) and Marie Flanagan (G5C8-1C2)
Roman J. Bykowski (GRG3-BXS) and Antoinette A. Murzynowicz/Marynowski (GRRG-XBB)
Grave Memorials
The online platform findagrave.com is dedicated to burial memorials with a model that is similar to Family Search. Only one memorial is allowed per deceased individual. However, the platform grants only one user with administrative control. As a result, this model is also susceptible to anonymous third-parties. Michael E. Byczek undertook extensive efforts to create dozens of memorials and regain family administration of others that were under third-party control.
His
Find a Grave profile provides a link to all memorials under his administration.
Military Memorials
The fold3.com platform is dedicated to military records and allows users to create a memorial for deceased veterans. Michael E. Byczek has created memorials for his grandfather
Michael S. Byczek (World War II) and great-grandfather
Martin J. Flanagan (World War I).
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