Michael E. Byczek


Detailed Genealogy and Historical Information

The Michael E. Byczek lineage in Chicago, IL is one of the oldest in the city's history dating back to 1835 with his 3x-great-grandparents William and Julia Rooney.

He and his parents have conducted extensive historical and genealogical research to preserve these family chronicles since the early 1990s. As an attorney, Michael E. Byczek advocates verified and accurate genealogy through moral-based analysis and ethical historical research. The Byczek family has published their genealogy online for almost 30 years with multiple federal copyright registrations (2012, 2024).

View a ten-generation interactive family tree or a tabular chart showing the exact lineage for each ancestor. Refer to the following PDFs for the most updated ancestral trees.

Extensive genealogical and historical biographical documentaries were compiled in PDF format. These biographies are a definitive source of accurate genealogy written by a direct blood descendant. An HTML-based platform is under development with some archives currently available. The most current revisions and updated content are available below.

Parents

Grandparents

1x-Great-Grandparents

2x-Great-Grandparents

3x-Great-Grandparents

4x-Great-Grandparents

5x-Great-Grandparents

6x-Great-Grandparents

7x-Great-Grandparents

Specialized Documentaries

Large-scale HTML-based Online Archives

Highlights of Genealogy Research

Michael E. Byczek is currently verifying documents through his 7x-great-grandparents. Biographical documentaries have been completed for each grandparent through all 3x-great-grandparents with a majority of 4x-great-grandparents. Numerous documentaries for 5x, 6x, and 7x-great-grandparents have also been compiled.

The decision to submit a DNA test in the autumn of 2024 was not for genealogy, but to intervene as an attorney in pursuit of accurate online family history. This included technical strategies to prevent artificial intelligence (AI) models from using inaccurate data to transform fiction into fact.

His ancestry.com profile has the username "byczek" with a tree identified as Michael E. Byczek Lineage. The genealogy for this account is DNA-verified for as many generations back as genetic data was available for comparative analysis.

All genealogy and social media platforms pose a risk of cyber-bullying, intimidation, identity theft, fake images/documents (i.e. AI-generated), scams, "bait", social engineering, trolling, slander/libel, misinformation, and other inappropriate online user conduct.

Substantial contributions were made to familysearch.org 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 (i.e. disruptive editing). Users are advised to carefully review information to verify and validate details, such as reviewing the timestamp activity log for usernames. At this time it was 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. Legal advice about the digital afterlife and ways to protect the deceased are available at byczeklaw.com/digital_afterlife.html. A four minute video was uploaded to the Byczek Law YouTube Channel with username @byczeklaw.

Each deceased individual has a unique profile on Family Search with an assigned identifier, such as:

Michael S. Byczek (GRRG-GMV) and Marie C. Flanagan (G5C8-1C2)

Roman J. Bykowski (GRG3-BXS) and Antoinette A. Murzynowicz/Marynowski (GRRG-XBB)

As an accurate source of data, a Pedigree Resource File (GEDCOM format) was uploaded to Family Search titled "Michael E. Byczek Lineage" (username of michaelbyczek) to show an outline of his direct-blood ancestors. This information cannot be modified by other users, but the content is displayed in accordance with Family Search parameters (i.e. not all details are publicly visible). The tree can be accessed by searching for the Submission ID: 2:2:2:MMKK-J2F under the option for user-submitted genealogies.

Michael E. Byczek also created trees on five other sites with various design issues/flaws that enable third-party interference in different ways:

- WikiTree (default username "byczek-85")
- Geni
- MyHeritage
- Geneanet (username "michaelbyczek")
- Findmypast - username "michaelbyczek" without a direct link to the profile.

The Geneanet, Findmypast, and MyHeritage trees are titled "Michael E. Byczek Lineage".

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 (i.e. cyber-squatting). Extensive efforts were taken to create over 100 memorials and gain family administration of nearly two dozen 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 with memorials for deceased veterans. Profiles were created for Michael S. Byczek (Grandfather - World War II) and Martin J. Flanagan (Great-grandfather - World War I).

More Information

The only genealogy that is approved by Michael E. Byczek and his parents is the content on their own personal family websites, and what is verified to have originated from them on user-uploaded platforms. His father is Michael M. Byczek ("Mick"), mother is Betty A. (Bykowski) Byczek, and sister is Katherine S. Byczek ("Katie").

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