Kola Stucker
ProGen Member Overview
A service oriented professional that cultivates productive relationships for successful business outcomes while meeting project expectations and resolving any customer issues and concerns; forensic genealogy specializing in missing heirs; adheres to the American Professional Genealogist’s Code of Ethics and the Board for the Certification of Genealogists' Genealogical Proof Standard.
Education
Certificates
* GenProof 59, Mastering Genealogical Proof Study Group, 2021
* ProGen Study Group 45, Professional Genealogical Study Group, 2019-2020
* Certificate in Genealogical Research Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, 2017
Professional Development
* Beyond Fundamentals: Hands-on Forensic Genealogy, Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP), July 2021
* Forensic Genealogy Mentoring Program, Association of Professional Genealogists (APG), 2021
* Fundamentals of Forensic Genealogy, Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, 2021
* Land and Property Records, GRIP, 2020
* Write It Up! (Thomas W. Jones), New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, 2018
Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
* Genealogy and Library Services, 2016
* Cartographic Design, 2015
* M.S. Information Resources Management, 1987 School of Information Studies
* B.S. Chemistry, 1979 (State University of NY College of Environmental Science & Forestry)
Experience
Forensic Genealogy Experience
Assist medical examiners, coroners and investigators to locate the next of kin of deceased individuals using only publicly available resources; developed family trees and written research reports
* Unclaimed Persons (unclaimed-persons.org) volunteer, 2017 to present
* Maui, Hawaii coroner cases, January 2020 and October 2017
Contractor - identifying families and heirs of unrecovered assets, April 2020 to June 2020
Probate and immigration record research in Onondaga and Madison County, New York courthouses, 2017 to present
Investigative Experience
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, 1983 to 2014 (Retired)
Research, assessment and resolution of customer inquiries and product complaints including investigational scope, evaluation, record reviews and reports
Supply chain integrity process; worked with company attorneys to develop notifications on counterfeit products to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations
Established the Forensics Analytical Community of scientific leadership
Certified Quality Auditor and International Standards Organization Lead Auditor