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Sunny Jane Morton presents case studies in using U.S. church records to break down genealogy brick walls. Finding an overseas ancestral hometown. Tracking a family from one place to another. Researching in a place with record loss. Identifying all the children of an ancestral couple. Finding (or verifying) a birth, marriage or death. Researching extended families. Searching for ancestors who were poor, non-English speaking, ethnic minorities or enslaved. Got any of these brick-wall situations? Learn how church records may be your saving grace.

Sunny Jane Morton is Editor of NGS Magazine and a Contributing Editor at Family Tree Magazine. An expert in U.S. religious records, she is author of Searching for Sisters: A Guide to Researching Catholic Nuns in the United States and co-author of How to Find Your Family History in U.S. Church Records. She is coordinating the GRIP Genealogy Institute’s Skill-Building Practicum this summer in Pittsburgh.

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