Using U.S. Church Records as a Brick Wall Strategy: Case Studies

Sunny Morton
Apr 12, 2024
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About this webinar

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.

About the speaker

Sunny Morton is a popular lecturer for the global genealogy community. She's a Contributing Editor at Family Tree Magazine and the author of hundreds of articles and blog posts, as well as the brand n...
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    Barbara Schenck
    1 year ago

    Thank you! This webinar was so clear and so well delivered that it sparked off lots of ideas, and it covered many aspects of "church records" that went far beyond the church registers. Much appreciated.

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    Suzanne Chalifoux
    1 year ago

    Thank you for all these strategies and it gives me good ideas to continue my research!

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    Dixie O
    1 year ago

    I found all this info that was presented by Sunny was the most informative and useful of all the marathon webinars! Thank you for sharing exactly how you arrived at each example solved.

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    Webinar Viewer
    1 year ago

    Great information for finding more details about my relatives that were ministers.

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    Webinar Viewer
    1 year ago

    Always like to hear Sunny's enthusiasm and case studies are always a great learning resource.

  6. WV
    Webinar Viewer
    1 year ago

    Ms. Morton shared a ton of information in a short time - would like to purchase her book now. Thank you for this webinar.

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    Webinar Viewer
    1 year ago

    Very good explanation and examples of an often overlooked source of information.

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    Webinar Viewer
    1 year ago

    Really enjoyed this one!

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