Sunny Jane Morton is a genealogy educator with expertise in US (Christian) religious denominational records. She is co-author of How to Find Your Family History in U.S. Church Records, which won an Award for Excellence from the National Genealogical Society, and author of the acclaimed Searching for Sisters: A Guide to Researching Catholic Nuns in the United States, funded in part by the Cushwa Center for American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame.

As a writer and editor for the genealogy community, Sunny produces content and teaches others to do so. She is Editor of NGS Magazine, a Contributing Editor for Family Tree Magazine, and a past (and award-winning) Editor of Ohio Genealogy News. Sunny teaches writing, story building, and storytelling skills for genealogists who want to share their research with family and fellow genealogists.

Courses

  • 2027 – Record Loss: Overcoming Destroyed, Missing or Non-Extant Records