Sunny Jane Morton is a Contributing Editor at Family Tree Magazine and the Content Director at YourDNAGuide.com. She is co-author of How to Find Your Family History in U.S. Church Records, co-authored with Harold Henderson, CG, which received a book award from the National Genealogical Society. Her other book, Story of My Life: A Workbook for Preserving Your Legacy, is now in its 2nd edition. She is past Editor of Ohio Genealogy News. Her current research on the archives of Catholic women religious (sisters and nuns) has received funding from the Cushwa Center at the University of Notre Dame. She coordinated the U.S. church records course for the GRIP Genealogical Institute in 2024, and will be an instructor for GRIP 2025 (Practical Family History Writing) and the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy Spring Virtual 2025 (Researching Women from 1850-1960).
Awards and Education
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Research Travel Award 2024, Cushwa Center, University of Notre Dame
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Winner, National Genealogical Society’s Award for Excellence: Methods & Sources Book Competition in 2022 for How to Find Your Family History in U.S. Church Records, co-authored with Harold Henderson, CG
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Winner, National Genealogical Society Newsletter Competition in 2017
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Winner, International Society of Family History Writers & Editors Excellence in Writing Competition: 1st place, Articles, 2012 and 3rd place, Newsletter Editing, 2013
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Double-major undergraduate degrees in History and Humanities, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
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Graduate coursework, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh participant, 2013 and 2017
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Participation in professional-level memoir writing group
Personal
- Sunny lives and works in the Cleveland, Ohio area.
- She is married and has 3 children.
Contact
Please email Sunny at sunny@sunnymorton.com for inquiries about speaking presentations, author events, etc.
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