Contributing Editor Sunny Morton explains how she used collateral research techniques and a delayed birth record to identify an ancestor’s parents—who were also neighbors.
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Case Study: Identifying Woman’s Parents With a Delayed Birth Record
By Sunny Jane Morton
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