2026-10-28    Finding Your Ancestor's Church: Church records are a great source of genealogical information, but what if you're not sure of an ancestor's religion or the church they attended? Genealogist Alice Childs shares four approaches to finding the church of your ancestor, such as using county histories and city directories. There's also a little-known Social Statistics Schedule in several U.S. censuses that lists religious affiliation. For more tips on finding and using church records, see Goal F1 in the United States page.

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