Each life has rites of passage, ceremonies through which an individual passes before moving on to the next stage in life.  Important events within the lives of Catholic ancestors are recorded within sacramental records, and clues to their important milestones and to their life stories can be found within these and other key records of the Church.

 

Lisa Toth Salinas is a freelance writer and genealogist with a focus on Catholic research and the immigrant origins of her Hungarian, Croatian & Irish ancestors and their roots in the Northeast (New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts).  She is author of three Legacy Family Tree QuickGuides: Catholic Genealogy, Hungarian Genealogy, and Croatian Genealogy.  In addition to her other writing projects, Lisa is a contributing author for The Catholic Gene blog.