The Ultimate Guide Mastering Family Search, by Dana Ann Palmer is full of special techniques and workarounds for finding someone on FamilySearch.
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Ultimate Guide Explains “Other Family Member” Trick for Finding Ancestors

By: Genealogical Publishing
May 18, 2026
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Mastering FamilySearch

The Ultimate Guide Mastering FamilySearch, by Dana Ann Palmer is full of special techniques and workarounds for finding someone on FamilySearch. Chapter Three alone is full of such helpful tips. For example, if you cannot find Mary Johnson in any of the records on FamilySearch, try searching for one or more of her family members. Oftentimes, this will enable you to find someone whose name was mis-indexed.  As Dana illustrated below, this can be very effective when you’re hunting for someone in a blended family.

AND REMEMBER: While the full-color addition of this remarkable book bears a steep price tag, you can still buy the e-Book version for nearly half as much and see everything in full color, too. 

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