Ultimate Guide to
Mastering FamilySearch
By Dana Ann Palmer, CG®, CGL®
Print Edition: $59.95 eBook: $29.95
Full Color Print Edition Available Now!

Discover the secrets to finding your family history from one of genealogy’s most sought-after educators.
For years, Dana Ann Palmer has filled large conference rooms to standing-room-only capacity—teaching thousands how to discover ancestors others miss. Now, in her long-awaited Ultimate Guide to Mastering FamilySearch, Dana brings her vaunted methods and award-winning instruction straight to you.

Why This Book Matters 🍃
FamilySearch is one of the most powerful (and free) genealogy tools in the world—but its vast collection and frequent updates can feel overwhelming. Fortunately, Dana’s new guide walks you step-by-step through the exact methods she’s perfected over nearly three decades of professional research and teaching.
Inside the Ultimate Guide
- Master Every Corner of FamilySearch: Historical records, the Catalog, images, full-text searches, and the Research Wiki.
- Learn Dana’s Proven Search Strategies: The same tips and tricks that have helped thousands break through “brick walls.”
- Preserve Your Legacy: How to use the FamilySearch TREE and MEMORIES features to safeguard family photos and heirlooms.
- Access Hard-to-Find Collections: Special and obscure censuses, vital and church records (including international), foreign-language tools, and handwriting guides.
Dana Ann Palmer, CG®, CGL®
Dana Ann Palmer, CG®, CGL® has taught genealogy since 1996, including over a decade of courses at Sinclair Community College. Her live sessions at RootsTech, the National Genealogical Society Conference, Legacy Family Tree Webinars, and the International German Genealogy Partnership Conference are consistently standing-room-only. A respected professional genealogist, Dana specializes in Ohio research, lineage-society applications, and publishing family history books. She also serves on the General Society of Mayflower Descendants’ Silver Books team.
Bring Dana’s classroom to your desk—and finally unlock everything FamilySearch has to offer.
Order your copy of the Ultimate Guide to Mastering FamilySearch today and start discovering your family’s hidden stories.


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Ultimate Guide to Mastering FamilySearch
Format: Paperback
Don’t ignore the eBook!
In addition to a great reading platform, we are now able to make updates available as downloadable pdf’s. When FamilySearch makes key changes, we will tell you about them. We’ll keep doing that until we’re ready to publish a new edition.