Ultimate Guide to
Mastering FamilySearch

By Dana Ann Palmer, CG®, CGL®

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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 your workplace desk.

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Why This eBook 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: U.S. Federal and state censuses, vital and church records (including international), foreign-language tools, and handwriting guides.

Whether you’re brand new to genealogy, stuck at a dead end, or an experienced researcher, the Ultimate Guide to Mastering FamilySearch gives you the confidence and know-how to find your family.

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Join SVGS Saturday, November 8, 2025, 1pm at the Burlington Public Library for “Beyond the Brick Wall: Strategies for Pre-1850 U.S. Research” with Julie Anderson. Julie is a U.S./Canada Research Specialist at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. Come learn what resources and research techniques are available to help you locate your ancestors in records before the 1850 Census.  Can’t make it to the Burlington Library, request a zoom link by emailing [email protected].

Our monthly PSGS Program this month will be witches! Join us on Wed, Oct. 22 at 1pm (PT).  Our topic:   “The Witches of Salem: There are no Witches – Are there? Of course not!” with Jerri McCoy. 

 This will be hybrid. Join us in person at the Sylvan Way Library or on Zoom. No cost and open to the public.  The Zoom link will be posted the day before on our website (psgsociety.org) and
our Facebook page.

We of the twenty-first century are very much aware that hags do not fly across the moon on brooms. But in 1692 Charity and Mercy and plain good sense were all thrown into the fire of zealotry. Like Autumn brush fires, the witch hunt would swell and burn through Salem Village and neighboring towns. How were witches Identified? What happened to them? And who were those that were executed that terrible year in Salem? Come learn a little bit about them and their accusing neighbors.

Presented by Pamela Bell Dallas

Pamela will teach us some proven techniques for successful collateral research.

Date: Saturday November 01, 2025

Time: 12:30 PM to 03:00 PM

Location: The Hive (Door Code: 985426#)  

Zoom link and Handouts for this presentation will be on the website the day prior.

 at EWGSi.org

Please print your handouts at home.  

Cookies and Coffee

Free Table

Raffles

$50/50$