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Family Mysteries, Histories and Genealogy Research Guides 
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Click HERE to send me a message or project inquiry.

FREE! Discovering the Free Side of Ancestry.com 

Click HERE to get my 23-page PDF research guide

NEW! FamilySearch Unlocked Vol. 1: Your Complete Guide to Searching Indexed Records 

Over 1200 already sold! Released on 14 Nov 2025

86-page PDF research guide HERE

This guide is entirely different from my best-selling Full-Text Search guide. Each of my guides is a standalone guide.

FamilySearch Unlocked: Vol. 2: Your Complete Guide to the FamilySearch Catalog (coming very soon)

FamilySearch Unlocked: Vol. 3: Full-Text Search 

Over 2800 sold

71-page PDF research guide HERE

ChatGPT for Genealogy: Starting from Scratch with the Free Version

Over 1400 sold 

96-page PDF research guide HERE

Super Charge Your Ancestry Searches 

Over 1600 sold

46-page PDF research guide HERE

Venturing Offline: Genealogy Records Beyond the Internet 

Over 800 sold

63-page PDF research guide HERE

Let's Talk Newspapers.com

Over 900 sold

83-page PDF research guide HERE

Let's Talk Find a Grave 

Over 500 sold

72-page PDF research guide HERE

Decoding Russian & Cyrillic: Read the Records, Not the Language

37-page PDF research guide HERE

 

Hi, I'm Jen and I like to keep it very simple and transparent. If you're here, you're interested in family history, which happens to be my full-time job and full-time passion. I love being a small business owner and am ecstatic to be doing my dream job every day.

My client cases fall into either building broad family trees or helping with specific subjects, like a roadblock in your own family tree building, immigrant origins (I understand lots of languages) or proving/disproving a family story.

All of my projects are on an hourly basis at $200 per hour with only a 2 hour minimum. Every single project starts with just 2 hours of time after which I report back to you with my thoughts and recommendations for next steps. I work quickly and efficiently in any quantity of research hour segments. The reason I keep it hourly is because each family is so very different with the records they left behind, so you just don't know what you're going to get until you start working.

It's also important to note that I have a significant waitlist, which speaks to the quality and reputation of my work. My waitlist is around 2 years (235 people) and I do not charge a down payment for you to hold your spot in line. Keep that in mind for any deadlines you may have. I do have a $500 rush fee to be worked in within 1-2 months.

I post daily genealogy tip videos across many platforms, which you can find at the links below. I like to share my knowledge so that everyone can better research their own family's history.

Click HERE to see my interviews on TV and in newspapers.

I'd love it if we could keep in touch!

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