How to use Ancestry (but better)
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- Offer Number:
- 1
- On Sale:
- 06/05/2025
- Digital Edition:
- £6.99
- Print Edition:
- £55.00 (plus postage)
Download Summary
Watch Karen Evans’s hugely popular Masterclass and learn how to use the Ancestry website better! Purchase the bundle of three in-depth video tutorials and related handouts, and start using Ancestry like a pro!
On Sale: 06/05/2025
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How to use Ancestry (but better)
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How to use Ancestry (but better)
Learn how to make the most of Ancestry with expert genealogist Karen Evans.
Watch on-demand and transform the way you research your family tree.
🎓 Course overview
The series is available to watch in your own time, and includes:
- Recording of webinar one (2 hours)
- Recording of webinar two (2 hours)
- Recording of webinar three (2 hours 15 mins)
- Handouts to accompany webinars
- Your digital edition of Start Your Family Tree, 100-page guide
Once you purchase the bundle, you’ll receive a link and password to access all resources.

💡 How this masterclass helps you
Ancestry is one of the main platforms genealogists use when researching their family history, but are you getting the most out of it?
In these recorded webinars, Family Tree’s DNA Advisor Karen Evans focuses on:
- Making the tree tools work for you
- Powering up your searches
- Troubleshooting common challenges and confusion
She shares practical hints and research tactics learned from years of using Ancestry — helping you get faster, clearer results from your research.
💬 Family historians love this course!
Attendees on the live course were thrilled with what they learned!
- "I am an 83-year-old technophobe and I am amazed how much I am learning. My tree will come on in leaps and bounds now."
- "So many really helpful tips and new ideas. I'm buzzing! Amazing course. Definitely need to listen again...🤩"
- "This course has been very informative and so useful – given me lots of tips to try Ancestry features I’ve never used."
- "Thanks Karen, brilliant course. I've learnt so much."
- "I’m definitely signing up for your next course!"

📘 Bonus resource
When you order the course, you’ll also receive a digital edition of Start Your Family Tree, worth £14.99, the best-selling 100-page guide to genealogy, published in association with Ancestry.

👩🏫 About the speaker
Karen Evans is a long-time family historian and DNA researcher who uses genetic genealogy to solve real-life family mysteries. She is the DNA Advisor to Family Tree magazine and presents the monthly DNA Club for Family Tree Plus members.
For any queries about this Masterclass, please email [email protected] – we’ll be happy to help.