RootsTech 2017
This time last year, I was heading to Salt Lake City in the United States, to attend RootsTech the largest genealogy conference in the world. What a time I had! It was a huge learning experience for me, being the largest conference I had ever attended. I met so many people, including many fellow genealogy bloggers. Many I knew from social media, but met face to face for the first time at the conference.
Unfortunately, this year I am unable to go, so will be watching very enviously from afar. Many of the sessions are being live streamed this year, so my plan is to watch as many as are available. There is so much to learn and RootsTech is the perfect place for picking up new information. I know it won’t be the same as being there, but I am still very much looking forward to my RootsTech experience
I will also be keeping a lookout on Facebook and Twitter for reports from the conference center. For the next few days, I will be living vicariously through fellow geneabloggers who are attending.
Following are a listing of the live streams that are available. These are also available after the sessions have been completed.
Wednesday
Innovator Summit General Session
Speakers: Steve Rockwood, Liz Wiseman
Industry Trends and Outlook
Speakers: Craig Bott and Guest Panel
Innovation—Best Practices and Applications
Speaker: Cydni Tetro
Thursday
RootsTech General Session
Speakers: Steve Rockwood, Jonathan and Drew Scott
Getting Started in Genealogy
Speaker: Kelli Bergheimer
DNA: The Glue That Holds Families Together
Speaker: Diahan Southard
DNA Matching on MyHeritage
Speaker: Dana Drutman
Jewish Genealogy: Where to Look and What’s Available
Speaker: Lara Diamond
Family History Is Anything but Boring
Speakers: Crystal Farish and Rhonna Farrer
Friday
RootsTech General Session
Speakers: Levar Burton, Special Guest Panel
RootsTech Innovator Showdown Finals
Mothers, Daughters, Wives: tracing Female Lines
Speaker: Judy Russell
Censational Census Strategies
Speaker: Mary Kircher Roddy
Big 4: Comparing Ancestry, findmypast, FamilySearch, and MyHeritage
Speaker: Sunny Morton
Cross the Atlantic with Religious Records
Speaker: Jen Baldwin
Saturday
RootsTech General Session
Speakers: Cece Moore, Buddy Valastro
Journaling Principles That Work
Speaker: Steve Reed
Don’t Just Be a Searcher, Be a Researcher
Speaker: Crista Cowan
Creating Google Alerts for Your Genealogy
Speaker: Katherine R. Wilson
If you think you might like to follow along, check out the Streaming Schedule and don’t forget that times given are US time. You will need to convert to Australian time
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