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Friday, 25 February 2022

Family history conferencing at home

RootsTech 2022 will be held March 3rd - 5th, 2022.

It is entirely virtual and completely free (though you do need to register) You can join the world's largest family history conference from their website: www.rootstech.org .

RootsTech welcomes millions of people worldwide to learn & to celebrate family at the family history conference and year-long learning platform. With thousands of classes, inspiring speakers, meaningful activities and joyful connections.

All the major family history search are represented, including: FamilySearch, Ancestry, My Heritage, FamilyTreeDNA, Family Tree Maker, Photomyne, TheGenealogist, The Family History Guide Association, National Genealogical Society (US)…

The Schedule starts streaming at 8:00am in Salt Lake City, (2:00 am [Thursday] in Sydney/Melbourne) and continues for the next 72 hours. You can join in at any time and watch what is playing on the main stage, watch one of over 900 class sessions, visit the virtual expo hall, and connect with other attendees, & your Relatives at RootsTech (an online experience that shows if (and how) you are related to other RootsTech attendees). Classes begin at any time that you are ready to begin, it is all about your schedule and individual needs (Sessions are available at the website via streaming – no downloading is available).

To create a personalised schedule - Click the plus button at the bottom of each preview tile for a class session or on the session page to add that class to your playlist. In the top navigation you will see a play button icon where you can access everything you have added to your list.

RootsTech is hosted by the FamilySearch people, and aimed at the American & international audience, but as family history research is about the whole wide world, and with over 1,500 sessions, you can find something of relevance & interest to you. Check out the Innovators Portal for some of the new & emerging tech!