Can’t attend this year’s RootsTech family history conference in person? 15 sessions will be streamed free over the Internet.
RootsTech is a family history and technology conference that offers family history training for adults and youth.
The following are the sessions and speakers that will be broadcast. All times are in Mountain Standard Time (MST):
Thursday, February 6 on RootsTech.org | ||
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. | Top 10 Things I Learned About My Family from My Couch | Tammy Hepps |
1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. | FamilySearch Family Tree: What’s New and What’s Next | Ron Tanner |
2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. | Intro to DNA for Genealogists | James Rader |
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. | Genealogy in the Cloud | Randy Hoffman |
5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. | Sharing Your Family with Multimedia | Michael LeClerc |
Friday, February 7 on RootsTech.org | ||
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. | Storytelling Super Powers: How to Come Off as Your Family’s Genealogy Hero | David Adelman |
1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. | Tweets, Links, Pins, and Posts: Break Down Genealogical Brick Walls with Social Media | Lisa Alzo |
2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. | Getting the Most Out of Ancestry.com | Crista Cowen |
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. | Finding family and ancestors outside the USA with new technologies | Daniel Horowitz |
5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. | Do It Yourself Photo Restoration | Ancestry Insider |
Saturday, February 8 on RootsTech.org | ||
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. | Become and iPad Power User | Lisa Louise Cooke |
1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. | Information Overload: Managing Online Searches and Their Results | Josh Taylor |
2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. | A Beginner’s Guide to Going Paperless | Randy Whited |
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. | How to Interview Yourself for a Personal History | Tom Taylor |
5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. | Five Ways to Do Genealogy in Your Sleep | Deborah Gamble |
These are the sessions with LDS-specific content that will be streamed live on LDS.org on Saturday, February 8th:
Saturday, February 8 on LDS.org | ||
11:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. | Igniting Family History in Your Ward, Quorums, and Groups | Elder Allan F. Packer |
11:45 a.m. to 12:45 a.m. | Member Class, Part 1: Connecting Past, Present, and Future Through Stories | Heidi SwintonTim Cross |
1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. | Start with the Heart: Understanding the Family History Consultants’ Core Responsibilities | Shipley Munson |
Will the streamed sessions also be archived to watch at a later time?
Yes, videos of the sessions will be posted online after the live event so you can watch them later.
where can I find archive of Elder Alan F. Packer’s talk at Rootstech Saturday, 8 Feb 2014?
Cliff,
It’s on LDS.org at http://www.lds.org/topics/family-history/rootstech?lang=eng
Larry
Is there a video of the “Start with the Heart: Understanding the Family History Consultants’ Core Responsibilities” from Rootstech 2014 available for viewing?
Larry Egbert,
Start with a Heart is at https://www.lds.org/topics/family-history/rootstech?lang=eng
All the online sessions are found at https://rootstech.org/about/videos/
and https://www.lds.org/topics/family-history/rootstech?lang=eng
Information about the youth panel is at https://www.lds.org/church/news/rootstech-youth-panel-shares-family-history-experiences?lang=eng
Larry
I’m looking for the handouts that was used during the presentation “Start with a Heart” for family history consultants. Could you please direct me where I can find the pdf. Thank you
Sandra,
See https://rootstech.org/about/syllabus-materials/
Larry
Larry, I echo Sandra’s request. Have you tried that link?
The videos from 2014 are at https://rootstech.org/videos?lang=eng
There is also information at https://www.lds.org/topics/family-history/family-discovery-day?lang=eng
I can’t find any of the handouts online now.