by Larry Richman | Feb 12, 2024
RootsTech 2024 will be held February 29–March 2, 2024. This is the Church’s annual family history conference and it will be both in person in Salt Lake City, Utah, and online so everyone may participate. Below are key invitations to attend: Family Discovery Day The...
by Larry Richman | Dec 8, 2023
What better Christmas present than giving something from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? As you consider Christmas gifts this year, think about some of these items available at Church distribution centers or online at store.ChurchofJesusChrist.org....
by Larry Richman | Feb 20, 2023
As part of RootsTech 2023, Elder David A. Bednar and Elder Gerrit W. Gong will provide instruction to stake and ward leaders in the annual Temple and Family History Leadership Instruction. Additional instruction will be provided by Area Presidencies. The meeting will...
by Larry Richman | Feb 10, 2023
RootsTech is the biggest genealogy conference in the world. But if you can’t attend in 2023—or if you have missed sessions from previous years—you can find them in the RootsTech On-Demand Video Library. The library contains more than 1,500 sessions from...
by Larry Richman | Feb 7, 2023
Family Discovery Day 2023 will be held during the RootsTech conference on March 4, 2023. You can attend in person in Salt Lake City, Utah, or attend online. Family Discovery Day is a free, fun, in-person event with activities that will help you and your family unite...
by Larry Richman | Nov 10, 2022
FamilySearch has announced a series of Facebook and YouTube live events leading up to RootsTech 2023—the world’s largest genealogy conference (March 2–4, 2023). Get insider insights and ask questions live to the RootsTech Team. This series of monthly interactive...
by Larry Richman | Oct 12, 2022
Registration is now open for RootsTech 2023, which will be March 2-4, 2023, with both in-person and virtual experiences. RootsTech, the world’s largest family history gathering, is back in 2023 with an in-person event in Salt Lake City to complement its massive online...
by Larry Richman | Jun 23, 2022
RootsTech, the world’s largest family history gathering, is back in 2023 with an in-person event in Salt Lake City to complement its massive online conference. Mark your calendars for March 2–4, 2023, to join millions of virtual and in-person attendees for inspiring...
by Larry Richman | Mar 9, 2022
A million-plus participants enjoyed more than 1,500 interactive experiences in at least 30 languages during RootsTech 2022 on March 3–5, 2022, with many more planning to access content on RootsTech.org throughout the coming year. If you missed out, you can still...
by Larry Richman | Mar 2, 2022
Experience Relatives at RootsTech to see if you are related to your friends. Relatives at RootsTech has been popular at the in-person RootsTech conferences in the past. When RootsTech became virtual worldwide in 2021, nearly 500,000 people used the app in just 4 days....
by Larry Richman | Feb 23, 2022
Elder Ulisses Soares of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and his wife, Rosana, will be the featured keynote speakers on Saturday, March 5, during Family Discovery Day a free, all-virtual event held during RootsTech 2022. Register FREE at RootsTech.org to enjoy the...
by Larry Richman | Feb 15, 2022
RootsTech will be held March 3–5, 2022, and it is 100% virtual and 100% free. Sign up for RootsTech so you can enjoy: Inspiring keynote speakers Unlimited access to over 1,500 sessions Expo Hall with companies from around the world Playlists, chat, and much more Watch...
by Larry Richman | Feb 8, 2022
FamilySearch has a lot of plans for the new year to help you make more personal family connections. In 2022, they will combine artificial intelligence and crowdsourcing to deliver millions of family discoveries, plus new international tree features. FamilySearch...
by Larry Richman | Oct 21, 2021
RootsTech is the world’s largest celebration of family. In February 2021, RootsTech went virtual, putting 1,500+ classes and keynote addresses online for free access for 11 months—until about January 2022. That only leaves a few more months to watch these incredibly...
by Larry Richman | Aug 17, 2021
Learn tips to family history research in the video, “The Genealogy Research Process: The WANDER Method,” from RootsTech 2021. Genealogy research isn’t a matter of just getting more and more records. Research isn’t usually a straight line. The drive...
