RootsTech Facebook page<\/a>, the sessions that will be live streamed in Eastern Standard Time are:<\/p>\nThursday<\/h2>\n
10:30 a.m. Keynote speakers
\n1:00 p.m. The Future of Genealogy – panel
\n3:45 p.m. Tell it Again – Kim Weitkamp
\n5:00 p.m. The Genealogists Gadget Bag – Jill Ball and panel
\n6:15 p.m. Finding the Obscure and Elusive…- James Tanner<\/p>\n
Friday<\/h2>\n
10:30 a.m. Keynote speakers
\n11:45 a.m. Researching Ancestors Online – Laura Prescott
\n1:00 p.m. FamilySearch Family Tree – Ron Tanner
\n3:45 p.m. Google Search…and Beyond – Dave Barney
\n5:00 p.m. From Paper Piles to Digital Files – Valerie Elkins<\/p>\n
Saturday<\/h2>\n
10:30 a.m. Keynote speakers
\n11:45 a.m. Using Technology to Solve Research… – Karen Clifford
\n1:000 p.m. Digital Storytelling: More than Bullet Points – Denise Olson<\/p>\n
Family history fairs around the world will also stream some of the sessions. Check the website to see if there\u2019s one near you.<\/p>\n
After watching as many of these as I can, I\u2019ll be trying to figure out how to attend next year\u2019s RootsTech. It will take place February 3\u20136, 2016, again at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FamilySearch.org, the genealogy website hosted by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) are teaming up to host RootsTech, a two-day educational extravaganza next weekend, from Thursday February 11 until Sunday, February 14. I\u2019m so disappointed not to be going to Salt Lake City, Utah to attend […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"0","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[103],"tags":[607,178,608,609],"class_list":["post-16173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-history-writing","tag-familysearch-org","tag-february","tag-federation-of-genealogical-societies","tag-rootstech","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2buQs-4cR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15511,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/listening-genealogy-experts\/","url_meta":{"origin":16173,"position":0},"title":"Listening to Genealogy experts in my Sauna","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"February 8, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"A few of them made long car rides to Ontario flow by quickly. 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