RootsTech 2017 ... From Home!

It's that time again. Time for the Big Show. No, not Christmas. (But in a way Christmas for genealogists!) It's RootsTech time! And again this year I will be unable to attend. (insert frowny face here) Never fear! The folks at RootsTech have made some of their sessions available for live-streaming AND there's an app where you can download syllabus material to your computer or your phone.

No swag, no rubbing of elbows, no "genealogy contact high" from being in a room with so many like-minded people ..... but RootsTech from Home is still pretty fun - and you don't have to change out of your jammies. (or whatever you wear in your Cave - I'm not here to judge)

I'll be "attending" - maybe I'll "see" you there too! 

From the homepage: "Not able to attend in person? Several sessions at RootsTech 2017, including the general keynote sessions, will be streamed live on the home page of RootsTech.org. After the conference, recordings of these sessions will be posted on the website for a limited time."

CLICK HERE for the home page. (note: the link won't be active until RootsTech actually starts)

Speaker line-up: (times given in MST)

Wednesday

9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m. | Innovator Summit General Session

Speakers: Steve Rockwood, Liz Wiseman

10:15 a.m.–11:15 a.m. | Industry Trends and Outlook

Speakers: Craig Bott and Guest Panel

11:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. | Innovation—Best Practices and Applications

Speaker: Cydni Tetro

Thursday

8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m. | RootsTech General Session

Speakers: Steve Rockwood, Jonathan and Drew Scott

11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. | Getting Started in Genealogy

Speaker: Kelli Bergheimer

12:15 p.m.–1:15 p.m. | DNA: The Glue That Holds Families Together

Speaker: Diahan Southard

1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m. | DNA Matching on MyHeritage

Speaker: Dana Drutman

3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. | Jewish Genealogy: Where to Look and What’s Available

Speaker: Lara Diamond

4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. | Family History Is Anything but Boring

Speakers: Crystal Farish and Rhonna Farrer

Friday

8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m. | RootsTech General Session

Speakers: Levar Burton, Special Guest Panel

10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. | RootsTech Innovator Showdown Finals

12:15 p.m.–1:15 p.m. | Mothers, Daughters, Wives: tracing Female Lines

Speaker: Judy Russell

1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m. | Censational Census Strategies

Speaker: Mary Kircher Roddy

3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. | Big 4: Comparing Ancestry, findmypast, FamilySearch, and MyHeritage

Speaker: Sunny Morton

4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. | Cross the Atlantic with Religious Records

Speaker: Jen Baldwin

Saturday

8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m. | RootsTech General Session

Speakers: Cece Moore, Buddy Valastro

11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. | Journaling Principles That Work

Speaker: Steve Reed

1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m. | Don’t Just Be a Searcher, Be a Researcher

Speaker: Crista Cowan

3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. | Creating Google Alerts for Your Genealogy

Speaker: Katherine R. Wilson

And you can download syllabus material with this desktop app!

(yes, I have already saved one - glad I took the screenshot before I saved everything!)

Both Genea-Musings and the Ancestry Insider have done very nice blog posts describing how to use this app - please visit their posts to learn more:

Genea-Musings 

Finding Syllabus Material on the RootsTech 2017 Mobile App

The Ancestry Insider 

Whether You’re Going to #RootsTech or Not

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