Global RootsTech Conference Announces Free Online Broadcast Schedule

SALT LAKE CITY—RootsTech, the world’s largest family history and technology conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah, February 6-8, 2014, announced today that 15 of its popular sessions will be broadcast live and complimentary over the Internet.

The live broadcasts will give those unable to attend in-person worldwide a sample of this year’s conference content. Interested viewers can watch the live presentations at RootsTech.org.

The fourth-year conference has attracted over 10,000 registered attendees in-person, and leaders expect over 20,000 additional viewers online.

The streamed sessions include a sampling of technology and family history presentations. Following are the broadcasted sessions and speakers. All times below are in Eastern Standard Time (EST)

Thursday, February 6

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., Top 10 Things I Learned About My Family from My Couch by Tammy Hepps

3 p.m. to 4 p.m., FamilySearch Family Tree: What's New and What's Next by Ron Tanner
4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Intro to DNA for Genealogists by James Rader

6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Genealogy in the Cloud by Randy Hoffman

7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Sharing Your Family with Multimedia by Michael LeClerc

Friday, February 7

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., Storytelling Super Powers: How to Come Off as Your Family's Genealogy Hero by David Adelman

3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Tweets, Links, Pins, and Posts: Break Down Genealogical Brick Walls with Social Media by Lisa Alzo

4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Getting the Most Out of Ancestry.com by Crista Cowen

6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Finding Family and Ancestors Outside the USA with New Technologies by Daniel Horowitz

7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Do It Yourself Photo Restoration by Ancestry Insider

Saturday, February 8

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., Become an iPad Power User by Lisa Louise Cooke

3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Information Overload: Managing Online Searches and Their Results by Josh Taylor

4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., A Beginner's Guide to Going Paperless by Randy Whited

6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., How to Interview Yourself for a Personal History by Tom Taylor

7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Five Ways to Do Genealogy in Your Sleep by Deborah Gamble

About RootsTech

RootsTech is a global family history event where people of all ages learn to discover and share their family stories and connections through technology. The first annual conference was held in 2011, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Hosted by FamilySearch and sponsored by leading genealogical organizations, the conference includes hands-on demonstrations and forums to provide a highly interactive environment and accelerate learning. Content is geared to young and old, beginner to advanced levels.

RootsTech to Stream Popular Lectures on Net

I mentioned in genealogy class last night that RootsTech conference will be held next week in Salt Lake City. Most of us do not get to attend this magnificent event, but you can attend some of the more popular lectures via the Internet.

RootsTech 2013 announced yesterday which of its conference sessions would be streamed online for free. The conference will broadcast 13 of its 250+ classes live at RootsTech.org, including the daily keynote speakers. The family history conference is the largest of its kind in the U.S.

"Not everyone can attend RootsTech in person," said Dan Martinez, RootsTech conference manager. "So we give them a chance to virtually attend a free sampling of some of our most popular sessions live online." Martinez added that the live webcasts in 2012 had 50,000 views during the show.

Following are the RootsTech 2013 Streaming Sessions and when and where to find them. Note that the times below are in MST. For EDT time add 3 hours.
Following are the RootsTech 2013 Streaming Sessions and when and where to find them:

Mountain Standard Time  "Best of RootsTech" Live Stream on RootsTech.org

Thursday, March 21

8:30 a.m   Keynote speakers: Dennis Brimhall, President and CEO, FamilySearch International, Syd Lieberman, Nationally Acclaimed Storyteller, Author, and Teacher, and Josh Taylor, Lead Genealogist at findmypast.com and President, Federation of Genealogical Societies

11:00 a.m. The Future of Genealogy-Thomas MacEntee and panel

1:45 p.m.   Tell It Again (Story@Home)-Kim Weitkamp

3:00 p.m.   The Genealogists Gadget Bag-Jill Ball and panel

4:15 p.m.    Finding the Obscure and Elusive: Geographic Information on the Web-James Tanner

Friday, March 22

8:30 a.m.    Keynote speakers: Jyl Pattee, Founder, Mom It Forward Media, and Tim Sullivan, President and CEO, Ancestry.com

9:45 a.m.    Researching Ancestors Online-Laura Prescott

11:00 a.m.  FamilySearch Family Tree-Ron Tanner

1:45 p.m.    Google Search... and Beyond-Dave Barney

3:00 p.m.    From Paper Piles to Digital Files-Valerie Elkins

Saturday, March 23

8:30 a.m.    Keynote speakers: David Pogue, Personal Technology Columnist, The New York Times, and Gilad Japhet, Founder and CEO, MyHeritage

9:45 a.m.    Using Technology to Solve Research Problems-Karen Clifford

11:00 a.m.  Digital Storytelling: More Than Bullet Points-Denise Olson

RootsTech Conference Will Broadcast Select Sessions Free Online

RootsTech, a leading family history and technology conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah, February 2-4, 2012, announced today that fourteen of its popular sessions will be broadcasted live and complimentary over the Internet. The live broadcasts will give those unable to attend worldwide a sample of this year’s conference content. Interested viewers can watch the live presentations at RootsTech.org. The second-year conference has attracted over 3,000 registered attendees.

The free online sessions include the keynote speakers and a sampling of technology and family history presentations. Following are the fourteen broadcasted sessions and speakers.

Thursday, February 2

8:30-10:00 am MST (10:30 am-12:00 pm EST), Inventing the Future, as a Community (Keynote Address) by Jay L. Verkler

11:00 am-12:00 pm MST (1:00-2:00 pm EST), Do I Trust the Cloud? by D. Joshua Taylor

1:45-2:45 pm MST (3:45-4:45 pm EST), Effective Database Search Tactics by Kory Meyerink

3:00-4:00 pm MST (5:00-6:00 pm EST), Twitter – It’s Not Just “What I Had for Breakfast” Anymore by Thomas MacEntee

4:15-5:15 pm MST (6:15-7:15 pm EST), Eleven Layers of Online Searches by Barbara Renick

Friday, February 3

8:30-9:30 am MST (10:30-11:30 am EST), Exabyte Social Clouds and Other Monstrosities (Keynote Address) by Josh Coates

9:45-10:45 am MST (11:45 am-12:45 pm EST), Publish Your Genealogy Online by Laura G. Prescott

11:00 am-12:00 pm MST (1:00-2:00 pm EST), Optimize Your Site for Search Engines by Robert Gardner

1:45-2:45 pm MST (3:45-4:45 pm EST), Genealogists “Go Mobile” by Sandra Crowly

3:00-4:00 pm MST (5:00-6:00 pm EST), Google’s Toolbar and Genealogy by Dave Barney

Saturday, February 4

8:30-9:30 am MST (10:30-11:30 am EST), Making the Most of Technology to Further the Family History Industry (Keynote Address) by Tim Sullivan and Ancestry.com Panel

9:45-10:45 am MST (11:45 am-12:45 pm EST), Genealogy Podcasts and Blogs 101 by Lisa Louise Cooke

11:00 am-12:00 pm MST (1:00-2:00 pm EST), Future of FamilySearch Family Tree by Ron Tanner

1:45-2:45 pm MST (3:45-4:45 pm EST), Privacy in a Collaborative Environment by Noah Tatuk

RootsTech Conference Will Broadcast Select Sessions Free Online

RootsTech, a new family history and technology conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah, February 10-12, 2011, announced today that six of its popular sessions will be broadcasted live and complimentary over the Internet. The live broadcasts will give those unable to attend worldwide a sample of this year’s conference content. Interested viewers can watch the live presentations at RootsTech.org. The first-year conference has attracted over 2,000 registered attendees.

The free online sessions include some of the keynote speakers and a sampling of technology and family history presentations. Following are the six broadcasts, speakers, and times of the presentations. All times are in Mountain Standard Time (MST):

Thursday, February 10, 2011

· 8:30-9:00 a.m., A world of Information, Shane Robison, chief technology officer, Hewlett Packard

· 9-9:30 a.m., Turning Roots, Branches, Trees into Nodes, Links, Graphs, Jay L. Verkler, chief executive officer, FamilySearch International

· 3-4:00 p.m., Digitally Preserving Your Family Heritage, Barry Ewell, founder of MyGenShare.com

Friday, February 11, 2011

· 8:30-9:30 a.m., The Changing Face of Genealogy, by Curt Witcher, manager of the Historical Genealogy Department, Allen County Public Library

· 9:45-10:45 a.m., Cloud Computing: What is it and how it has been used to create the next familysearch.org, by Brian Pugh, senior engineer, FamilySearch International

Saturday, February 12, 2011

· 8:30-9:30 a.m. Personal Archiving and Primary Documents, Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archives

· 1:45-2:45 p.m., Virtual Presentations Round Table and Collaborative Panel Discussion, Thomas MacEntee, professional genealogist and technology specialist

· 3:00-4:00 p.m., The Power of PDF: Tools for Every Genealogist , D. Josh Taylor, Director of Education and Programs at New England Historical Genealogical Society.

About RootsTech

RootsTech is a new conference designed to bring technologists together with genealogists to learn from each other and find solutions to the challenges faced in family history research today. The conference’s activities and offerings are focused on content that will help genealogists and family historians discover exciting new research tools while enabling technology creators to learn the latest development techniques from industry leaders and pioneers.