Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Town Hall Meeting at #RootsTech – LDS Edition

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This is the third in a series of articles about FamilySearch executives’ town hall meeting during RootsTech 2017 . The first of the series w...

Family History Library March Free Webinars

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The Family History Library has released its schedule of free webinars for March 20017. FamilySearch issued this press release about the mon...
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Monday, February 27, 2017

Inside Edition Investigates Reliability of DNA Ethnicity Tests

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Identical triplets should have identical DNA, right? That is what Dr. David Ku of Universal Genetics told Inside Edition . Inside Edition u...
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Thursday, February 23, 2017

Town Hall Meeting at #RootsTech – Tree Edition

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This is the second in a series of articles about FamilySearch executives’ town hall meeting during RootsTech 2017 . Yesterday I published q...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Town Hall Meeting at #RootsTech – Records Edition

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FamilySearch executives held a town hall meeting during RootsTech 2017 and answered questions for an hour. Today I will write about the que...
Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Passionate Genealogist is Core - Tim Sullivan at #RootsTech

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I had the opportunity during RootsTech to sit down with Tim Sullivan, president and CEO of Ancestry. One of the things we discussed was the ...
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Saturday, February 18, 2017

Ancestry UK Collection Free Through Monday, 20 February 2017

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To celebrate Presidents Day in the United States, Ancestry has opened up more than one billion records from its United Kingdom collection fo...
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Thursday, February 16, 2017

Robert Kehrer’s Industry Trends and Outlook – #RootsTech

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Robert Kehrer, product manager at FamilySearch, took part of a panel discussion titled “Industry Trends and Outlook” at the Innovators Summi...
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Friday was African Heritage Day at #RootsTech 2017

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RootsTech celebrated African Heritage Friday, 10 February 2017. Everyone is still talking about their highlight of RootsTech 2017 , the mome...
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Monday, February 13, 2017

Steve Rockwood at #RootsTech: Personal Trees, Partners, Provender

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Sorry about the weird word in the title. I needed a synonym for food that began with the letter P. No lie. Food was a big theme of Steve Ro...
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Saturday, February 11, 2017

Tim Sullivan Announces AncestryDNA Genetic Communities at #RootsTech 2017

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Tim Sullivan, CEO and president of Ancestry announced this morning a new DNA feature called Genetic Communities. He gave us a quick, sneak p...
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Watch LDS Family Discovery Day Live This Afternoon

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Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can watch a live stream of 2017 Family Discovery Day this afternoon, 11 Febru...
Friday, February 10, 2017

LeVar Burton – The Power of Storytelling - #RootsTech 2017

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LeVar Burton has been blessed by four story-telling mentors in his life. The first was his mother, Erma Jean Christian. “I am the man that ...
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Watch #RootsTech 2017 Live: Saturday Schedule

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Are you watching RootsTech 2017 live today? There are more sessions to see. Click here to start. More will be streamed live tomorrow. Whe...
Thursday, February 9, 2017

Tabernacle Choir Provides Enchanting Evening for #RootsTech

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The plan was to write about the Thursday morning keynotes. That’s what you’re supposed to be reading right now. But I just returned from the...

AncestryDNA Kit Available for $49 at #RootsTech

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Ancestry is saying thank you to the RootsTech community by offering AncestryDNA kits for $49 exclusively for RootsTech 2017 attendees. The ...
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Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Liz Wiseman at #RootsTech Innovator Summit

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Liz Wiseman presented one of the keynote addresses at the Innovator Summit at RootsTech 2017 . Liz is the president of The Wiseman Group. Th...

Family History Enhances Lives - #RootsTech 2017

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Today was Innovator Summit at RootsTech 2017 . In the general session Steve Rockwood asked us to “imagine how we’ll treat each other when we...

Black History Month

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February is Black History Month in the United States. Ancestry’s Fold3 and FamilySearch’s # RootsTech are but two of the genealogical vendo...

Welcome, #RootsTech!

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Welcome RootsTech 2017 ! Here are a few last minute notes and reminders: RootsTech classes actually begin on Wednesday at 3:00pm. The la...