You didn’t miss RootsTech
Really.
Would The Legal Genealogist kid you?
You didn’t miss RootsTech. Not all of it anyway.
Honest.
Oh, the conference is over, for sure. And the crowds are all home, safe and sound, from Salt Lake City.
But you can still catch so many of the highlights, today, tomorrow, next week, even next year.
Because so very much of the conference was recorded, and so many of the recordings are now online.
Here’s what’s available now on the RootsTech video page:
Thursday, February 6
8:30 a.m. – General Session & Keynotes, Dennis Brimhall of Family Search, Annelies van den Belt of DC Thomson Family History, and Ree Drummond
10:30 a.m. – Top Ten Things I Learned About My Family From My Couch, Tammy Hepps
1 p.m. – Do It Yourself Photo Restoration, The Ancestry Insider
2:30 p.m. – Intro to DNA for Genealogists, James Rader
4 p.m. – Genealogy in the Cloud, Randy Hoffman
4 p.m. – Sharing Your Family History With Multimedia, Michael J. Leclerc
Friday, February 7
8:30 a.m. Keynotes – Judy Russell, The Legal Genealogist, and Dr. Spencer Wells of National Geographic’s Genographic Project
10:30 a.m. – Storytelling Super Powers – How to Come Off as Your Family’s Genealogy Hero, David Adelman
1 p.m. – Tweets, Links, Pins, and Posts: Break Down Genealogical Brick Walls With Social Media, Lisa Alzo
1 p.m. – 5 Ways to do Genealogy In Your Sleep, Deborah Gamble
2:30 p.m. – Finding Family and Ancestors Outside the USA With New Technologies, Daniel Horowitz
2:30 p.m. – Getting the Most Out Of Ancestry, Christa Cowan
4 p.m. – How to Interview Yourself for a Personal History, Tom Taylor
Saturday, February 8
8:30 a.m. Keynotes – Todd Hansen and Stephanie Nielson
10:30 a.m. – Become an iPad Power User, Lisa Louise Cooke
1 p.m. – Information Overload: Managing,line Searches and Their Results, D. Joshua Taylor
2:30 p.m. – A Beginners Guide to Going Paperless, Randy Whited
We all owe a great big thanks to FamilySearch and the entire RootsTech team — and the many sponsors of the conference — for making these recordings available, online, free.
And there may still be a couple of additional recordings yet to come, so check back at the RootsTech video page!
And…FamilySearch’s YouTube channel has a ton of videos (interviews and other items) from RootsTech!
That too, Christine — thanks for posting. The link to the FamilySearch YouTube channel recent uploads section is here.
I just watched the video of your keynote address at Rootstech. I really enjoyed it and I want to bring two points. I have tried and tried to pry information from my parents about themselves and their parents and grandparents, but I have hit walls. FIRST: Because for them, remembering is TOO painful and they don’t want to share much of their memories and relive a difficult past. SECOND: Because as kid they were not allowed to ask questions and were told it was none of their business. I heard that again last week on our weekly call. How can you work around that? I am at a loss. I keep a pad by the phone and when they do share a nugget, I do take notes. I prepare for the next call from these notes and try to broach subjects in as non-threatening a way as I can muster. I have collected a few interesting anecdotes that way, but it is very tedious!
Annick
Annick, there are a lot of tricks you can try to see if you can’t open the door just a little to some of these family memories. Perhaps, for example, one of your parents would agree to look at family photographs and explain what they showed while you videotape the photos (and record the commentary).