Heading down the stream
One of the nice things about RootsTech is that some of the session are livestreamed: shown in real time, live, free, to anyone who cares to sit in.
No, it’s not the same thing as being here in Salt Lake City. Nothing can compare to that.
Being here means, among other things, being with thousands of other people who share our joy in researching our families and who don’t roll their eyes when we start talking about our latest find on microfilm.
Being here means an exhibit hall so big you couldn’t see everything if you had three weeks, much less three days.
Being here means getting two for one in terms of genealogical education because the Federation of Genealogical Societies 2015 conference is going on at the same time and attendees can go to both for a small additional fee.
But it’s the next best thing for those who can’t be here, and here’s what’s being offered (all times are Mountain Standard Time):
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12
Time | Class Title | Speaker |
8:30-10:00 a.m. | Thursday General Session | Dennis Brimhall, Tan Le, Mike Mallin |
11:00 a.m.-noon | 30 Pieces of Tech I Can’t Live Without | D. Joshua Taylor |
1:30-2:30 p.m. | You’ve Mastered the Census and Basic Search, What Next? | Karen Auman |
3:00-4:00 | What’s New at FamilySearch | Devin Ashby |
4:30-5:30 | Getting Started in Genetic Genealogy | Diahan Southard |
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13
Time | Class Title | Speaker |
10:30-11:30 a.m. | Innovator Summit Challenge Event | RootsTech |
1:00-2:00 p.m. | Building a Genealogy Research Toolbox | Thomas MacEntee |
2:30-3:30 p.m. | Bring Your Ancestor Back to the Future | Anne Leishman |
4:00-5:00 p.m. | The Write Stuff. Leaving a Recorded Legacy: Personal Histories, Journals, Diaries, and Letters | Valerie Elkins |
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14
Time | Class Title | Speaker |
8:30-10:00 a.m. | Saturday General Session | Donny Osmond, A.J. Jacobs |
10:30-11:30 a.m. | Finding the Living among the Dead: Using the Internet to Find Your Living Cousins | Amy Archibald |
1:00-2:00 p.m. | Family History on the Go Using Phones and Tablet Apps | Crystal Beutler |
2:30-3:30 p.m. | Personal History Triage: How to Tell the Best Ten Stories of Your Life | Alison Taylor |
4:00-5:00 p.m. | Finding Your Family on Newspapers.com | Peter Drinkwater |
So head on over to the RootsTech website for the livestreamed sessions. The link to join in the fun will be there when livestreaming starts, and the schedule is there now.
Following along on Twitter (on a separate column on TweetDeck), so I can a smidge of the experience! Looking very exciting so far. I’ve already warned friends and family that I’m not here during those days. Just a zombie focused on my computer screens – one for the streaming sessions, the other one with TweetDeck open…
Great positives from your workshop tweeted, Judy. You’re a superb teacher.