Just the good news we need to end the year. RootsTech 2022, sponsored by FamilySearch, is entirely virtual and completely free – again.
In 2021, over a million people “attended” RootsTech and you can be one of those lucky people in March 2022 too.
In 2022, there will be more than 1500 sessions presented by hundreds of speakers from around the globe in many languages. Of course, that’s in addition to the vendor Expo booths, which I love, and the DNA Basics Learning Center.
The 2022 sessions and speakers aren’t listed yet, but this would be a good time to view any of the 2021 sessions that you never got a chance to. What better thing could you be doing for New Year’s Eve😊
Sign Up!
You can sign up for RootsTech 2022 here, for free.
I’ll let you know as soon as the 2022 sessions are added. The sessions showing are the 2021 classes which RootsTech has graciously made available for the entire year. I don’t know how long they will be viewable, so if you want to watch, please do so now.
As you might imagine, the 2022 speakers are busily (should I say crazily) designing and recording their content. You’ll be seeing me in both recorded sessions (about my new book, DNA for Native American Genealogy,) sharing success-story testimonials, and in several live sessions too.
Yes, some sessions will be live this time and the live sessions will be recorded for later playback. I like to interact with people, so I’ve decided to cross my fingers that the internet gremlins don’t visit me those days! I have seven exciting sessions under construction.
Be sure to test your Y, mitochondrial and autosomal DNA and upload your autosomal DNA to multiple locations in advance so you are prepared to benefit from all of the DNA track presentations and a multitude of wonderful speakers. There’s still time today and tomorrow to take advantage of end-of-the year sales.
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- Charting Companion – Charts and Reports to use with your genealogy software or FamilySearch
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- Newspapers.com – Search newspapers for your ancestors
- NewspaperArchive– Search different newspapers for your ancestors
My Book
- DNA for Native American Genealogy – by Roberta Estes
- DNA for Native American Genealogy – for those ordering outside the US
Genealogy Books
- Genealogical.com – Lots of wonderful genealogy research books
Genealogy Research
- Legacy Tree Genealogists – Professional genealogy research
Thanks Roberta. I’ve signed up – see you there. I finally ordered an mtDNA test. It took months to get to Mexico and I finally found someone to carry it back to the states to mail just a week or so ago. With much luck I’ll have my results back by RootsTech.
What I liked was the fact that each DNA kit got to note a couple of hundred related cousins among the registered attendees. I downloaded about 250 for myself & another different set of 250 for my maternal first cousin, whose kit I managed. That gave me plenty of work for the rest of the year!!