Register for RootsTech 2025 Now

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You can now register for RootsTech 2025, whether you’re planning to attend in person March 6-8 in Salt Lake City or virtually.

There’s no better value.

A three-day pass to the entire conference only costs $129, or you can attend online for free. More than 200 sessions are available virtually, and another 250 are exclusive to attendees in Salt Lake City.

While we think of presenters at conferences, and we should, I love the vendors in the Expo Hall. It’s a gathering of the very best of everything genealogy! You can see demos, talk to experts, and so much more. Be sure to save time in your schedule because the hall is huge, and you don’t want to miss anything.

You also don’t want to miss the keynote sessions, which are available either in person or virtually. It never fails, not only are they amazingly upbeat and inspirational, but Steve Rockwood always makes me cry. There’s just such an amazing, electric energy like no place else.

RootsTech is a genealogy homecoming, like the swallows returning to San Juan Capistrano. One big reunion!

Who’s Presenting and Their Sessions

Want to see who’s presenting?

Scroll down to “More to Explore.”

Click on either the Search or the Class Schedule link.

Search

“Search” allows you to select DNA or other topic to view a group of sessions.

Click to view DNA sessions.

Note that the first 15 sessions are 2025 sessions, and the sessions on the next several pages were recorded in past years and are still available for your viewing pleasure.

Please note that using the search feature, every session has a “Watch” button, but that’s not always accurate. Not every session can be watched.

For example, here’s one of my sessions.

It’s scheduled for March 8th at 3:30, and it’s noted as “in person,” but it also has a watch button and shouldn’t.

If you click on the watch button, you’ll see a notice that the session is not being broadcast or recorded. So, DON’T make your decision based on the presence of a “Watch” button on sessions you want to see. If it’s available online, it will say so in the top left corner.

Class Schedule – Speakers

If you select “Class Schedule,” you can click the down arrow to select specific speakers you’d like to see.

I selected my name, and here’s what I see. I have four sessions in total: three in person (including one double session) and one online.

However, initially, you don’t see any sessions displayed. You notice that there are three tabs with associated numbers. You need to navigate using these tabs.

If you click on “All Sessions,” you don’t see all four of my sessions; you see only the sessions by day.

The default, above, is Online, and you can see that I have one Online session. To view information about that session, ALSO click on Saturday to display the online sessions I have on Saturday. If I had online sessions on another day too, you would see that day, say Sunday, in addition to Saturday. You would have to click on Sunday to see my online sessions on Sunday.

In other words, you navigate by a combination of “Session Type” AND “When.”

Do the same thing for “In Person,” or “All.” Select by day for each category.

When you select “In Person” or “All,” you’ll be able to select the sessions by day. For example, here are all of my Saturday sessions – one in person and one online.

Be sure to download the RootsTech app to create your own schedule, especially if you’re attending in person. It will make navigating the conference much easier!

My Sessions – You’re Invited

I’m honored that RootsTech has invited me to present DNA  Academy again this year. Of course, a lot has changed, and everything in the presentation is fresh and up-to-date. DNA Academy was very popular last year, with standing-room-only. This year, we’re in a double room – 155 B and C.

  • Bonus – DNA Academy on March 6th at 3:30 EST (1:30 Mountain) is actually a double session and runs until 4 PM MST.

DNA Academy – Vendors, Tools and Techniques to Find Your Ancestors is a great way to learn about when and how to use DNA for genealogy, then the best that each vendor has to offer. This session begins at 3:30 on March 6th and is actually a double session. We will have a short break, but in essence, it runs from 3:30 until 6. Hence, the title of “Academy.”

You can view my sessions here and add them to your conference schedule.

My book, The Complete Guide to FamilyTreeDNA: Y-DNA, Mitochondrial, Autosomal, and X-DNA, is a wonderful companion to this session. US customers can order the book here in e-pub, black-and-white, or color versions. Non-US customers should order print books from their country’s Amazon site to avoid expensive shipping, VAT tax, etc.

Since I’ll be presenting live from Salt Lake City anyway, there’s a rumor afoot that I may be in a conference room so that people can attend in person, too. I know many of you have asked for this, so RootsTech is trying their best to accommodate that request.

This session pairs well with my book, DNA for Native American Genealogy, available here. Outside the US, please order through your country’s Amazon.

  • On March 8th, at 3:30 EST (1:30 Mountain), my fourth session, Reveal Your Maternal Ancestors & Their Stories Using Mitochondrial DNA, is being held in Ballroom G. I love the ballrooms because of their seating capacity, and they have multiple screens. This session will be a lot of fun because we’re going to discuss success stories and how the new Mitotree will boost your genealogy!

Yes, this session is late on the last day of RootsTech, but what a great way to end the conference. Who doesn’t have female brick walls that need to fall?

Book Signings

I’m not sure when or where yet, but I will be doing at least one book signing in the Expo Hall at RootsTech and possibly a meet-and-greet. I’ll let you know more when we’ve nailed down specifics.

Also, if you’ve already purchased the book, you don’t necessarily need to bring it along. I’ll have some bookplates along with me that I can sign, which you can affix to the inside of your book at home.

Register for RootsTech Now

How is it possible that RootsTech opens in just 47 days? I can hardly wait!

Be sure to register, here.

I look forward to seeing you there.

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