Gearing up for RootsTech 2024: Ancestry x FamilySearch

[@JoshuaRieth]

I'm so excited! I'm turning 24 this year, and I've decided to attend the in-person event. My journey began in 2020 when I started looking for my late adopted father's biological parents, and I've been hooked ever since.

[@peterfreeland7643]

Great to hear. I've been researching over 22 years. Can't stop. Double and triple check your accuracy. Then it will lead you on the right path with no errors.

[@judyanderson7489]

I get so excited when when I see young people interested in their family history/ genealogy.

[@JoshuaRieth]

@@judyanderson7489 Thanks! I like puzzles, so I fit right into this wonderful community 🌻

[@jodo3k]

Thanks for the vid. I just became aware of the conference and will be attending virtually. I've been selecting what I'm going to watch. It's kind of frustrating. There's SO MANY great-sounding talks happening at once and so few of them are online or even being recorded for later viewing if you attend in person. So much great content will be lost and not recorded. Kind of ironic for a genealogy conference lol.

[@maureengrant9077]

Very exciting. I am such a beginner- 8 months but just loving it. Thanks for all the info Crista. From Australia.

[@famlinx]

I'm from Oz, too. Melbourne. Isn't she just fabulous!

[@BarbaraBoronda]

I am so excited i am watching online for all of it.

[@elizabethhayman8754]

Hello from Tacoma, WA :)

[@abbymoser8996]

Started following you aftter I saw you present on a panel at RootsTech. I am an experienced genealoist and learn so uch from you !!!!

[@CristaCowan]

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[@hl1046]

Thanks galore for this information. Needed the reminder about Roots Tech. I’ll have to attend virtually and hope I can get to SLC next year!

[@cababyboomerq6012]

I am treating myself Roots Tech in person this year. I am really excited. I am flying in 2 days early to check out some books I can only view in the Family History Library. Wish I had this years ago!

[@catekunzi6914]

crista - you made me tear up when you talked about your Sunday nights with your Dad - so precious.

[@CristaCowan]

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[@cathyc6725]

I am so looking forward to virtual RootsTech!

[@joywatkins4760]

HELLO AND THANK YOU FROM CALIFORNIA!

[@dawnwilson9291]

It is my Birthday on February 29th and I will be spending it with you!

[@CristaCowan]

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[@joywatkins4760]

I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON MINE SINCE BEFORE 2015. SOME OF MINE GOES BACK TO DOUBLE DIGITS.

[@dianel2726]

Can you see any info that you’ll share on your fb when one doesn’t have fb? Thanks!

[@joywatkins4760]

I DID SOME IN ANCESTRY. CHANGED TO HERITAGE. I ALSO STARTED IN FAMILY SEARCH, WIKI, GENI AND SOME IN OTHER PLACES.

[@melissagrigg]

Christa, I'm attending RootsTech in person for the first time this year. I'm so excited to learn from my favorite genealogists and to visit the FHC. Do you have tips or tricks for planning my visit? Can't wait to meet you!

[@christinekalin3321]

Going to my first rootstech. Disappointed that the class I wanted most, filled up almost immediately

[@joywatkins4760]

I HAVE REGISTERED ALREADY FOR THIS YEAR.

[@XKatrinaVWX]

I’m related to you through Catalyntje Jeronimus Trico and Joris Janssen Rapelje. You’re my 12th cousin once removed 🎉on the family search website

[@marianmckinney6451]

See you soon!

[@elizabethquintero1293]

What is the name of the class you will be offering on involving other family members in family history?

[@courtneymilburn3102]

I was just looking at roots tech to see if we are related and we are 9th cousins through Henry Trent and Elizabeth Sherman. I would love to share any info from this tree with each other.

[@dianehiggins6423]

Hello from Hemet, Ca

[@joywatkins4760]

HELLO. DIANE, I AM IN HEMET ALSO!

[@joywatkins4760]

THEY CAN NOW COPY WHAT IS BEING SAID IN KZbin. ALSO CAN COPY WITH THE 3 DOTS AND SAVE.

[@joywatkins4760]

MY MAIN ONE IS IN HERITAGE AND I HAVE OVER 19K OF PEOPLE THERE. THE MATCHES I FOUND MAKES DOUBLE AND TRIPLES OF THE SAME LINE. I STILL AM TRYING TO GET THEM OUT.

[@joywatkins4760]

LAST YEAR WHEN IT WAS GOING ON, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO GET BACK TO IT, SO THE LAST TIME I WENT INTO IT, IT ENDED, AND I HAD SHOWING 49K MORE RELATIVES STILL IN THERE.

[@CarolBassist]

Will those who are online watching be able to connect with those at Roots Tech?

[@joywatkins4760]

THEY ALREADY MADE A CHAT IN FAMILY SEARCH ALSO!

[@joywatkins4760]

MY OLDEST SON ONLY DID THE PERSONAL FAMILY. 3 OTHER OF MY ADULT KIDS STARTED ONES, BUT TOO BUSY TO CONTINUE.

[@Yeroc-lq3ke]

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[@CarolBassist]

Hello, Hello to you. I just found out that you and I are cousins through my Father's line. Arthur Humphery 2 1664-1752 2RB7-ZKP Rachel Rice 1667-1744 GNN7-Z5Y +8 generations Wesley Dean Bass Carol Bass Bassist +9 generations Father Crista Cowan

[@BarbaraBoronda]

I am stuck on my german line i can't find the parents of my great grandparents on that side and i have checked every sight and can't find them so then do i just leave the tree blank if I can't find them?

[@K2TREETOG_genealogy]

Heading to SLC for the first time since 2016 Rootstech! Excited to see all the new things and learn from great speakers. 💜🧶💚

[@shantel4960]

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[@vanillamint7854]

🌄🎉

[@mluna14]

Why is Ancestry now charging for everything????

[@CristaCowan]

There is so much that is free on Ancestry - tree building, messaging, nearly a thousand databases of historical records, and more.

[@marbah1889]

Give us a Chromosome Browser for segments shared with DNA matches

[@donquique1]

Ancestry will be the sears of genealogy. Wow fing greedy.