New to RootsTech?

 

Next week, Thursday to Saturday, 6-8 March, it's RootsTech 2025.

If you've not come across RootsTech before, here's a quick introduction:

• It's an international 3-day family history conference
• It happens every year
• It's free to take part online
• That's it

To take part, you'll need to register, but no payment details, or indeed payment, are required. It's completely free to join in online.  Hundreds of pre-recorded presentations on a wide variety of genealogy-related subjects will be released over the three days of the event, adding to the many hundreds more already in the archive.

Watch a short video showing you how to register for RootsTech here,

then visit the conference website to sign up and learn about some of the speakers. Keep an eye on that website to see when a PDF file of the conference schedule is posted - that will help you choose which classes you'd like to watch. And don't worry if you can't view them in real time, as most of the presentations will be available for quite a while after the event.

As well as the video presentations, there will be

• Keynote speakers
• An expo hall
• Experts to chat to

and possibly one of the most useful aspects of the event: finding out if you're related to any of the thousands of other attendees, using Relatives at RootsTech.  Just last week, I used this to identify some distant cousins and see where their family tree joins mine.

The event as a whole is a great opportunity to learn new skills, discover new tools, and connect with others around the world - all helping you to build your family tree.

You can even check out some RootsTech presentations that I've delivered in previous years 😁