I have been using RootsMagic for several years. I love the response from the team there when questions arise. As with any program, it takes a bit to become acquainted with it. I use it for much of my client work and so does my main subcontractor. I have been faithfully entering my own family […]
I have resisted the first new item. I’ve been working a lot of hours the last couple of weeks with the proverbial nose to the grindstone. Maybe next week will have some time for checking the 269 million family tree profile records from Filae to MyHeritage. My French roots via my French-Candians are making my […]
Today’s Press Release from the Federation of Genealogical Societies. This means Valentine’s Day begins with Keynote Presenter Donny Osmond, followed by fantastic genealogy lectures, and ending with music and comedy. So glad I have already registered for this February 11-14 conference! www.fgsconference.org/. “American Idol finalist David Archuleta is teaming up with the popular comedy sketch […]
Now that Donny Osmond has been named as one of the keynote speakers for the joint Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) and RootsTech 2015 conference, I have a story to share. It’s not exactly my story but I have permission from Cyndi to share it. I am pretty sure you all know about Cyndislist.com. Many […]
The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) is having its conference a bit earlier in 2015. February to be exact and in Salt Lake City! FGS and RootsTech are teaming up for a one-time special genealogy event at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, February 11–14, 2015. FGS and RootsTech will share the huge expo hall, […]
I have been asked to post the full live-stream schedule for this year’s RootsTech. It is available here. https://familysearch.org/node/2519.The listed times are Mountain Time Zone.
Were you unable to attend RootsTech in person this year? Did you know that some sessions are being live-streamed?Click here to see the live presentations https://rootstech.org/ today through Saturday.
Can’t join us in Salt Lake City for RootsTech next week? Some of the sessions will be live on the Internet! SALT LAKE CITY—RootsTech, a leading family history and technology conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah, February 2-4, 2012, announced today that fourteen of its popular sessions will be broadcasted live and complimentary over […]
You may already know this if you live in the Salt Lake City area. The throngs of people with an interest in genealogy, history, libraries, technology and other things who will visit there in the next 3 weeks might not know it yet. The Sam Weller bookstore formerly on Main Street has now reopened in […]
Last night I lay in bed thinking about all the controversy surrounding RootsTech and booksellers. I was itching to write about it. I did comment on FaceBook several times last night but kept feeling like I wanted to say more. When I began to see the comments about boycotting RootsTech I decided to comment further […]