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October 4, 2025

RootsTech 2026 Registration Is Now Open

It’s that time again – time to register and start getting ready for the world’s largest family history conference. RootsTech will be held in Salt Lake City from March 5-7, 2026, and many sessions will be available to view for free anywhere in the world. The Family History Guide Association has exhibited at RootsTech every year since 2016, with presenters...

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August 24, 2025

Booth Magic: Behind the Scenes at RootsTech

As we celebrate our tenth year, we can’t help but mention some of the unsung heroes of our journey. Working quietly behind the scenes is a group of dedicated people who are instrumental in creating and assembling our RootsTech booth. Each year our booth gets larger, and the setup team manages to pull off a three-day miracle. Planning for the physical booth starts eight...

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June 20, 2025

RootsTech Highlights The Family History Guide

A week ago, FamilySearch sent out an email to RootsTech subscribers that noted upcoming webinars and industry highlights. In the Industry Highlights section of the email, The Family History Guide was mentioned with a link to the site: “The Family History Guide is a learning, resource, and activities center for family history. It’s designed for all levels, from beginners to...

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March 29, 2025

New: RootsTech 2025 Links in The Family History Guide

When you browse the RootsTech 2025 library, you’ll find a huge assortment of videos on a wide variety of topics. Over the past few weeks we have pored through the RootsTech 2025 videos and selected over 100 of the best ones to link to in The Family History Guide. Categories include research in the United States and other countries, research...

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March 23, 2025

RootsTech 2025 Webinar: Training with The Family History Guide

Rootstech 2025 is now in the books, but the good memories still linger. I was able to present a webinar at Roots on Training with The Family History Guide. The webinar is designed for anyone who may be doing family history training or mentoring, such as family history consultants, trainers, librarians, and genealogical society leaders. It also provides some key...

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March 15, 2025

RootsTech 2025: A Photo Gallery

In past articles we shared some thoughts about our experiences at RootsTech 2025. Here’s a final thought by one of our great booth volunteers for The Family History Guide, followed by an assortment of photos that capture some of the memories of The Family History Guide Association at RootsTech 2025 … From Kathryn – “I loved working in the Family...

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March 9, 2025

A Look Back at RootsTech 2025 …

RootsTech 2025 concluded on Saturday, and from the perspective of The Family History Guide it was a great experience. In a previous blog post we outlined the webinar and speaker sessions by members and partners of The Family History Guide Management Team. Those sessions went well and were well-attended. For example, Miles Meyer’s webinar on U.S. census records had over...

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March 9, 2025

Guidelines for the Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Genealogy at RootsTech 2025

Note: This article was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site. See CRAIGEN.org The Coalition for the Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Genealogy will have a panel discussion at RootsTech 2025. The presentation will take place Friday in Ballroom B at Salt Palace and will also be live-streamed at 4:30 p.m. MT. There is a link for submitting...

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March 2, 2025

RootsTech 2025 Presenters from The Family History Guide Assn.

This year at RootsTech we are pleased to announce a variety of webinars, classes, and online videos that will be presented by members of the Management Team of The Family History Guide Association. Here’s a list of what to look for, either in person at the Salt Palace or online (listed in Mountain Time, March 5-8): We hope you enjoy...

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February 23, 2025

The Family History Guide Booth at RootsTech

As you probably know, The Family History Guide Association will have a large booth space in the RootsTech Expo Hall in Salt Lake City in just over two weeks. Here’s a brief recap of what we will be offering at the booth for RootsTech 2025: Here’s a quick rendering of how the booth is shaping up, with the Viewpoint Corner...