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December 1, 2025

Invitation: RootsTech 2026 Booth Workers, TFHG

Are you planning to attend RootsTech 2026 in Salt Lake City? We would love to have youhelp as a Booth Worker for The Family History Guide! Thanks to all who have helped us in the past—we’re excited to have you join our expanded booth in the high-energy Expo Hall again. Event Details Booth Worker Information How to Sign Up Please reply ASAP to ann@thefhguide.com if you...

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November 22, 2025

Miles Meyer RootsTech Presentations

Our Education Director, Miles Meyer, will be delivering several feature presentations at RootsTech 2026. Here’s the current list, along with some brief descriptions for each of them, courtesy of the RootsTech website: > Spot misleading census entries > Work around poor indexing and missing records (like the 1890 census) > Use nearby households to uncover hidden connections > Piece together...

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October 25, 2025

RootsTech 2026: Our 10th Year

It’s that time again: time to start preparing for the world’s largest and most exciting family history conference, RootsTech 2026, to be held from March 5-7. Registration has already begun, and you can reserve a spot for the online or in-person events using the RootsTech Home Page. The online sessions are free, and early-bird discount pricing is available for the...

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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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