{"id":1205,"date":"2017-11-22T22:03:59","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T22:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/?p=1205"},"modified":"2019-01-16T18:09:30","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T18:09:30","slug":"rootstech-discovery-day-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/rootstech-discovery-day-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Rootstech Discovery Day 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Excerpts From\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lds.org\/church\/events\/2018-rootstech-family-discovery-day?lang=eng\">LDS Church News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Are you passionate about family stories? Do you have an interest in learning how to discover your roots? If so, the 2018 RootsTech Family Discovery Day is for you, and you can attend or watch live from anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n<p>RootsTech Family Discovery Day is a 1-day free event<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-851 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1898883-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1898883-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1898883.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> on March 3, 2018, designed to help LDS individuals and families discover and celebrate their family heritage\u2014past, present, and future. Family Discovery Day originates at the RootsTech family history conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch live stream<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>General sessions featuring select leaders and general officers of the Church will be streamed live on the home page of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lds.org\/?lang=eng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LDS.org<\/a>\u00a0in English, Spanish, and Portuguese so that members of the Church around the world can participate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch later<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you can\u2019t watch live on March 3 starting at 1:00 p.m. MST, videos of the messages from Family Discovery Day will be archived at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lds.org\/topics\/family-history\/familydiscoveryday?lang=eng\">lds.org\/discoverfamily<\/a>\u00a0for later viewing in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n<table class=\"m_-6795008812184968651table\" style=\"height: 11px;\" border=\"0\" width=\"279\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m_-6795008812184968651cell\" valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">Note:\u00a0RootsTech is pleased to announce Elder and Sister Oaks as featured speakers at the popular Family Discovery Day, happening\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_756164682\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Saturday, <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1207 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/unnamed-5-300x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/unnamed-5-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/unnamed-5.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>March 3, 2018<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to hearing from Elder and Sister Oaks, you will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hear inspiring messages and performances from special guests, including popular LDS speaker Hank Smith,\u00a0<em>America\u2019s Got Talent\u00a0<\/em>finalist Evie Clair, popular singer Kenya Clark, and prominent Latin American artist, Alex Melecio.<\/li>\n<li>Experience the interactive expo hall, where families and friends can create a visual family tree, recreate family history photographs, and more.<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy the RootsTech closing event, My Family, Mi Herencia, featuring Luz de Las Naciones.<\/li>\n<li>Attend a selection of classes designed to teach you how to find family names, prepare them for temple blessings, and teach others how to do the same.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rootstech.org\/family-discovery-day\">Register here.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>***********************************<\/p>\n<p>You are invited to take a few minutes and watch this amazing, inspiring session from Rootstech 2017!\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lds.org\/broadcasts\/watch\/family-discovery-day-roots-tech\/2017\/02?lang=eng&amp;vid=5320146907001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;-U&quot;}\" data-lynx-mode=\"async\" data-lynx-uri=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lds.org%2Fbroadcasts%2Fwatch%2Ffamily-discovery-day-roots-tech%2F2017%2F02%3Flang%3Deng%26vid%3D5320146907001&amp;h=ATNe221cKb4vj5eUQVH5sf3Hsu_IYSD0Xtp8fO4_L70xMrfCMpo2x3L5AUbmUnlhOqpPq1oGDnu5cIB8YCaCQve-9M5tfzVaqht5CesZoRmDWG_3VHEz22FAaWFlvEQ0aHIY31o4ibLFMaLoZQgC1KYk3P37kNuq6cuE-GjItwMtDJLZyelj5-YPFMTnDJe3IRbcL11Nw-S0aWBRfg7EAbbwgpkr9p60YOHM9BMZt0IepkaZRPNTYdm3mhqi5T6i9SXwylMDgWX0fd3c5Vv-\">Rootstech Family Discovery Day 2017<\/a>!\u00a0 Reno Mahe, former BYU football player and current BYU running back coach, surprised the crowd at RootsTech as a substitution for the second segment of the day, filling in for BYU head coach Kalani Sitake. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1206 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/16711759_1424760890876627_4031435941874289827_n-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/16711759_1424760890876627_4031435941874289827_n-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/16711759_1424760890876627_4031435941874289827_n-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/16711759_1424760890876627_4031435941874289827_n.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/>Mahe joined another former BYU football great Vai Sikahema, and Sheri Dew. The trio shared a powerful testimony of the importance of temple and family history work. Mahe, whose 3-year-old daughter Elsie passed away in November following an accident, was asked to share the things he has learned in the time since the accident. \u201cHonestly, it\u2019s just me riding my wife\u2019s coattail. I\u2019ve got a great companion,\u201d Mahe said before sharing that he is now part of a club that you never want to be a part of, having lost a child. \u201cOne of the things I\u2019ve learned is that she\u2019s an angel on the other side now that is watching over us and I never thought about it in that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\u201cwv-ignore\u201d>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.websitevoice.com\/gdg8sme9Co8djc4uHOHRfA\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script>\n  window.wvData=window.wvData||{};function wvtag(a,b){wvData[a]=b;}\n  wvtag('id', 'gdg8sme9Co8djc4uHOHRfA');\n  wvtag('text-selector', '.entry-inner');\n  wvtag('widget-style', {\n    className: 'wv-circle-small',\n    contrast: 'wv-contrast-dark'\n  });\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excerpts From\u00a0LDS Church News Are you passionate about family stories? Do you have an interest in learning how to discover your roots? 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