RootsTech

The video, filmed before President Ballard’s death in November 2023, shows him bearing testimony at Carthage Jail where his great-great-grandfather Hyrum Smith and great-great uncle Joseph Smith lost their lives.

Kristin Chenoweth, an Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress and singer known for her work in musical theater, TV, and film, is coming to RootsTech 2024.

In his RootsTech keynote address, Sean Astin shared stories about his own family and his daughter’s deep-dive into their family’s history.

In Adassa’s own words, “We’ve got a couple of Brunos in my family!”

Elder and Sister Gong will be attending the brand-new event which will be full of motivation, entertainment,  live music, food, and more.

“The Lord of the Rings,” “The Goonies,” and “Rudy” actor Sean Astin will be taking the stage at RootsTech 2023 and discussing what it means to choose unity within family.

Heyborne will be introducing keynote speakers as well as highlighting classes and standout experiences throughout the event.

Elder Gerrit W. Gong and Sister Susan Gong will be the keynote speakers for Family Discovery Day on the final day of RootsTech 2023.

The first keynote speaker for RootsTech 2023 has been announced, and the name is undoubtedly familiar to millennials, American Idol fans, and music-lovers alike.

Mark your calendars: The next annual RootsTech conference will be taking place on March 2–4, 2023.

Mark your calendars for March 2–4, 2023!

With over 1,500 free sessions, it can be overwhelming to know which of this year’s RootsTech sessions might be most useful. So here are the top trending videos of the conference:

Elder and Sister Soares along with six other celebrities from around the world will be the featured speakers at this year’s conference, and nearly 900 sessions will be available in 40 languages.

FamilySearch offers dozens of virtual webinars every month to help both novice and experienced piece together their family histories.

RootsTech 2022, the largest family history event in the world, will be held virtually again in 2022.

In 2021, Family Discovery Day looked different. The in-person audience for Elder Jeffrey R. Holland’s and Sister Patricia Holland’s remarks was small but included those who are most important to the Hollands—their own children.

There are lots of firsts for RootsTech in 2021, which will be held February 25–27. Although the event is typically hosted in person in Salt Lake City, this year marks the first virtual-only gathering due to COVID-19. And for the first time, nearly 2,000 on-demand sessions will be available for free for 365 days.

Elder David A. Bednar, Elder Gary E. Stevenson, and Elder Dale G. Renlund will host a training focused on the theme “Hear Him Through Temple and Family History Work.” The training can be viewed on-demand beginning Thursday, February 25, 2021, on ChurchofJesusChrist.org/family-history, the Church broadcast page and in the Gospel Library app. Languages will include English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, German, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and Swedish.

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and his wife, Patricia, will be the featured speakers at this year’s Family Discovery Day at RootsTech Connect on February 27, 2021.

FamilySearch has announced that RootsTech 2021 will be held in February as a free, virtual event.

For 10 years, RootsTech has inspired family history connoisseurs with attendees from all over the world. The 2020 event saw nearly 30,000 attendees, according to Church Newsroom.

RootsTech 2020 is pulling out the stops for its annual family history conference this year.

RootsTech, the world’s largest genealogy conference, is coming to London and is pleased to announce Donny Osmond as a featured speaker.

Emmy Award-winning actress Patricia Heaton recently spoke at RootsTech, sharing why family is important to her.

With thousands packed into the Salt Palace Convention Center, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints kicked off the ninth annual RootsTech family history and technology conference by announcing a $2 million donation to the forthcoming International African American Museum Center for Family History.

Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton spoke at RootsTech last week about the importance of family and about overcoming trials. And he should know. He jokes that he has a hobby of "collecting life-threatening illnesses" and that he's a "short, bald, half-neutered, chemoed, surgically-repaired, retired male figure skater of unknown ethnic origin."

On March 3, President and Sister Oaks sat together as keynote speakers in the closing session of the 2018 RootsTech conference—the largest family history conference in the world.

Brandon Stanton, who started the Humans of New York Project and spends his life learning about the life stories of strangers, will be speaking at FamilySearch's RootsTech Conference this week. In an interview with Tom and Alison Taylor published in the Deseret News, Stanton shares how we can better connect with those we love by asking deep questions and truly listening.

On Saturday, February 11, President Russell M. Nelson and his wife, Wendy W. Nelson, spoke at the RootsTech conference in Salt Lake City, but their counsel applies to all Church members around the world.

It's incredible how much detail the Property Brothers use when creating the perfect home—they even use family history to create the perfect touches.

With a mix of TV celebrities, Church leaders, and BYU's head football coach, RootsTech2017 is shaping up to be an exciting event. Here's what Steve Rockwood, the CEO of FamilySearch International, says about this year's lineup.

There's one thing that would make the family history conference, RootsTech, a little sweeter—Cake Boss star Buddy Valastro.

"Reading Rainbow" and "Star Trek" star LeVar Burton will be coming to Salt Lake City, and it's not for Comic Con.

FamilySearch International has announced that registration to RootsTech 2017 is now open.

Wednesday, January 20th, 2016 – Las Vegas, Nevada – JRNL.com announces their ranking as a semi-finalist in RootsTech’s competition Innovator Showdown. Narrowed down from approximately 46 participants, JRNL has made the top 12. JRNL.com merges technology and journaling, providing users with the ability to keep their entries forever. Web, mobile and email-to-journal, make journaling a seamless part of everyday activity. Entries are backed up securely and can be accessed at any time across all devices. While JRNL is an online service, entries can easily be brought to life and forever preserved as a hardbound book with their publishing platform.