2019 kommt die RootsTech nach Europa

von | Aug 29, 2018 | Allgemein

Die größte Genealogie-Veranstaltung der Welt, die RootsTech von FamilySearch, hat am 28. August 2018 in einem Facebook-Live bekannt gegeben in 2019 zum ersten mal neben Salt Lake City, USA zusätzlich in London, England zu Gast zu sein.

Die Veranstaltung ist vom 24. – 26. Oktober 2019 im ExCeL London Convention Centre, London geplant. Weitere Informationen gibt es auf der RootsTech London Website: https://www.rootstech.org/london

Ich freue mich sehr, dass die RootsTech einen Schritt nach Europa macht und somit Genealogen in Deutschland eine tolle Option bietet einmal bei einem Event diese Größenordnung dabei zu sein. Ab Ende Oktober wird es den sogenannten Call for Presentations geben und einige Monate später die ersten Informationen, welches Rahmenprogramm Besucher erwarten können.

Offizielle Pressemitteilung

RootsTech has announced that the highly popular family history conference is expanding its international borders, beginning with the United Kingdom in 2019. RootsTech will host RootsTech London 2019 from 24–26 October, 2019 at the ExCeL London Convention Centre. For more info go to RootsTech.org/london.

“We are incredibly excited to take the learnings and excitement of RootsTech to London, and to our friends in the United Kingdom and beyond,” said Steve Rockwood, FamilySearch International CEO. “Interest in discovering one’s family is growing throughout the world, particularly throughout Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, and this event will provide many people who are unable to attend the conference in Salt Lake City with the same excitement, resources, learnings, and motivation to discover more about their families and themselves.”

The RootsTech London 2019 convention will follow a similar model to the one that has proved successful in Salt Lake City, Utah for over 9 years. RootsTech London will offer more than 150 informative lectures taught by industry experts, an exciting exhibit hall where vendors from around the world will display family history technology and services, entertainment, and inspirational keynote sessions.

“This event model has proven to be a great way for people to engage in family history, regardless of age or genealogical skill level. Everyone is welcome at RootsTech,” said Jen Allen, event director. “We are excited to further position RootsTech as a global community for anyone to discover their family and deepen their sense of belonging that we all yearn for.”

The RootsTech London 2019 convention will not replace the annual conference in Salt Lake City but will serve as an additional RootsTech event. All sessions of the RootsTech London conference will be conducted in English. Registration for RootsTech London will open in February 2019. To learn more, visit RootsTech.org/london.

FamilySearch Blog
https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/rootstech-london-2019-conference/

RootsTech 2018 Live Stream Schedule

von | Feb 14, 2018 | Allgemein, Genealogie-Blog

In gerade einmal 14 Tagen findet in Salt Lake City, USA wieder die RootsTech statt. Die von FamilySearch veranstaltete und unterstützte Veranstaltung bietet Besuchern aus der ganzen Welt wieder eine Vielzahl an attraktiven Präsentationen und eine noch größere Messehalle.

Für die zu Hause gebliebenen gibt es wieder die Möglichkeit einer Auswahl an Vorträgen auch über das Internet zu folgen und diese live auf dem Computer zu streamen. Weiterhin bittet man darum in den sozialen Netzwerken mit dem Hashtag #NotAtRootsTech zu schreiben um sich mit anderen Daheimgebliebenen auszutauschen.

Viel Spaß beim zusehen!

RootsTech 2018 Live Stream Schedule

Unable to attend RootsTech 2018 in person this year? We’ll miss you! But don’t worry—many of the sights and sounds and learnings from the conference will be streamed live on our home page! Join us starting on Wednesday, February 28 at 9:30 a.m. MDT to hear from popular speakers such as Amy Johnson Crow, Jim Brewster, Curt Witcher, and more! General sessions featuring keynote speakers will also be streamed. Join the conversation happening on social media using #NotAtRootsTech.

Mittwoch, 28.02.2018

9:30 A.M., Family History in 5 Minutes a Day
Explore 20 ways to effectively do your family history in as little as 5 minutes a day.

11:00 A.M., DNA—One Family, One World
This presentation explores a new project by Living DNA that is mapping the worlds DNA, building one world family tree through our genetics. Gain insight into how this will impact your family history.

1:30 P.M., Organizing and Preserving Photograph Collections
Step-by-step direction in organizing, preserving, and cataloging photo collections for future generations and identifying, digitizing, and sharing collections using family trees and social media.

3:00 P.M., Finding the Answers: The Basics of WWII Research
Fire destroyed many military and civilian service records. Alternative record sources exist to reconstruct service history. Learn how to research World War I and II records.

4:30 P.M., Wednesday General Session and Innovation Showcase
Stephen T. Rockwood, CEO of FamilySearch International, will explore where we have been and where we are going and introduce the all-new Innovation Showcase.

Donnerstag, 01.03.2018

8:30 A.M., Thursday General Session
Brandon Stanton started Humans of New York, a photography and storytelling blog. HONY has built a devoted following of over 20 million fans across several social media platforms.

11:00 A.M., MyHeritage DNA 101: From Test to Results
Learn about taking a MyHeritage DNA test and how the process works, from taking the test to the lab analysis. Learn about MyHeritage DNA’s over 40 ethnicities and how to optimize your DNA matches.

1:30 P.M., Google Photos: Collect, Organize, Preserve, and Share
Google Photos is a powerful, free app for storing, organizing, and sharing. Users can also edit and create photo projects and automatically add their photos to the app from their digital devices.

3:00 P.M., Unlocking Roman Catholic Records
The Catholic Church is essential for uncovering the lives of millions of immigrants covering many nationalities. findmypast and the Catholic Church are working to make these records easily accessible.

4:30 P.M., A Gift of Life: Who’s Writing Your Story?
Only you can tell the real stories of love, loss, forgiveness, and change. Don’t leave the task of finding the answers of your life’s history to someone else—take the time to write your life story.
Thursday General Session
Brandon Stanton started Humans of New York, a photography and storytelling blog. HONY has built a devoted following of over 20 million fans across several social media platforms.

11:00 A.M., MyHeritage DNA 101: From Test to Results
Learn about taking a MyHeritage DNA test and how the process works, from taking the test to the lab analysis. Learn about MyHeritage DNA’s over 40 ethnicities and how to optimize your DNA matches.

1:30 P.M., Google Photos: Collect, Organize, Preserve, and Share
Google Photos is a powerful, free app for storing, organizing, and sharing. Users can also edit and create photo projects and automatically add their photos to the app from their digital devices.

3:00 P.M., Unlocking Roman Catholic Records
The Catholic Church is essential for uncovering the lives of millions of immigrants covering many nationalities. findmypast and the Catholic Church are working to make these records easily accessible.

4:30 P.M., A Gift of Life: Who’s Writing Your Story?
Only you can tell the real stories of love, loss, forgiveness, and change. Don’t leave the task of finding the answers of your life’s history to someone else—take the time to write your life story.

Freitag, 02.03.2018

8:30 A.M.
Friday General Session, Scott Hamilton is the living example that good guys CAN finish first! He is an Olympic champion, cancer survivor, television broadcaster, speaker, author, husband and father, and eternal optimist!

11:00 A.M., findmypast’s British and Irish Hidden Gems
Myko Clelland explores some of the wonderful collections that can help you to break down those British brick walls, go back further, and add untold color and detail to your family story.

1:30 P.M., Finding the Right DNA Test for You
DNA testing is becoming an integral tool, but what is it and what does it do? How can DNA actually help your genealogy? If you are brand new to Genetic genealogy, this is the class for you!

3:00 P.M., How Not to Leave Your Genealogy Behind
Nobody wants their genealogy research to end up in a landfill. Hear a few horror stories of genealogy materials destroyed and how you can avoid those mistakes!

4:30 P.M., Finding Elusive Records at FamilySearch
Robert Kehrer will demonstrate skills and techniques used by the experts and will expose hidden record identification tools and features of the FamilySearch website.

Samstag, 03.03.2018

8:30 A.M., Saturday General Session
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center at Harvard University. Natalia Lafourcade is a Mexican pop-rock singer and songwriter.

11:00 A.M., Civil Registration Indexes of England and Wales
England and Wales national indexes and recent innovations at the General Register Office have opened up some new possibilities as well as some completely new indexes not available anywhere else.

1:30 P.M., Advancing Your Genealogy Research with DNA
Learn what new tools AncestryDNA has to advance your research and get more out of your DNA results.

3:00 P.M., Pain in the Access: More Web for Your Genealogy
Library, archive, government, and specialized websites have much to offer. This presentation will demonstrate sites and strategies for getting more online data while using the internet.

Die aktuelle Version des Zeitplan findet sich hier:
https://www.rootstech.org/live-stream-schedule

Twile ab sofort kostenlos mit neuem Feature: Numbers

von | Feb 18, 2017 | Allgemein, Genealogie-Blog

Die spätestens seit der letzten Rootstech bekannte Zeitstrahl Website Twile hat auch in diesem Jahr rechtzeitig zu Rootstech 2017 wieder Neuigkeiten parat. Bis Anfang Februar 2017 hat Twile für die Nutzung von Premium Funktionen noch einen Abo-Preis verlangt. Ab sofort sind alle Funktionen kostenlos für jeden Nutzer nutzbar.

Zusätzlich gibt es für Twile Nutzer eine nette Infografik über die eigene Familienforschung. Wer diese ausprobieren möchte, besucht nach dem Upload einer GEDCOM Datei die Seite twile.com/numbers und bekommt nach kurzer Berechnungszeit die Grafik angezeigt.

Twile – Genealogie Kracke & Schneider in Zahlen

Pressmitteilung vom 02. Februar 2017

Doncaster: 2nd February 2017

Family history timeline Twile have today released a new infographic feature, designed to help family historians share their research and engage younger generations.

With over 60% of family historians concerned that their findings will be lost or forgotten and 74% doubtful if anyone will continue their family history research*, Twile have come up a quick and interesting way of getting non-genealogists interested in their ancestry.

Twile’s new personalised family infographic is free and available to everyone – whether currently using Twile or not – at http://www.twile.com/numbers. Users simply import their FamilySearch tree or upload a GEDCOM and their infographic is automatically created.

Users will be able to see statistics such as the average number of children per family, the most common surnames, the ratio of men to women and the average age of marriage.

The infographic can then be shared easily with other members of the family. Because 80% of family historians use social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, to communicate with friends and family, Twile have designed the infographic to be shared online, as well as downloaded and printed.

Twile CEO Paul Brooks comments “We’re constantly trying to find ways to help our customers get their wider family interested and engaged in their family history research. Our timeline goes a long way towards helping with that, but the new infographic injects some more fun into it.”

Twile will have a competition running throughout February to win a $200 Amazon gift card. Customers can create their infographic at www.twile.com/numbers, share it and tag Twile on Facebook (@TwileTimeline) or Twitter (@TwileTweets) to enter the prize draw.

Pressmitteilung vom 07. Februar 2017

Doncaster: 7th February 2017
Family history timeline Twile announces its service is now free for all users.

The UK based company, who will be exhibiting at RootsTech in Salt Lake City this week, have revised their subscription in order to fully embrace their mission of making family history more engaging for the whole family.

The totally free service now allows all Twile users to:

  •   Build their family tree
  •   Share and collaborate with family
  •   Add unlimited milestones and photos
  •   Import trees and memories from FamilySearch
  •   Import and merge multiple GEDCOM file

Paul Brooks, CEO comments “When we started Twile, our vision was for all family members to share and collaborate on their family story. We want family historians to share their research with their family and we want the whole family to get involved – we felt that the paid subscription was getting in the way.”

Twile, winners of last year’s People’s Choice award at RootsTech, have received financial backing from Findmypast and other investors. Paul adds “Although we will no longer be charging customers to use our core product, clearly we still need to make money. We have some ideas for optional add-ons that customers could purchase to enhance their Twile experience, but we don’t plan to charge a subscription fee or to limit usage again.”

Privacy is a key part of Twile’s offering and the company wants to assure customers that their personal data is secure and will never be sold. Paul adds “We are aware of concerns within the industry about the privacy of data, but we will never sell our customer data or jeopardise their privacy in any way.”

RootsTech 2017 – Gewinnspiel

von | Nov 3, 2016 | Allgemein, Genealogie-Blog

Herbst 2016, wie üblich wirft die RootsTech 2017 ihr Schatten voraus. Auch in diesem Jahr darf ich für die größte genealogische Konferenz der Botschafter sein und hier im Blog über Neuigkeiten berichten. Das die RootsTech ohne jeden Zweifel eine tolles Erlebnis ist, erfährt jeder der sich Berichte über eine der vergangenen Veranstaltungen durchliest.
Auch für dieses Jahr hat sich das Organisations-Team wieder einiges einfallen lassen und neben mehr als 200 Präsentationen zu den Themen DNA, Hilfsmittel, Fotos, Geschichten, Organisation und Entdeckungen, eine prall gefüllt Expo Hall und einem Innovator Summit mit interessanten Neuigkeiten auf dem Gebiet der Familienforschung.

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RootsTech 2017 – http://www.rootstech.org/rootstech-2017

Wer sich einen Eindruck über vergangene RootsTech machen möchte, kann dies im Video-Archiv von 2016 tun. Oder nachlesen wie die spannenden Vorentscheid-Phase zum Innovator Summit mit den europäischen Teilnehmer GenSoup und Twile abgelaufen ist.

Auch in diesem Jahr darf ich einen meiner Leser erfreuen und einen RootsTech Pass verlosen. Der RootsTech 2017 Pass enthält:

  • Innovator Summit
  • über 200 Präsentationen
  • Keynotes
  • Allgemeine Sessions
  • RootsTech Präsentationen
  • Getting Started Präsentationen
  • Expo hall
  • Abendveranstaltungen

Aber was muss man nun tun um an diesen Pass heranzukommen!? Kommentiere auf diesen Beitrag zum Thema Familienforscher und Soziale Netzwerke. Warum glaubst du sind soziale Netzwerke wichtig und gut, oder eben ganz im Gegenteil nicht sinnvoll für Familienforschung.

Der Pass wird am 19.11.2016 um 18 Uhr unter allen Kommentaren ausgelost, der Gewinner hier im Blog bekanntgegeben und natürlich per Email benachrichtigt. Ich drücke jetzt schonmal die Daumen!

Die RootsTech 2017 wird vom 08. -11. Februar im amerikanischen Salt Lake City stattfinden. Für weitere Informationen zur RootsTech besucht http://www.rootstech.org/

#RootsTech 2016 Video-Archiv

von | Feb 6, 2016 | Allgemein, Genealogie-Blog

Wer nicht zur RootsTech nach Salt Lake City konnte und in der Woche auch nicht bis in die späte Nacht Zeit hatte alle Live-Streams zu verfolgen, kann nun auf RootsTech.org im Video-Archiv die übertragenen Vorträge ansehen.

Thursday: Keynote Session
Dennis Brimhall, Mike Mallin, Tan Le

Es sind einige lohnende Beiträge dabei – Viel Spaß dabei!

Alle Videos gibt es auf diesen Websites:
Freitag – http://rootstech.org/video1/
Donnerstag – http://rootstech.org/video2/
Mittwoch – http://rootstech.org/video3/
Allgemein – http://rootstech.org/video/

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Erfahre mehr über die RootsTech 2016 auf RootsTech.org