At the end of February every year emails about Rootstech start appearing in my inbox. Shortly thereafter, I access the site and start building my schedule. I also take note of all the unwatched sessions still sitting in my playlists from previous years. I really should get to those. This year, I didn't set up my watch schedule right away. Instead, I trawled the offerings looking for the in-person events. For the first time ever I was going to be in Salt Lake City for the event!
I've been to genealogy conferences before but none as big as Rootstech. But I'm sure that there aren't as many people attending live since the pivot to online offerings during the COVID years. There were still lots of people in the conference center and there many vendors in the sales area showing off their wares with some offering special event promotions.
As in most genealogical events, tech was in use with a phone app to keep attendees aware of their schedule of sessions and the "Relatives at Rootstech" app to show if there were any cousins close by. The nearest match I came up with was a sixth cousin but I'm sure people whose ancestry was concentrated in the US would likely come up with closer connections.
I enjoyed my time at the conference and took lots of old school notes. Now I have to make a plan to look at them before I file my notebook away or I'll be in the same boat as I was when I got ready for my trip. I don't want to go back where I was when I started planning this year's research trip. There has to be a better place to begin than not knowing where to start my research so I don't duplicate my efforts.
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