{"id":100093,"date":"2018-02-22T16:04:55","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T23:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/?p=100093"},"modified":"2018-02-27T16:51:20","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T23:51:20","slug":"geni-is-heading-to-rootstech-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/geni-is-heading-to-rootstech-2018-100093.html","title":{"rendered":"Geni is Heading to RootsTech 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Next week the Geni team will be heading to Salt Lake City, Utah for RootsTech 2018<\/a>, the world’s largest genealogy conference. Between February 28 – March 3, thousands of genealogists from around the world will gather at the Salt Palace Convention Center\u00a0to learn more about the latest in the world of genealogy.<\/p>\n

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This year has an exciting group of keynote speakers, including Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton and renowned genealogist Henry Louis Gates, Jr.<\/p>\n

With over 200 breakout sessions on a variety of topics, there’s something for\u00a0everyone at every skill level.\u00a0Geni curator Randy Schoenberg will be giving a\u00a0session on “Collaborative Town Projects.” Join Randy to learn\u00a0how genealogists can use\u00a0Geni’s genealogy projects<\/a>\u00a0to work together on genealogies and\u00a0community\u00a0histories related to a specific location. Here are the class details:<\/p>\n

Friday, March 2 at 11:00am<\/strong><\/p>\n

Collaborative Town Projects with E. Randol Schoenberg<\/strong><\/p>\n

Geni’s genealogy projects open up new avenues for collaborative genealogical research and tree-building. Combining the benefits of documented research and the Geni family tree platform, town projects provide a useful way for genealogists to work together on genealogies and community histories related to a specific location. The lecture will discuss specific examples of large and small town projects. Attendees will learn how to set up and organize their own town projects and invite collaborators. Specific attention will be given to the emerging view of generational family structure and the interconnectedness of communities using examples.<\/div>\n

 
\nYou can also come\u00a0meet the Geni team in the conference’s enormous expo hall. Geni will be at booth #309 (309, 311, 408, 410)\u00a0and we’ll have some brand new giveaways.\u00a0Stop by to say hi, ask questions, and learn more about what’s\u00a0coming up on Geni. We will also be offering an exclusive conference discount on Geni Pro!<\/p>\n

With nearly 120 million people connected to Geni’s World Family Tree<\/a>, you might even discover and meet some new cousins, too! Be sure to try out\u00a0Geni Pathfinder<\/a>,\u00a0our new handy tool on your mobile device to easily discover how you\u2019re related to the people you meet at RootsTech! Simply go to this url on your mobile device:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.geni.com\/pathfinder<\/a>\u00a0. A QR code and Finder ID will be automatically created for you. Have the other person scan your QR code with their mobile device or you can enter the other person\u2019s Finder ID to quickly discover how you\u2019re related in\u00a0Geni\u2019s World Family Tree<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Will you be at RoosTech? Stop by the Geni booth and say hello!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Next week the Geni team will be heading to Salt Lake City, Utah for RootsTech 2018, the world’s largest genealogy conference. Between February 28 – March 3, thousands of genealogists from around the world will gather at the Salt Palace Convention Center\u00a0to learn more about the latest in the world of genealogy. This year has an exciting group of keynote speakers, including Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton and renowned genealogist Henry Louis Gates, Jr. With… Read the full story<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":100111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[141],"tags":[3361,4538,951],"class_list":["post-100093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-conference","tag-genealogy","tag-rootstech"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100093"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100093"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100178,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100093\/revisions\/100178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}