{"id":112090,"date":"2025-03-03T16:24:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T00:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/?p=112090"},"modified":"2025-03-03T16:24:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T00:24:06","slug":"geni-is-heading-to-rootstech-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/geni-is-heading-to-rootstech-2025-112090.html","title":{"rendered":"Geni is Heading to RootsTech 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There&#8217;s just a few more days until we head to the largest genealogy event in the world! RootsTech 2025 will take place on March 6-8, 2025 in Salt Lake City, Utah and will be both in-person and online. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_4944-600x407.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-112133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_4944-600x407.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_4944-300x204.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_4944-768x521.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_4944-1536x1043.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_4944.jpeg 1713w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This year RootsTech has some exciting keynote speakers including Emmy-winning singer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/people\/Rachel-Platten\/6000000040984665799\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Rachel Platten<\/a>, Olympic and Paralympic gold medalists Tara Davis-Woodhall and Hunter Woodhall, and activist and author <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/people\/Ndaba-Mandela\/6000000014312054318\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ndaba Mandela<\/a>, who is the grandson of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/people\/President-Rolihlahla-Mandela-Nobel-Laureate\/6000000008671183222\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Nelson Mandela<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">See Geni in the Expo Hall<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re attending in person, you can stop by the expo hall to meet the Geni team at booth #1202. We&#8217;re happy to chat and answer all of your questions. Or take a break and sit down to do a little work on the tree. Our conference computers will have free access to all Geni Pro features! We&#8217;re also giving away our famous Geni notebooks. Be sure to stop by and pick one up before they are all gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re attending online, you may visit Geni&#8217;s virtual booth in the online expo hall. Join the booth chat to say hello or post any questions you may have. We&#8217;ll be happy to help!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MyHeritage Booth Lecture<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Every day MyHeritage will be holding short lectures at their booth. Stop by the MyHeritage booth on <strong>Friday, March 7 at 11:00am<\/strong> to see Geni&#8217;s General Manager Mike Stangel introduce our newest feature in the tree. You definitely don&#8217;t want to miss it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Discover New Relatives with the Geni Pathfinder<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Geni-Pathfinder_RootsTech2025-600x384.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-112132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Geni-Pathfinder_RootsTech2025-600x384.png 600w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Geni-Pathfinder_RootsTech2025-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Geni-Pathfinder_RootsTech2025-768x492.png 768w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Geni-Pathfinder_RootsTech2025.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you are participating in person or online, you can also have a little fun with World Family Tree with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/pathfinder?evt=rt2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Geni Pathfinder<\/a>\u00a0to see how you\u2019re related to other RootsTech attendees. 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