{"id":92409,"date":"2016-02-10T14:41:41","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T21:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/?p=92409"},"modified":"2016-02-10T14:41:41","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T21:41:41","slug":"rootstech-2016-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/rootstech-2016-recap-92409.html","title":{"rendered":"RootsTech 2016 Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had a fantastic time at RootsTech 2016 in Salt Lake City, Utah! This year&#8217;s conference was bigger than ever with an estimated 25,000 people attending and over 150,000 watching classes online.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/booth.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-92415\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/booth-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"RootsTech 2016 Recap\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/booth-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/booth-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/booth.jpg 1564w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 11px;\"><em>The Geni booth at RootsTech 2016<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This year, Geni had an amazing booth with plenty of room to accommodate the crowds of visitors\u00a0eager to learn more about collaborative genealogy in a single family tree.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/geni_rootstech.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-92416\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/geni_rootstech-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Geni RootsTech 2016 Recap\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/geni_rootstech-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/geni_rootstech-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/geni_rootstech.jpg 1564w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 11px;\"><i>New users starting\u00a0their family trees on Geni<\/i><\/p>\n<p>We loved hearing from\u00a0Geni\u00a0users, who\u00a0shared with\u00a0us how much they loved using Geni for their family history research and for connecting to their relatives. Many newcomers\u00a0were also eager to learn how they could become a part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/worldfamilytree\" target=\"_blank\">Geni&#8217;s\u00a0World Family Tree<\/a>, the largest, highest-quality family tree of the world. All visitors were also treated to\u00a0a complimentary Geni water bottle!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/geni_rootstech-3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-92418\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/geni_rootstech-3-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Geni RootsTech 2016 Recap\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/geni_rootstech-3-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/geni_rootstech-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/geni_rootstech-3.jpg 1564w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 11px;\"><em>Geni Curator Adam Brown chatting with\u00a0attendees<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We were lucky to have Geni Curator Adam Brown on hand to chat with new and current users. Many people were very excited to hear that Geni&#8217;s World Family Tree is curated by a team of nearly 200 volunteer curators from all around the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/geni_rootstech-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-92417\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/geni_rootstech-2-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Geni RootsTech 2016 Recap\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/geni_rootstech-2-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/geni_rootstech-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/geni_rootstech-2.jpg 1564w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 11px;\"><em>A newly connected cousin showing AJ Jacobs her relationship path to Adam Brown<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As always, Adam worked his Geni-magic and connected several people to Geni&#8217;s World Family Tree right at the booth! We also had the opportunity to chat with best-selling author\u00a0and founder\u00a0of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/projects\/Global-Family-Reunion\/17884\" target=\"_blank\">Global Family Reunion<\/a> A.J. Jacobs, who stopped by just as Adam was making a new cousin connection.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/rootstech_afterparty-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-92419\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/rootstech_afterparty-2-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Geni RootsTech 2016 Recap\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/rootstech_afterparty-2-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/rootstech_afterparty-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/rootstech_afterparty-2.jpg 1564w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 11px;\"><em>The MyHeritage RootsTech After Party<\/em><\/p>\n<p>One of the major highlights of RootsTech was the first-ever MyHeritage RootsTech After Party. The Geni team joined the MyHeritage team at the fun-filled bash on Friday, February 6. The party was attended by over 400 guests, which included\u00a0friends, partners and geneabloggers. The night&#8217;s entertainment consisted of\u00a0many fun game stations, raffle give-aways, and karaoke. The lively party was the talk of the conference the next day!<\/p>\n<p>We had an amazing time at this year&#8217;s conference and we can&#8217;t wait to see\u00a0everyone again next year at RootsTech 2017!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a fantastic time at RootsTech 2016 in Salt Lake City, Utah! This year&#8217;s conference was bigger than ever with an estimated 25,000 people attending and over 150,000 watching classes online. The Geni booth at RootsTech 2016 This year, Geni had an amazing booth with plenty of room to accommodate the crowds of visitors\u00a0eager to learn more about collaborative genealogy in a single family tree. New users starting\u00a0their family trees on Geni We loved&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/rootstech-2016-recap-92409.html\"><span>Read the full story<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":92415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[141],"tags":[5621,521,951],"class_list":["post-92409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-myheritage","tag-recap","tag-rootstech"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92409"}],"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=92409"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92437,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92409\/revisions\/92437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}