Session Description
"Visualizing your direct line at DNA Painter can help clarify where the most significant gaps are. In this demo, Jonny shows how you can import a GEDCOM file and overlay DNA inheritance paths, which can help you to narrow down possible common ancestors with DNA matches, particularly those with whom you share DNA on the X-chromosome (XDNA)."
Presenter: DNA Painter Jonny Perl
A little country with lots of history and their records are often tied and included with England records. But their surnames are unique.
Session Title
Wales Patronymics: The Cause of Common Surnames in Wales
Presented by Darris G. Williams
Link: https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/session/patronymics-the-cause-of-common-surnames-in-wales
RootsTech, like most conferences have vendors. Genealogy companies who want you to get to know them and what services they provide. RootsTech had 91 !!
How do you find them?
Presented by All the wonderful Vendors!
Link: RootsTech.org
Session Description
"Ulster Historical Foundation has been helping people find their Irish and Scots-Irish ancestors for over 65 years. We offer archival research for all nine counties of Ulster and help for all those searching for ancestors on the island of Ireland through consultations, assessments, conferences, courses and lectures."
Presented by Lianne Kruger
Link:
https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/session/two-ways-to-find-the-lost-in-a-census
One of my favourite sessions to present is on creating videos to tell and record family history. This session looked very interesting and might help with subject ideas and how to create videos.
Session Description "In this workshop, filmmaker and writer Mark Pedri will walk you through the steps you can take to turn the facts from records and family archives into a story that will preserve the information and intrigue audiences for generations to come. In this class, you will learn the ins and outs of story structure using his latest documentary DEAR SIRS as a case study to illustrate how you can transform your records into a compelling narrative. As an added bonus, participants will be given exclusive access to stream his latest unreleased documentary at dearsirsfilm.com/watch."
Presented by Mark Pedri
Link https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/session/how-to-find-your-story-in-the-facts
Session Title
Robin Hood: Truth or fiction
Session Description
"The tales of Robin Hood and his exploits in medieval England is a great story and known the world over. He means a great deal to the people of Nottinghamshire. What is the history behind the stories and where in Nottinghamshire can you find him?"
Presented by Carol Bannister of Register of Qualified Genealogists
Link https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/session/robin-hood-truth-or-fiction
To find these sessions type in Q&A in the session search bar. Even though they were answering questions and you can't ask your question now, someone else may have asked what you want to know or something similar.
Topics include FamilySearch GEDCOM, Japanese, Matt Paxton, accreditation in Denmark and Scandinavian research, and German professional genealogist.
One of the current genealogy hot topics is the 1950 Census. I do not have any family in the US at that time and I also have the information I need from that time period but there are many who do.
Session Title
The 1950 US Census Effort - A Q&A with the FamilySearch Team
Session Description
"Join the cause—help make the 1950 US Census index searchable and available to everyone! Today's technology is amazing; computers will index in just a couple weeks what would otherwise take us millions of hours to index by hand. At the same time, the computers can't read the handwriting as well as you can, so we need you! You are invited to help review and improve the index—to make sure that every parent, grandparent, sibling, and friend will be able to be found. Learn more about this effort from the FamilySearch team who is creating the experience for you to review the census.
Looking for a little more detail? Review this session on the system we will use to review the census: Get Involved and Reviewing the 1950 Census."
Session Title
How to Become a Professional Genealogist
Description
"Learn how to become a professional genealogist and get paid for doing what you love! This presentation will discuss how to become a certified genealogist in the USA, the costs involved, and the benefits of doing so. Most of the discussion will be about becoming a CG, but some will include details on becoming an AG.
Board for Certification of Genealogists website: http://www.bcgcertification.org
International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists Website:
http://www.icapgen.org
Association of Professional Genealogists Website: http://www.apgen.org "
Presenter by Dana Elder
Link: https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/session/how-to-become-a-professional-genealogist
Session Description
"This is a short video demonstrating how tot search for Genealogy and family history resources anywhere in the world with the OnGenealogy directory and mapping technology. The OnGenealogy directory is free to search, free to join and it's also free to add resources. Libraries, societies, genealogists, and genealogy companies can add their businesses to the directory to give great visibility to researches.
The OnGenealogy directory is searchable by:
Please visit the OnGenealogy directory and help us add collections to the map!"
Revealing Your Mother's Ancestors and Where They Came From
Session Description
"DNA can help you identify and confirm your mother's ancestry - even when you don't have surnames. Join us for pointers about how to use mitochondrial DNA, autosomal DNA, and both, together to break down those brick walls!"
Presented by Roberta Estes
This session does not discuss proofs but what is the layout of these reports and how to you format them in Google Docs.
Session Description
This session will illustrate how to format a research and narrative report using Google Docs. The formatting includes:
Session Description
"Discover the countries of origin and surnames for each branch of the world's largest Y-DNA Haplotree."
Link: https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/session/view-the-worlds-largest-y-haplotree
Another Haplotree session
Session Title
Y-DNA: How SNPs Get Added to The Y Haplotree at FamilyTreeDNA?
Session Description
"A look at how Y-DNA SNPs are evaluated for inclusion on FamilyTreeDNA's Y haplotree.
Also presented by FamilyTreeDNA
Session Description
"German surnames were often spelled a multitude of ways. learn the top tricks for recognizing the different variations of your ancestor's last name throughout the ages."
Presented by Katherine Schober
Link:
https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/session/schmidt-schmitt-or-schmit-german-surname-variations
Another German related session is All Things German Russian presented by Shirley Wilcoxon
"Honouring our past - embracing the future. See how we are keeping our Germans from Russia Heritage alive."
Link: https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/session/all-things-german-russian
I have many French ancestors. They are mostly from the 1600s but it is still important to understand records from France.
The following are three sessions provided by French Federation of Genealogy. Below is the title and their session description.
French Records on Your French Ancestors
How to search through the French archives in order to find your ancestors from this country and neighbouring French-speaking areas.
Link: https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/session/french-records-on-your-french-ancestors
Your French Ancestors Via French Private Societies
Discover your French Ancestors via private commercial organizations and numerous genealogical societies.
Link: https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/session/your-french-ancestors-via-french-private-societies
French Genealogy Through Genealogical Societies
In this presentation, you will be introduced to how French genealogical societies are organized through a federation to help you find your ancestors and enrich your knowledge of their lives. The French genealogical environment has no secrets for the expert members of these societies. You can become one of them.
Link: https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/session/french-genealogy-through-genealogical-societies
Presented by the French Federation of Genealogy
Link: https://www.france-genealogie.org
Presented by Lynn Broderick
Link:
https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/session/ethical-considerations-using-dna-results
Session Description "Working DNA and family history can be overwhelming. One of the ways to make things easier is to work with DNA Group Projects. I cover the reasons why to join one, the different types, and where to find them."
