RootsTech Streaming Schedule

For those of us who can't make it to Salt Lake City Utah for RootsTech this year, great news! Several sessions will be live streamed! Here is the announcement from RootsTech.

Streaming Schedule

Not able to attend in person? Several sessions at RootsTech, including the general keynote sessions on Thursday and Saturday, will be streamed live on the home page of RootsTech.org. After the conference, recordings of these sessions will be posted on the website for a limited time.

Periscope Video of Antique Photos: My Collection of Ambrotypes & Daguerreotypes

LIVE on Periscope: Antique photos: my collection of Ambrotypes & Daguereotypes. Watch the saved broadcast for 24 hours on Periscope TV at http://bit.ly/1PXcC3B

Periscope: 10 Tips For Increasing Your Blog Followers

Now on #Periscope: 10 tips for increasing your blog followers

That's right. I made my second Scope today on Periscope. It's a 10 minute video with my 10 tips to gain more blog followers.

It's available until 11 a.m. Eastern time tomorrow (Saturday). After that it's gone - poof - deleted.

If you want to be sure to not miss my live scopes, you can follow me on Twitter (@LorineMS) or on Periscope. I tweet as soon as I start a broadcast, and Periscope sends out a notice too.

I hope you find it helpful! Don't forget to send me hearts (by tapping your screen) if you like what I have to say. You can also talk to me during the broadcast by typing in the comment section if you are watching live. Hope to see you there.

My First Live Periscope Video!

Yep I was nervous. And it shows.

I forgot to say a lot of stuff I meant to say. Oops. 
 
I'll do better next time. And the time after that and.... I will improve with practice.

But here it is, my first Periscope Video!!  It was LIVE on ‪#‎Periscope‬: 3 Tips For Writing a Blog but you can watch it for 24 hours after it aried  at  https://t.co/8C6JjHO3iL

It went live at 12:20 p.m Eastern Time.

What is Periscope? It's the latest Social Media live streaming app. It's pretty popular and it's fairly new. It's interactive, viewers can chat with you and send you love in the form of hearts. 

And it's free so it's win-win. I plan on using Periscope to do weekly 5-10 minute videos (they're called "scopes" on Periscope) that range from Tips to Q&A.  If you download the free app for your Android, iPhone or iPad, just follow me (@LorineMS) if you want to know when I'm scoping. 

There are so many interesting and fun scopes out there! I've watched subway musicians in New York City, learned about using Periscope, watched a 4 year old boy rocking it to hip hop music, and yes, even watched a guy making a fancy drink in his kitchen. 

Hope you join me on Periscope and if you do, be sure to let me know that you read my blog.

Rootstech 2015 Videos Online

If, like me, you missed out on going to RootsTech this year, don't despair. The RootsTech 2015 Videos of the streamed sessions are now online.

As of today the following sessions are available from Thursday and Friday. Still to come are Saturday sessions.

Thursday Keynote Session
Dennis Brimhall, Mike Mallin, Tan Le

30 pieces of tech I can't live without
D. Joshua Taylor

You've Mastered the Census and Basic Search, What Next?
Karen Auman

What's New at FamilySearch
Devin Ashby

Getting Started in Genetic Genealogy
Diahan Southard

Building a Genealogy Research Toolbox
Thomas MacEntee

Bring Your Ancestor Back to the Future
Anne Leishman

Rootstech Streaming Schedule - at Last!

If you couldn't make it to RootsTech this year, don't despair. Several sessions at RootsTech including the general keynote sessions on Thursday, and Saturday will be streamed live on the home page of RootsTech.org. 

After the conference, recordings of these sessions will be posted on the website for a limited time. Here is the Streaming Schedule for RootsTech 2015

Rootstech 2015 Schedule

RootsTech is happening February 12–14, 2015 in Salt Lake City, Utah.  

Here is the schedule for this amazing conference combing genealogy and technology. Since some of the lectures and workshops were streamed last year and are available online, I believe we will see the same thing happen this year.

Stay tuned because I will post about that as soon as I know about it.

 

RootsTech Live Broadcasts for Tomorrow

Following are the live broadcasts from RootsTech scheduled for tomorrow. The live broadcasts will give those unable to attend in-person worldwide a sample of this year's conference content. Interested viewers can watch the live presentations at RootsTech.org. The fourth-year conference has attracted over 10,000 registered attendees in-person, and leaders expect over 20,000 additional viewers online.
 
The streamed sessions include a sampling of technology and family history presentations. Following are the broadcasted sessions and speakers. All times are in mountain standard time (MST):

Saturday, February 8
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Become an iPad Power User by Lisa Louise Cooke
1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Information Overload: Managing Online Searches and Their Results by Josh Taylor
2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., A Beginner's Guide to Going Paperless by Randy Whited
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., How to Interview Yourself for a Personal History by Tom Taylor
5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Five Ways to Do Genealogy in Your Sleep by Deborah Gamble

RootsTech Live Broadcasts Tomorrow

The following are the live broadcasts scheduled for tomorrow at RootsTech. The live broadcasts will give those unable to attend in-person worldwide a sample of this year's conference content. Interested viewers can watch the live presentations at RootsTech.org. The fourth-year conference has attracted over 10,000 registered attendees in-person, and leaders expect over 20,000 additional viewers online.
 
The streamed sessions include a sampling of technology and family history presentations. Following are the broadcasted sessions and speakers. All times are in mountain standard time (MST):

Friday, February 7
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Storytelling Super Powers: How to Come Off as Your Family's Genealogy Hero by David Adelman
1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Tweets, Links, Pins, and Posts: Break Down Genealogical Brick Walls with Social Media by Lisa Alzo
2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Getting the Most Out of Ancestry.com by Crista Cowen
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Finding Family and Ancestors Outside the USA with New Technologies by Daniel Horowitz
5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Do It Yourself Photo Restoration by Ancestry Insider
 

RootsTech Live Broadcasts Tomorrow

RootsTech list of live broadcasts tomorrow. The live broadcasts will give those unable to attend in-person worldwide a sample of this year's conference content. Interested viewers can watch the live presentations at RootsTech.org. The fourth-year conference has attracted over 10,000 registered attendees in-person, and leaders expect over 20,000 additional viewers online.
 
The streamed sessions include a sampling of technology and family history presentations. Following are the broadcasted sessions and speakers. All times are in mountain standard time (MST):
 
The streamed sessions include a sampling of technology and family history presentations. Following are the broadcasted sessions and speakers. All times are in mountain standard time (MST): 
 
Thursday, February 6
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Top 10 Things I Learned About My Family from My Couch by Tammy Hepps
1 p.m. to 2 p.m., FamilySearch Family Tree: What's New and What's Next by Ron Tanner

2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Intro to DNA for Genealogists by James Rader

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Genealogy in the Cloud by Randy Hoffman
5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Sharing Your Family with Multimedia by Michael LeClerc
 

RootsTech Conference Announces Free Online Broadcast Schedule

Great news for those of us who will not be able to attend the RootsTech Conference this year from February 6 to 8.

RootsTech announced yesterday that they will live stream fifteen of the workshops for free. The live broadcasts will give those unable to attend in-person worldwide a sample of this year's conference content. Interested viewers can watch the live presentations at RootsTech.org. The fourth-year conference has attracted over 10,000 registered attendees in-person, and leaders expect over 20,000 additional viewers online.
 
The streamed sessions include a sampling of technology and family history presentations. Following are the broadcasted sessions and speakers. All times are in mountain standard time (MST): 
 
Thursday, February 6
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Top 10 Things I Learned About My Family from My Couch by Tammy Hepps
1 p.m. to 2 p.m., FamilySearch Family Tree: What's New and What's Next by Ron Tanner

2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Intro to DNA for Genealogists by James Rader

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Genealogy in the Cloud by Randy Hoffman
5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Sharing Your Family with Multimedia by Michael LeClerc
 
Friday, February 7
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Storytelling Super Powers: How to Come Off as Your Family's Genealogy Hero by David Adelman
1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Tweets, Links, Pins, and Posts: Break Down Genealogical Brick Walls with Social Media by Lisa Alzo
2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Getting the Most Out of Ancestry.com by Crista Cowen
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Finding Family and Ancestors Outside the USA with New Technologies by Daniel Horowitz
5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Do It Yourself Photo Restoration by Ancestry Insider
 
Saturday, February 8
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Become an iPad Power User by Lisa Louise Cooke
1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Information Overload: Managing Online Searches and Their Results by Josh Taylor
2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., A Beginner's Guide to Going Paperless by Randy Whited
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., How to Interview Yourself for a Personal History by Tom Taylor
5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Five Ways to Do Genealogy in Your Sleep by Deborah Gamble

Don't Miss RootsTech 2014 Coming in February!

Registration is now open for RootsTech 2014, which will be held on February 6-8, 2014, at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. 

This annual family history conference, hosted by FamilySearch, is a unique global event where people of all ages learn to discover and share their family stories and connections through technology. 

 
Did you miss RootsTech 2013?  Watch archived streaming videos from RootsTech 2013.

Last Day For Live Streaming Sessions from RootsTech 2013

It's the last day for RootsTech.  Which  Sessions are you going to watch today on their live stream? 

Remember, if you miss the Live Stream you can catch the sessions later at http://rootstech.org

 Here are today's sessions for Live Streaming. I am determined to catch Denise Olsen's Digital Storytelling and hope to watch the others live too.

Saturday, March 23

 8:30 a.m.

Keynote speakers: David Pogue, Personal Technology Columnist, The New York Times, and Gilad Japhet, Founder and CEO, MyHeritage

9:45 a.m.

Using Technology to Solve Research Problems-Karen Clifford

11:00 a.m.

Digital Storytelling: More Than Bullet Points-Denise Olson

Today's Live Stream Sessions on Rootstech

Which RootsTech Sessions are you going to watch today on their live stream? Yesterday I saw part of the Keynote speakers - excellent! And I managed to watch Jill Ball's panel on Genealogy Gadget Bags. The panelists did an excellent job, as did the panelists on Thomas MacEntee's Panel on the Future of Genealogy.

Here's the list of what's coming today!  I hope I can manage to watch Valerie Elkins session at the very least. Of course I'm going to try to watch as many as possible. If you can't watch them live, they are being archived so you can catch the sessions later. Just go to Rootstech.org and enjoy!

Friday, March 22

 8:30 a.m.

Keynote speakers: Jyl Pattee, Founder, Mom It Forward Media, and Tim Sullivan, President and CEO, Ancestry.com

9:45 a.m.

Researching Ancestors Online-Laura Prescott

11:00 a.m.

FamilySearch Family Tree-Ron Tanner

1:45 p.m.

Google Search... and Beyond-Dave Barney

3:00 p.m.

From Paper Piles to Digital Files-Valerie Elkins

RootsTech Live Streaming Starts Today!

Which RootsTech Sessions are you going to watch today on their live stream? Here's the list of what's coming!  I am definitely watching The Genealogists Gadget Bag by my friend Jill Ball, because I was asked to be on that panel.

Sadly I could not attend RootsTech this year so had to decline but I'm excited to see what gadgets the panelists are bringing.

I also plan on watching my friend and fellow blogger Thomas MacEntee in The Future of Genealogy. If I can possibly do it, I'll watch them all.

Mountain Standard Time

"Best of RootsTech"

Live Stream on RootsTech.org

Thursday, March 21

 8:30 a.m.

Keynote speakers: Dennis Brimhall, President and CEO, FamilySearch International, Syd Lieberman, Nationally Acclaimed Storyteller, Author, and Teacher, and Josh Taylor, Lead Genealogist at findmypast.com and President, Federation of Genealogical Societies

11:00 a.m.

The Future of Genealogy-Thomas MacEntee and panel

1:45 p.m.

Tell It Again (Story@Home)-Kim Weitkamp

3:00 p.m.

The Genealogists Gadget Bag-Jill Ball and panel

4:15 p.m.

Finding the Obscure and Elusive: Geographic Information on the Web-James Tanner

List of RootsTech 2013 Sessions Being Live Streamed

RootsTech 2013 announced today which of its conference sessions would be streamed online for free. Over 5,000 people have already registered to attend the popular conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, March 21-23, 2013, where they plan to learn how to find, organize, tell, preserve, and share their family's history-and make new connections. The conference will broadcast 13 of its 250+ classes live at RootsTech.org , including the daily keynote speakers. The family history conference is the largest of its kind in the U.S.  "Not everyone can attend RootsTech in person," said Dan Martinez, RootsTech conference manager. "So we give them a chance to virtually attend a free sampling of some of our most popular sessions live online." Martinez added that the live webcasts in 2012 had 50,000 views during the show. For those living within travel distance of Salt Lake City, Martinez said it's still not too late to register for RootsTech 2013! From the Getting Started, Developer Day, and the Story@home tracks, the 3rd annual RootsTech conference has something for everyone, whether you are an avid genealogist, just beginning, or simply want to discover the latest technologies and solutions to better connect with your family. For registration details and costs, go to RootsTech.org.   Following are the RootsTech 2013 Streaming Sessions and when and where to find them.

Mountain Standard Time "Best of RootsTech" Live Stream on RootsTech.org Thursday, March 21  8:30 a.m. Keynote speakers: Dennis Brimhall, President and CEO, FamilySearch International, Syd Lieberman, Nationally Acclaimed Storyteller, Author, and Teacher, and Josh Taylor, Lead Genealogist at findmypast.com and President, Federation of Genealogical Societies 11:00 a.m. The Future of Genealogy-Thomas MacEntee and panel 1:45 p.m. Tell It Again (Story@Home)-Kim Weitkamp 3:00 p.m. The Genealogists Gadget Bag-Jill Ball and panel 4:15 p.m. Finding the Obscure and Elusive: Geographic Information on the Web-James Tanner Friday, March 22  8:30 a.m. Keynote speakers: Jyl Pattee, Founder, Mom It Forward Media, and Tim Sullivan, President and CEO, Ancestry.com 9:45 a.m. Researching Ancestors Online-Laura Prescott 11:00 a.m. FamilySearch Family Tree-Ron Tanner 1:45 p.m. Google Search... and Beyond-Dave Barney 3:00 p.m. From Paper Piles to Digital Files-Valerie Elkins Saturday, March 23  8:30 a.m. Keynote speakers: David Pogue, Personal Technology Columnist, The New York Times, and Gilad Japhet, Founder and CEO, MyHeritage 9:45 a.m. Using Technology to Solve Research Problems-Karen Clifford 11:00 a.m. Digital Storytelling: More Than Bullet Points-Denise Olson