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Jilly_in_VA

(11,132 posts)
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 12:36 PM Mar 2022

RootsTech 2022 begins tomorrow, March 3

Anyone here participating? I don't really care that the Mormons sponsor it, just as I don't care that they own the Family History Library in SLC. They let anybody in for free. I participated in the virtual RootsTech last year, and besides learning a lot, found a gang of relatives and some good info. I found out. for instance, that one brother of my great-great-grandfather became a Mormon, settled in Idaho, had 10 kids, and supplied me with a whole arm of the family I had hitherto known nothing about. Also found second cousins I didn't know.

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RootsTech 2022 begins tomorrow, March 3 (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Mar 2022 OP
I've been getting their promotions Doc Sportello Mar 2022 #1
I think Jilly_in_VA Mar 2022 #2

Doc Sportello

(7,962 posts)
1. I've been getting their promotions
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 02:00 PM
Mar 2022

Really didn't know much about it but may check it out now that you found it useful. As for the Mormons, their Family Tree site is good for useful info, much of which is free. Also, my aunt did a lot of research in SLC using their archives to get into the DAR and produced a large book which traced our family back to its roots in Ireland and Scotland. So I'm OK with them - as long as they stay away from my door.

Jilly_in_VA

(11,132 posts)
2. I think
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 02:06 PM
Mar 2022

you my have had to register in advance. Don't know for sure. I did, because I got my promotion from Ancestry. I really did enjoy it last year. Anyway, check into it and good luck!

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