RootsTech 2025--Day 3

RootsTech Day 3

March 8th 2025

FamilyTree DNA recently announced a new updated MitoTree.  This means an updated haplogroup for those who have taken the mtDNA test and new reports via the mtDNA Discover tool.

Below is a list of the classes which I selected for Day 3.  There are many more sessions available.  For more in-depth information on the day's events check out any of the classes or online expo hall at RootsTech website

9:00 AM CST Online Advanced / Professional

Session:  Document Analysis: Digging into the Details

Speaker:  Angie Packer McGhie

10:30 PM CST  Online Intermediate

Session:  Navigating Sensitive Topics: Writing about Difficult Chapters of the Family’s History

Speaker:  Laura Hedgecock

2:30 PM CST Online Intermediate

Session:  Learning to Use AI Tools: Taking Your Prompting Skills to the Next Level

Speaker:  Steve Little 

These last 3 classes were unavailable to online attendees Live due to technical difficulties but were made available by late Saturday and Sunday.

2:30 PM CST Online Advanced / Professional

Session:  Why Did It Say That & Other Contextual Clues

Speaker:  Rebecca Whitman Koford

4:00 PM CST Online Intermediate

Session:  Extracting Evidence:  Strategies for Analyzing Genealogical Sources

Speaker:  Alice Childs

4:00 PM CST Online Advanced / Professional

Session:  Taming Same-Name Research

Speaker:  Jenny Hansen

RootsTech 2025--Day 2

RootsTech Day 2
March 7th 2025

MyHeritage has introduced a new feature called Cousin Finder™, which helps discover other MyHeritage members who share common ancestors with you. They launched Ancient Origins a few weeks ago for members with a Complete or Omni tier subscription. Their latest ethnicity update (v 2.5) was released earlier this year for those who have tested or uploaded their DNA.

Ancestry has several new features that use AI.  "Recognize Ancestors" helps to identify people in photos by using AI to compare them with other photos on the site.  Another feature uses AI to transcribe the handwriting in uploaded documents. A DNA match clustering tool is also in the works for release later this year. See the video for more on Matches by Cluster.

These were just the classes that I viewed.  There are many more available.  For more in-depth information on the day's events check out any of the classes or online expo hall at

RootsTech website 

Session:  The New FamilySearch Catalog

Speaker:  Robert Raymond

Session:  FamilySearch Full Text Search Is Even Better (a session I missed from Thursday)

Speaker:  Robert Raymond

9:00 AM CST Online Intermediate

Session:  Becoming Betsey: Find Female Ancestors with Cluster Research

Speaker:  Rebecca Whitman Koford

9:00 AM CST Online  Advanced / Professional

Session:  Analyzing Evidence:  A Research Game Changer

Speaker:  Mindy Taylor

10:30 AM CST  Online  All Levels

Session:  RootsTech Innovation and Tech Forum 2025

10:30 AM CST Online  Advanced / Professional

Session:  DNA and Endogamy:  Strategies to Analyze Your DNA Matches

Speaker:  Adina Newman

2:30 PM CST Online  Intermediate

Session:  The Story of Rachel -- Eventually This Enslaved Woman & Her Children Were Freed

Speaker:  Diane L. Richard

2:30 PM CST  Online Intermediate

Session:  How Just One Match Can Help You Find Missing Ancestors in 2025

Speaker:  Diahan Southard  

RootsTech 2025--Day 1

RootsTech Day 1
March 6th 2025

Ancestry announced the addition of Networks.  It is a tool that can be used to track an ancestor's FAN.  Right now it's only available to ProTools subscribers, but might be rolled out to other users at some point.  There are a few other promotions they are running right now here

FTDNA has discount codes available and includes some discounts on upgrades 

Legacy Family Tree Webinars has a great offer see the coupon code at

https://cms-z-assets.familysearch.org/b6/00/dacb99a94dd6037ce9e5111ebf69/webinars.pdf

These were just the classes that I viewed.  There are many more available.  For more in-depth information on the day's events check out any of the classes or online expo hall at

RootsTech website.

9:00 AM CST Online Advanced/Professional

Session:  Intersecting Lines: Pedigree Collapse Helps Identify an Ancestor’s Parents

Speaker:  Alice Childs

10:30 AM CST Online Intermediate

Session:  Women and Children Second: The Laws and Records of Citizenship
Speaker:  Alec Ferretti

1:15 PM CST Online Intermediate

Session:  Endogamy? Now what?

Speaker:  Kelli Bergheimer

4:00 PM CST Online Advanced/Professional

Session:  Finding Migrating Families: How to Trace Elusive Ancestors Using Cluster Research

Speaker:  Nancy A. Peters

5:30 PM CST Online Intermediate
Session:  Using Indirect Evidence to Identify Enslaved Parents
Speaker:  LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson