Get Ready for RootsTech 2025
by Michelle Dwyer Cohen
RootsTech, the largest genealogy conference in the world, will be held this year from March 6th-8th, both online (free to attend) and in-person ($129 for all three days) in Salt Lake City.
There are hundreds of sessions on the schedule, and you can peruse them and add them to your personal schedule once registered. The sessions cover a broad range of genealogy, including analysis, becoming a professional, ethnic research, immigration, law and ethics, organizing research, preserving your story, record types, and DNA.
A very interesting feature of the event is the Relatives at RootsTech page which compares your family tree to the other attendees and gives you ancestor matches. It is live until April 12, 2025. You must be registered for the event to use Relatives at RootsTech.
Below are some DNA courses that may be of interest. Please check the schedule for the latest dates and times, as they can change.
- Intersecting Lines: Pedigree Collapse Helps Identify an Ancestor’s Parents, with Alice Childs
- Ancient DNA meets genealogy: How 23andMe’s Historical Matches feature connects you to the past, with Éadaoin Harney
- How Does DNA Fit into Your Family Story? Identity. Connection. Answers, with Diahan Southard
- Endogamy? Now what? with Kelli Bergheimer
- DNA for Native American Genealogy with Roberta Estes
- DNA and Endogamy: Strategies to Analyze Your DNA Matches, with Adina Newman
- Harnessing the Power of Genetic Genealogy to Help Holocaust Survivors Find Family, with Adina Newman
- Y-DNA Testing Strategies by Research Question: Using Targeted Testing, with Rick T. Wilson
- Integrating Autosomal, Y-DNA, and mtDNA Results Together, with Dave Vance
