{"id":102088,"date":"2025-03-03T09:17:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T14:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=102088"},"modified":"2025-03-18T11:39:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T15:39:56","slug":"have-fun-with-us-at-rootstech-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/have-fun-with-us-at-rootstech-2025.html","title":{"rendered":"Have Fun with Us at RootsTech 2025!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s almost here, the gathering genealogists eagerly anticipate: the annual RootsTech conference, the biggest genealogical event of the year, happening in Salt Lake City, Utah, from this Thursday, March 6th, through Saturday, March 8th.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GenealogyBank of course will be there, staffing booth #1411.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whether you\u2019re attending RootsTech in person or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/en\/rootstech\/expohall\/genealogybank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online<\/a>, come pay us a visit. We\u2019re ready to have fun \u2013 and also do some genealogy work with you, answering questions and providing search tips. Ask us how we can help you find your ancestor!<\/p>\n<p>We will have in-booth presentations, fun activities for the whole family on Saturday, and a chance to win a FREE annual membership to GenealogyBank.com.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102090\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102090\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102090\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/photo-0303-2025-rootstech-2025-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration: RootsTech 2025. Credit: FamilySearch.\" width=\"320\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/photo-0303-2025-rootstech-2025-logo.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/photo-0303-2025-rootstech-2025-logo-294x300.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102090\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: RootsTech 2025. Credit: FamilySearch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Melony Young, our Director of Consumer Support, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAs always, we look forward to being a sponsor at RootsTech this year with the theme \u2018Discover.\u2019 I\u2019ll be presenting on Friday at 8:00 a.m. in room 255 BC on \u2018Solving Mysteries with GenealogyBank.com\u2019 in which we explore the exciting ways that newspapers can help solve family history mysteries and capture amazing stories.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102092\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102092\" style=\"width: 379px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102092\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/photo-0303-2025-melony-young.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Melony Young, GenealogyBank\u2019s Director of Consumer Support.\" width=\"379\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/photo-0303-2025-melony-young.jpg 379w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/photo-0303-2025-melony-young-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102092\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Melony Young, GenealogyBank\u2019s Director of Consumer Support.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>About Our Featured Speaker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Melony Young is a seasoned Customer Support Director and Corporate Trainer, and has played a crucial role in developing and training teams at companies like American Express, The American Red Cross, Wayfair, and currently, GenealogyBank.com. Melony has also been known to \u201cdabble\u201d in acting and voiceover work.<\/p>\n<p>Melony developed a love and respect for genealogy work through her grandmother Arlene\u2019s lifelong passion of family history and research, and continues this legacy through an ongoing project with her children and grandson to capture and document life events and memories. Family history research and DNA even helped her connect with a half-brother.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Drawings for Give-Aways<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We will be having drawings during RootsTech to give away a free membership as well as several books. We will also be hosting book signings by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sunny Morton<\/strong>, author of <em>How to Find Your Family History in U.S. Church Records<\/em>;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Roberta Estes<\/strong>, author of <em>DNA for Native American Genealogy<\/em> and <em>The Complete Guide to Family Tree DNA<\/em>; and<\/li>\n<li><strong>Drew Smith<\/strong>, author of <em>Advanced Genealogy Research Techniques<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We are pleased to partner with Genealogical.com to provide books for both sale and prizes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GenealogyBank Promotional Offer for RootsTech<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We have a fantastic RootsTech promotional offer with a free ebook:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102093\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102093\" style=\"width: 464px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102093\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/photo-0303-2025-rootstech-gb-promotional-offer.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: GenealogyBank promotional offer for RootsTech 2025\" width=\"464\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/photo-0303-2025-rootstech-gb-promotional-offer.jpg 464w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/photo-0303-2025-rootstech-gb-promotional-offer-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102093\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: GenealogyBank promotional offer for RootsTech 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During the RootsTech conference, you can save 60% on an annual GenealogyBank membership, just $48.95 (regularly $121.90), plus receive a free ebook, <em>Newspapers Give Us the Rest of the Story<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>You can order by phone, 866-641-3297, or through this code:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-102094\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/photo-0303-2025-rootstech-gb-special-offer-code.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: code for a GenealogyBank promotional offer for RootsTech 2025\" width=\"291\" height=\"203\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This special offer ends March 9th at midnight EST.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Register for Free for the RootsTech Online Conference!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can enjoy RootsTech 2025 in person or by joining online. It only takes 10 seconds to join online, and you will get access March 6-8 to hundreds of class sessions, the Expo Hall, awesome keynote addresses and other unique experiences to help you discover more about your family stories: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/campaign\/rootstechregistration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/campaign\/rootstechregistration<\/a><\/p>\n<p>RootsTech runs Thursday through Saturday (March 6<sup>th<\/sup>-8<sup>th<\/sup>). Classes start at 8:00 a.m. each day (keep in mind that RootsTech, being in Salt Lake City, Utah, is on Mountain time). On-Demand sessions are available all day. The Expo Hall opens at 9:00 a.m. (yes, there is also a virtual Expo Hall).<\/p>\n<p>GenealogyBank.com is a premier resource for telling your family stories and an invaluable way to begin or enhance your family research. With over 330 years of historical records and newspapers, you are sure to uncover names and stories you\u2019ve never known. With the help of our exclusive content, more than 313 million obituaries and over 15,000 U.S. newspapers, your family stories can be brought to life through new discoveries.<\/p>\n<p>See you soon!<\/p>\n<p>Explore over 330 years of newspapers and historical records in GenealogyBank. Discover your family story! <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/sign-up\">Start a 7-Day Free Trial<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An article promoting RootsTech 2025 and GenealogyBank\u2019s presentations, offers and give-aways at the conference, staffing booth #1411.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":102097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12717],"tags":[2009,1661,1655,58977],"class_list":["post-102088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genealogy-conferences-activities","tag-genealogy-conferences","tag-genealogybank-2","tag-rootstech","tag-rootstech-2025"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/photo-0202-2016-featured-graphic-genealogy-conferences.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102088"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102262,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102088\/revisions\/102262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}