HAPPY NEW YEAR

1 MONTH AND 11 DAYS TILL ROOTS TECH

Roots Tech early bird pricing ends January 23rd so sign up fast!

RootsTech list

Roots Tech is coming up. I prepared a pack list today. RootsTech is always lots of fun and I get to stay at my grandparents house to! My list is very basic. I have 3 sections.

Clothes:(For staying at my grandparents house)
PJ's
2 Outfits
Jacket/gloves
2 pairs of socks

RootsTech bag:( To carry at Roots Tech)
Family history documents
Laptop
Phone
Folder for handouts
Waterbottle
USB

Other:(For when Roots Tech is not in session)
Book
Temple recomend
Family names
Scriptures
Journal
Scripture journal
Hair stuff

I am super excited I just signed up today and can't wait.

RootsTech and a ice cream sundae

RootsTech can be compared to a Ice Cream Sundae:

The Ice cream and delicious syrups are the base. But no Sundae is complete without the cherry.  

          The cherry is not a necessity but adds just the right touch to an amazing desert. 

The Ice cream stands for the classes

The Syrups  and whipped cream stands for the expo hall

The Cherry stands for the events

The whole amazing desert stands for an amazing conference.

The cherry ends the day perfectly. Roots Tech has really awesome events:

Thursday: Alex Boye and his one voice children's choir, if you have not heard them look it up on YouTube. It is amazing.

Friday: Cultural event and extended hours at the expo hall

Saturday: Studio C and  other popular entertainers. I love studio c, one of my favorites is prop switch, look it up on YouTube. 

Comparisons

As I was sitting in science waiting for the bell to ring I thought that genealogy is not so different from the scientific method. For me religion is also involved, I am not saying genealogy is purely scientific.  But think about it. Here are the steps to it along with example of how you might use it.

Ask a question: Who is Mary Jane's spouse?

Do background research: Check different sources

Construct a Hypothesis: My Heritage says he is Robert James but Ancestry says it is James Jones

Test your hypothesis by doing at experiment: Genealogy is not about experimenting but finding
evidence to back it up so I changed this one to, Test you hypothesis by gathering evidence:James and Mary have the same kids and Family Search has James listed as Mary's spouse.

Analyze data and get a conclusion: James must be Mary's Spouse

Communicate your results: Add James to your family tree

The Scientific method is the method that most people use while researching, except they have a PURPOSE not a QUESTION.



Keep in mind RootsTech is in 3 months and is an event you won't want to miss! Remind all your friends and family about the FREE family discovery day.

Ancestor Cloud

For those of you who love genealogy and pintrest this new website will be heaven. Ancestor Cloud is the Pinterest of the genealogy world. I saw a demo at the BYU family history conference. I just got this link that you can sign up with and be notified when Ancestor Cloud is officially launched. Use this link, type in your email and get notified when it comes out.

Link:
http://prelaunch.ancestorcloud.com/?key=bcRD7MqXqpJd6WS

Have fun with this. I saw the beta and it will be great!!!!!

Tools

Google Books:
I made this awesome accidental discovery at school today. I was on Scholar.google.com so I could get accurate information and I found this website called books.google.com. It allows you to look up books. I found one I was about to buy for family history. It is awesome. It also gives you a link so you can buy it if you want to keep it.

Scholar.google.com:
 This website allows you to get more credited information of the internet. You don't get any ask.com or answers.com or Wikipedia.com junk. You get actual information that is very solid.

The Temple trip

A couple days ago our youth group got the opportunity to go to the temple. When we got there we saw just how full the temple was. There was a line around the baptistry and they had to open a new room for waiting. It was one of the best temple trips in my life. Waiting so long helped you feel the spirit even more. I was thinking that even though we think the temple is full, we can't even see how full it is. All of those people waiting for their baptisms to be done. It was also special because there were devotionals by the matron of the temple. I could feel my great grandpa there. It was a very special experience.


*Reminder: RootsTech is Feb 11-14 2014 at the The salt palace center for more info go to: rootstech.org