One of the things we enjoy most when preparing for RootsTech is sharing with you the best techniques and tools in the market to help you discover and connect with your ancestors. That is why we work closely with our amazing sponsors. Let us share with you a little bit about who we will have this year with us at RootsTech 2022. And don’t forget to visit their booths in our expo hall!
Collectionaire is an online web app for organizing and sharing the best of your family’s memories and mementos. It picks up where companies like FamilySearch and Ancestry.com leave off, allowing you to organize and share all the memories of current family members along with those of your ancestors, which might include digital photo albums, home movies, audio recordings, journals, PDFs, and so on—essentially anything that can be digitized for future viewing. Ancestor memories are important, but so are yours! And with Collectionaire's family tree interface, it’s so easy to navigate that even your parents will easily find the family’s best memories!
DNA Painter is a leading online destination for genealogists around the world. The site offers free and subscription-based tools that can help you visualize your DNA matches and solve family mysteries. You can also create an elegant, single-page overview of your direct ancestors with living people hidden—ideal for sending to DNA matches who can search it for names and locations of interest.
The 30th-anniversary edition of Family Tree Maker takes this grand old brand to places its original creators could only have dreamed of. Family Tree Maker is no longer an isolated desktop application but rather the hub of a growing ecosystem of mobile apps and cloud services. With Family Tree Maker, you can turn back time to erase mistakes you made even a thousand changes ago. You can view changes in your FTM tree in real-time on your smartphone or tablet or find out what the weather was like on the day your grandfather was born. With Family Tree Maker, you sleep better, knowing that an up-to-date copy of your tree is securely tucked away in the cloud and that someday it will be passed on to the next generation for you. Welcome to the new world of Family Tree Maker. We think you’re going to like it here.
Create, curate, and collaborate on living archives for yourself, your family, and your community on Permanent.org, a comprehensive digital preservation platform backed by a nonprofit organization. The Permanent Legacy Foundation is not a typical tech company. We are a mission-driven, 501(c)(3) nonprofit, cultural-heritage organization, just like a library, museum, university, or faith-based organization. Our mission is to preserve and provide perpetual access to the digital legacy of all people for the historical and educational benefit of future generations.
Permanent.org is used by professional and burgeoning archivists, professional and hobbyist genealogists, photo organizers, professional photographers and videographers, illustrators and artists, parents and grandparents, nonprofit organizations, and consumers who are looking for a better way to preserve their digital memories. Permanent was built for everyone—people of any interest, profession, or technical background. Permanent is a platform built by the people, for the people.
Permanent.org is used by professional and burgeoning archivists, professional and hobbyist genealogists, photo organizers, professional photographers and videographers, illustrators and artists, parents and grandparents, nonprofit organizations, and consumers who are looking for a better way to preserve their digital memories. Permanent was built for everyone—people of any interest, profession, or technical background. Permanent is a platform built by the people, for the people.
Photomyne is the perfect hub for safekeeping your and your family's legacies. Our family of apps help millions of users worldwide save their most cherished memories so they can be passed down for generations in our increasingly digital world. We offer apps for scanning paper photos, slides, and film negatives into a beautiful and easily shared digital library—all from the comfort of your smartphone. In addition, we have apps for colorizing black-and-white photos, building a family tree from photos, and more! Check out our booth for the best ways to give your photos the digital home they deserve.
The Family History Guide Association sponsors The Family History Guide website. Its mission is to greatly increase the number of people actively involved in family history worldwide, making their journey easier, more efficient, and more enjoyable. Visitors from over 150 countries come to this free website.
TheGenealogist is an award-winning website to research your United Kingdom ancestry, putting a wealth of information at the fingertips of family historians. Its unique features include MapExplorer, letting you travel back in time to see how the geography of an area changed. Record sets, such as the National Tithe Collection and Lloyd George land records, show you where your ancestors lived and give details of their property. TheGenealogist’s tools let you find an ancestor using keywords, family members, or an address. Results are enhanced with the inclusion of phonetic matches. Results also benefit from SmartSearch technology, which allows family historians to find records faster and easier than other sites. With TheGenealogist, you can now find potential birth records from a death record, potential parents from a birth record, and potential children from a marriage record. Use the latest technology to help you bring your family history to life.
Vivid-Pix harnesses various technologies, making it easy for individuals and organizations to relive life’s memories. Photographs capture a moment in time. Our mind transcends time when looking at pictures; we remember who we were with and what was said, even sounds and smells, and recollect how we felt. Photos also provide a glimpse into others' experiences. Documents, letters, and records archive further describe events and feelings. Through video and written materials, we teach how to use various tools so users can do more.
Makers of the Legacy Family Tree software and the award-winning Legacy Family Tree Webinars series.
Geni, a MyHeritage company, is a leader in collaborative genealogy and the home of the World Family Tree, which connects more than 160 million relatives. Through the collaboration of millions of global users and with the aid of over 200 volunteer curators, Geni’s World Family Tree is quickly becoming one of the largest and highest quality family trees of the entire world. Sign up for FREE, and discover your connection today.
Expo Hall RootsTech 2022
If you want to meet and learn about these amazing companies. We will have an amazing expo hall with these and many more companies that can help you take your family history to the next level. And don’t forget to register for RootsTech, the world’s largest family history conference!
What is RootsTech?
RootsTech is a place to learn, be inspired, and make connections through family history. Hosted by FamilySearch and sponsored by other leading genealogy organizations, we have hundreds of expert classes, tips and tricks videos, and inspiring stories that can help you experience family history like never before. Visit our on-demand learning library or make plans to join us for our next virtual or in-person conference event.
