RootsTech, the annual global family history conference, will be held on March 6–8, 2025, online and in person at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. At the conference, you’ll find classes on a variety of family history–related topics, famous keynote speakers with inspiring addresses, and workshops and forums to help you learn skills to further your genealogy research.
The RootsTech 2025 Expo Hall
In addition to attending classes and presentations throughout the Salt Palace, you can come to RootsTech's free-to-visit Expo Hall and mingle with genealogy vendors and organizations, research specialists, and other family history enthusiasts.
The Expo Hall also includes various fun interactive activities to try:
- Bring the past to life with the virtual reality experience game Wander, where you can spend time virtually visiting your ancestral homeland or meaningful places where you've been.
- Enjoy the Heritage Theater, featuring cultural performances from around the world.
- Visit the Expo Hall's Art Exhibit to see beautiful and inspiring diaspora musing art.
- Stop by the Discovery Zone, and try our hands-on global experiences and olden-time experiences.
The Expo Hall will be open during all 3 days of the conference. On Thursday night, the program will change to Night at the Expo, where participating companies will feature special deals, discounts, and giveaways with their promotions between 5:00 and 6:30 PM MST. If you're attending RootsTech virtually, there will also be an online Expo Hall, with online booths for all of RootsTech's exhibitors, along with a promotions and specials page that shares all our exhibitors' and sponsors' best offers happening at RootsTech.
Expo Hall Society Pavilion
Family History Societies are the philanthropic side of the family history industry. All are nonprofit. RootsTech has always hosted society and family organization booths, and this year, booths for societies and family organizations from across the country will be gathered in a special Society Pavilion in the Expo Hall for easy access. Guests can get genealogy help in the pavilion from specialists in various research areas and topics.
There are many anchor societies included in the pavilion this year, such as the following:
- National Genealogical Society (NGS)
- New England Historical and Genealogical Society—also known as American Ancestors (NEHGS)
- New York Genealogy and Biographical Society (NYG&B)
- International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS)
- Latter Day Saint Ancestral Families Association (LDSAFA)
These “anchors” are large societies, but the pavilion welcomes any society, large or small, to participate.
This pavilion is a wonderful opportunity for societies to meet with genealogy researchers and enthusiasts as well as connect with like-minded family history societies. Societies who want more information or may want to participate can email the FamilySearch Chief Genealogical Office at CGO@familysearch.org.
A genealogical service project will also be available in the Society Pavilion for both in-person and virtual attendees to participate in as they desire.
Where will the Society Pavilion be?
The pavilion will be located at the northeast corner of the Expo Hall inside the window that looks out into the main hallway (near the escalators). Enter through the main doors, immediately turn right, and follow the aisle to the north corner of the Expo Hall.
Forums
Three major forums will also be featured at RootsTech this year:
- The Innovation and Tech Forum will highlight the latest developments from different facets of the industry.
- The FamilySearch Global and Tech Forum showcases new features and highlights from around the globe.
- The Impact Forum helps people gather and connect to learn about meaningful and personal experiences with family discovery.
RootsTech Innovation and Tech Forum
At the RootsTech Innovation and Tech Forum, industry innovators will gather to showcase fresh technological developments that can enhance your family discovery experience. Advancements in the world of technology develop at seemingly lightning speed, and many are making an impact on the world of genealogy.
Last year’s forum, for example, focused largely on how artificial intelligence (AI) is changing and improving the processes for genealogical research and overcoming earlier weaknesses. Ancestry and FamilySearch introduced some game-changing innovations using AI technology to expand and deepen search results, while other presenters shared AI innovations to combine biographical and historical information and help genealogists gain insight into their ancestors’ life stories and circumstances.
Come to this year’s RootsTech Innovation and Tech Forum as industry innovators unveil more exciting new technical innovations that can aid you in your quest to connect with your ancestors.
FamilySearch Global and Tech Forum 2025
FamilySearch is a leader in the world of genealogy—in equal parts because of the work of FamilySearch's talented technology teams and the input and feedback from FamilySearch's users who test and assess new features.
At last year’s FamilySearch Global and Tech Forum, FamilySearch introduced new technological advances like AI use, Full-Text Search, Family Group Trees, and the Together mobile app. These features make it easier for families to share information privately and jointly create their own family tree and share family stories. By featuring them on FamilySearch Labs, developers can make the most of public input to make them better meet the needs of the users.
No doubt, this year’s RootsTech FamilySearch Global and Tech Forum will highlight even more exciting new innovative solutions for finding your family roots.
RootsTech Impact Forum 2025
The RootsTech Impact Forum is a place to listen and learn about how the impact of family history is resonating both inside and outside the genealogy community—sometimes even into our everyday lives.
Connecting with your family story—past, present, and future—is widely recognized as a common curiosity that perhaps resides in us all. In last year’s Impact Forum, we learned that getting that sense of self—even through the oscillating nature of humanity and behavior ever present in our family stories—instills confidence, builds resilience, helps you adjust to changing circumstances, and gives you insight about who you want to become.
Presenters at last year’s forum included experts in psychology, education, historical immigration, and communications from various parts of the country. This year’s forum will offer even more illustrations and insights as to how the power of "family discovery" can be unlocked and enhanced through things like photos, music, and unexpected findings that you weren’t even looking for. Attend the RootsTech Impact Forum to discover the effect of family history in and beyond the genealogy community.
Join Us at RootsTech!
The excitement at RootsTech is contagious—there is so much to learn, digest, and enjoy, whether you're attending in person or online! Join us at RootsTech 2025! Register today, plan your schedule, and get ready for a personalized genealogy experience you won't forget.
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.
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