RootsTech 2025 Beginner's Track

Interested in learning how to get your genealogy started? Get all the basics and more during our Beginner’s Track at RootsTech 2025! Sponsored by BYU

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Thumbnail for Getting Started Part 1: Research Goals, logs, research plans, organization, being effective
56:35
Thumbnail for Getting Started Part 2: Record types and when to use them
1:00:17
2025

Getting Started Part 2: Record types and when to use them

Jana K Greenhalgh, Kyra Bryant

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55:18
2025

Getting Started Part 3: Analyzing data - making good decisions

Dr. Joseph Stuart, Jaclyn Pruett, Serena Juhasz

Thumbnail for Getting Started Part 5: Searching Smarter: Making the Most of Your Time and Resources
1:00:42
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55:54
2025

Getting Started Part 6: Reading Old Documents

Danielle Elder Blaylock, Amy Harris

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Getting Started Classes from Past Years


Thumbnail for Getting Started Part 1: Using and preserving family sources Webinar
59:16
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54:36
Thumbnail for Getting Started Part 6: Organizing, recording, and sharing your findings Webinar
1:00:22
2024

Getting Started Part 6: Organizing, recording, and sharing your findings Webinar

Dr. Cacey Farnsworth, Emma Ruddy, Israel Murray

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50:14
Thumbnail for Getting Started with Research in Sweden
49:54
Thumbnail for Getting Started with Research in Brazil
47:39