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RootsTech 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 2026! Sponsored by BYU

Ka lailai ni Getting Started: Record Types
Na vosa ni iwasewase ni gauna oqo e English

Getting Started: Record Types

Christopher Jones, Abby Hilbig

Ka lailai ni Getting Started with Scandinavian Research
Na vosa ni iwasewase ni gauna oqo e English

Getting Started with Scandinavian Research

Dr. Sarah Reed, Kaylee Assink, Abigail Gatherum

Ka lailai ni Branch by Branch: A Beginner’s Guide to Growing the FamilySearch Tree
Na vosa ni iwasewase ni gauna oqo e English

Branch by Branch: A Beginner’s Guide to Growing the FamilySearch Tree

Alice Childs, Jolie Fox Bunker

Ka lailai ni Intro to Latin American Research
Na vosa ni iwasewase ni gauna oqo e English

Intro to Latin American Research

Dr. Cacey Farnsworth, Ammon Smith

Ka lailai ni From Down Under to Your Desk: Beginning Australian and New Zealand Research
Na vosa ni iwasewase ni gauna oqo e English

From Down Under to Your Desk: Beginning Australian and New Zealand Research

Kelli Allen, QG, Brielle Beardall

Ka lailai ni Getting Started with Polynesian Genealogy Research
Na vosa ni iwasewase ni gauna oqo e English

Getting Started with Polynesian Genealogy Research

Miyamoto Loretta Jensen, Juliette Hart

2025 Sessions

Ka lailai ni Getting Started Part 1: Research Goals, logs, research plans, organization, being effective
Na vosa ni iwasewase ni gauna oqo e English
56:35
Ka lailai ni Getting Started Part 2: Record types and when to use them
Na vosa ni iwasewase ni gauna oqo e English
1:00:17
2025

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

Jana K Greenhalgh, Kyra Bryant

Ka lailai ni Getting Started Part 3: Analyzing data - making good decisions
Na vosa ni iwasewase ni gauna oqo e English
55:18
2025

Getting Started Part 3: Analyzing data - making good decisions

Dr. Joseph Stuart, Jaclyn Pruett, Serena Juhasz

Ka lailai ni Getting Started Part 4 - Using Record Hints- Harnessing the Power of AI to Document Your Family
Na vosa ni iwasewase ni gauna oqo e English
1:00:36
Ka lailai ni Getting Started Part 5: Searching Smarter: Making the Most of Your Time and Resources
Na vosa ni iwasewase ni gauna oqo e English
1:00:42
Ka lailai ni Getting Started Part 6: Reading Old Documents
Na vosa ni iwasewase ni gauna oqo e English
55:54
2025

Getting Started Part 6: Reading Old Documents

Danielle Elder Blaylock, Amy Harris

Dauveiqaravi

How do you want to get started?

FamilySearch offers a variety of ways to learn more about your family story.

Vulica Vakalevu

Additional Getting Started Classes

Ka lailai ni Getting Started Part 1: Using and preserving family sources Webinar
Na vosa ni iwasewase ni gauna oqo e English
59:16
Ka lailai ni Getting Started Part 4: Reading old documents - Webinar
Na vosa ni iwasewase ni gauna oqo e English
54:36
Ka lailai ni Getting Started Part 6: Organizing, recording, and sharing your findings Webinar
Na vosa ni iwasewase ni gauna oqo e English
1:00:22
2024

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

Dr. Cacey Farnsworth, Emma Ruddy, Israel Murray

Ka lailai ni Getting Started with Research in Germany
Na vosa ni iwasewase ni gauna oqo e English
50:14
Ka lailai ni Getting Started with Research in Sweden
Na vosa ni iwasewase ni gauna oqo e English
49:54
Ka lailai ni Getting Started with Research in Brazil
Na vosa ni iwasewase ni gauna oqo e English
47:39