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

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Getting Started: Record Types

Christopher Jones, Abby Hilbig

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Getting Started with Scandinavian Research

Dr. Sarah Reed, Kaylee Assink, Abigail Gatherum

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

Alice Childs, Jolie Fox Bunker

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Intro to Latin American Research

Dr. Cacey Farnsworth, Ammon Smith

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

Kelli Allen, QG, Brielle Beardall

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Getting Started with Polynesian Genealogy Research

Miyamoto Loretta Jensen, Juliette Hart

2025 Sessions


Thumbnail van Getting Started Part 1: Research Goals, logs, research plans, organization, being effective
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56:35
Thumbnail van Getting Started Part 2: Record types and when to use them
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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 van Getting Started Part 4 - Using Record Hints- Harnessing the Power of AI to Document Your Family
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1:00:36
Thumbnail van Getting Started Part 5: Searching Smarter: Making the Most of Your Time and Resources
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1:00:42
Thumbnail van Getting Started Part 6: Reading Old Documents
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55:54
2025

Getting Started Part 6: Reading Old Documents

Danielle Elder Blaylock, Amy Harris

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Additional Getting Started Classes


Thumbnail van Getting Started Part 1: Using and preserving family sources Webinar
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59:16
Thumbnail van Getting Started Part 4: Reading old documents - Webinar
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54:36
Thumbnail van Getting Started Part 6: Organizing, recording, and sharing your findings Webinar
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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 van Getting Started with Research in Sweden
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49:54
Thumbnail van Getting Started with Research in Brazil
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47:39