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Main Stage
- Mar 6, 8:00 AM UTCRootsTech 2026 | General Session 1 | Marlee Matlin and Steve Rockwood
- Mar 6, 9:00 AM UTCFamilySearch Global Tech Forum 2026
- Mar 6, 10:00 AM UTCHow to Request Japanese Koseki Family Registers Part 1: Introduction and Submittal Process
- Mar 6, 10:30 AM UTCHow to Request Japanese Koseki Family Registers Part 2: Proving Relationship to Issei Ancestor
- Mar 6, 11:00 AM UTCHow to Request Japanese Koseki Family Registers Part 3: Identifying Ancestral Village/Town of Issei
- Mar 6, 11:30 AM UTCVirtual Keynote 2026 | Zico
- Mar 6, 12:00 PM UTCMore Recent but More Difficult? The Challenges of Family History for Japanese "War Brides"
- Mar 6, 12:30 PM UTCEarn Family History Research Certificates through BYU-Pathway - On Demand
- Mar 6, 1:00 PM UTCWhy Family History Work Is Ideal for Blind/Visually Impaired Users and What Resources Are Available
- Mar 6, 1:30 PM UTCVirtual Keynote 2026 | The Gardiner Brothers
- Mar 6, 2:30 PM UTCCountdown to Live! Day 2
- Mar 6, 3:00 PM UTCDNA Misconceptions
- Mar 6, 4:00 PM UTCCountdown to Live! Day 2
- Mar 6, 4:30 PM UTCRootsTech Innovation and Tech Forum 2026
- Mar 6, 5:30 PM UTCCountdown to Live! Day 2
- Mar 6, 6:00 PM UTCRootsTech 2026 | General Session 2 | Tara Roberts
- Mar 6, 7:00 PM UTCCountdown to Live! Day 2
- Mar 6, 8:30 PM UTCMapping Maternal Connections: Where Science Meets Genealogy on the mtDNA Tree of Humankind
- Mar 6, 9:30 PM UTCCountdown to Live! Day 2
- Mar 6, 10:00 PM UTCBranch by Branch: A Beginner’s Guide to Growing the FamilySearch Tree
- Mar 6, 11:00 PM UTCCountdown to Live! Day 2
- Mar 6, 11:30 PM UTCHow to Preserve Text Messages, Emails, Photos, Videos, and Journals as Family History - Friday
- Mar 7, 12:30 AM UTCVirtual Keynote 2026 | Jessica Soho
- Mar 7, 1:00 AM UTCItalian Genealogy 101 - Before You Cross the Ocean: Records at Home
- Mar 7, 1:30 AM UTCItalian Genealogy 102: Preparing to Work with Italian Records
- Mar 7, 2:00 AM UTCItalian Genealogy 103 - Italian Civil Records: What They Are & Where to Find Them
- Mar 7, 2:30 AM UTCHow to Request Japanese Koseki Family Registers Part 1: Introduction and Submittal Process
- Mar 7, 3:00 AM UTCHow to Request Japanese Koseki Family Registers Part 2: Proving Relationship to Issei Ancestor
- Mar 7, 3:30 AM UTCHow to Request Japanese Koseki Family Registers Part 3: Identifying Ancestral Village/Town of Issei
- Mar 7, 4:00 AM UTCVirtual Keynote 2026 | Zico
- Mar 7, 4:30 AM UTCMore Recent but More Difficult? The Challenges of Family History for Japanese "War Brides"
- Mar 7, 5:00 AM UTCEarn Family History Research Certificates through BYU-Pathway - On Demand
- Mar 7, 5:30 AM UTCVirtual Keynote 2026 | The Gardiner Brothers
- Mar 7, 6:00 AM UTCThe GPS in Practice: Examples of Reasonably Exhaustive Research
- Mar 7, 7:00 AM UTCNew to German Genealogy? Start Here!
- Mar 7, 8:00 AM UTCRootsTech 2026 | General Session 2 | Tara Roberts
- Mar 7, 9:00 AM UTCRootsTech Innovation and Tech Forum 2026
- Mar 7, 10:00 AM UTCTracing Transnational Lives: Bridging Records Between Countries
- Mar 7, 11:00 AM UTCFamilySearch Full-Text Search – Your Golden Path to Ancestral Discovery
- Mar 7, 12:00 PM UTCCaribbean and African Enslaved People and their British Enslavers: A look at sources
- Mar 7, 1:30 PM UTCAvoiding Research Pitfalls
- Mar 7, 2:00 PM UTCVirtual Keynote 2026 | José Hernández
- Mar 7, 3:00 PM UTCDNA Analysis Methodology: Defeat the Genealogy Gremlin
- Mar 7, 4:30 PM UTCWanted! Seeking the Identity of Unknown Parents
- Mar 7, 6:00 PM UTCRootsTech 2026 | General Session 3 | Steve Young
- Mar 7, 8:30 PM UTCFamily Discovery Day | Live Session | 2026
- Mar 7, 10:00 PM UTCDNA Swim School – Part 3: Swimming Toward Your Ancestors
- Mar 8, 12:00 AM UTCFamilySearch Global Tech Forum 2026
- Mar 8, 1:00 AM UTCRootsTech 2026 | General Session 2 | Tara Roberts
- Mar 8, 2:00 AM UTCRootsTech Innovation and Tech Forum 2026
- Mar 8, 3:00 AM UTC2026 Temple and Family History Leadership Instruction
- Mar 8, 4:00 AM UTCRootsTech 2026 | General Session 3 | Steve Young
- Mar 8, 5:00 AM UTCFamily Discovery Day | Live Session | 2026
- Mar 8, 6:00 AM UTC2026 Temple and Family History Leadership Instruction
- Mar 8, 7:00 AM UTCRootsTech 2026 | General Session 3 | Steve Young
- Mar 8, 8:00 AM UTCRootsTech 2026 | General Session 2 | Tara Roberts
- Mar 8, 10:00 AM UTCFamilySearch Global Tech Forum 2026
- Mar 8, 11:00 AM UTCRootsTech Innovation and Tech Forum 2026
- Mar 8, 12:00 PM UTCFamily Discovery Day | Live Session | 2026
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Keynote Sessions
Marlee Matlin | RootsTech 2026
Academy Award winning actress Marlee Matlin shares her inspiring journey of overcoming obstacles, resilience, and courage, connecting personal triumphs to family history and heritage at RootsTech.
Steve Rockwood | RootsTech 2026
FamilySearch International CEO Steve Rockwood opens RootsTech 2026 with enthusiasm and perspective as we celebrate family and togetherness.
RootsTech Main Stage Forums
We are excited to share our special forum sessions. These forums will share some of the new and exciting things happening across the family history industry.
RootsTech Innovation and Tech Forum 2026
Laryn Brown, John Crockett, Alon Eherenfeld, Marisa J. W. Humphrey, Jeffrey C. Humphrey, Richard K. Miller, Brian Shirts, Dave Vance
FamilySearch Global Tech Forum 2025
Craig Miller, Andrew Gold, Bryan Austad, Michelle Barber, Ryan Parker, Sarah Hammon, Valerie Villalobos Huitron
RootsTech Innovation and Tech Forum 2025
Stephen Nielson, Paul Allen, Hunter Cannon, Uri Gonen, Charlie Green
