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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Ata ninii mo Getting Started Part 1: Research Goals, logs, research plans, organization, being effective
This session language is English
56:35
Ata ninii mo Getting Started Part 2: Record types and when to use them
This session language is English
1:00:17
2025

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

Jana K Greenhalgh, Kyra Bryant

Ata ninii mo Getting Started Part 3:  Analyzing data - making good decisions
This session language is English
55:18
2025

Getting Started Part 3: Analyzing data - making good decisions

Dr. Joseph Stuart, Jaclyn Pruett, Serena Juhasz

Ata ninii mo Getting Started Part 4 - Using Record Hints- Harnessing the Power of AI to Document Your Family
This session language is English
1:00:36
Ata ninii mo Getting Started Part 5: Searching Smarter: Making the Most of Your Time and Resources
This session language is English
1:00:42
Ata ninii mo Getting Started Part 6: Reading Old Documents
This session language is English
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


Ata ninii mo Getting Started Part 1: Using and preserving family sources Webinar
This session language is English
59:16
Ata ninii mo Getting Started Part 4: Reading old documents - Webinar
This session language is English
54:36
Ata ninii mo Getting Started Part 6: Organizing, recording, and sharing your findings Webinar
This session language is English
1:00:22
2024

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

Dr. Cacey Farnsworth, Emma Ruddy, Israel Murray

Ata ninii mo Getting Started with Research in Germany
This session language is English
50:14
Ata ninii mo Getting Started with Research in Sweden
This session language is English
49:54
Ata ninii mo Getting Started with Research in Brazil
This session language is English
47:39