ConferenceKeeper & Geneabloggers proclaim February 1 as #GenealogySelfie Day

I received the following press release:

ConferenceKeeper & Geneabloggers proclaim February 1 as #GenealogySelfie Day

The genealogy community is a friendly and rather social bunch.  They share knowledge, information, documents, research triumphs and struggles, joys, sorrows – even pictures of cats. So why not selfies? Chances are good that if you’re on Facebook or Twitter, you have a hefty number of “genealogy” friends – many that you probably have never met in person, but regularly interact with through Likes, Shares, and Comments on one another’s posts.  Peruse your list of “genealogy’ friends and you’ll most likely find that many use a photo of an ancestor, or a baby picture, as their profile pic.  It adds quite the variety to your friends list, but you wouldn’t know them if you ran into them in the vendor hall at a conference, or sat next to them at a workshop. And with RootsTech just around the corner, there’s an opportunity to possibly run into thousands of them in person!

ConferenceKeeper and Geneabloggers are delighted to offer a solution. They are officially proclaiming February 1st as #GenealogySelfie Day – a day for social folks who love genealogy to snap a picture of themselves and share it on Facebook and/or Twitter with the hashtag #GenealogySelfie.  It will be fun to put faces to names, and increase the chances of recognizing one another at RootsTech and other upcoming events and conferences.

Join in the fun for the first ever #GenealogySelfie Day on February 1. 

About Conference Keeper: Growing since 2012, ConferenceKeeper.org is a website dedicated to curating and calendaring genealogy and family history conference details. Events are posted on the Calendar tab, as well as under the specific page of their location. Along with a listing of events, those pages also include links to useful research websites specific to each location, including genealogical and historical societies, archives, and other helpful information.  See: http://www.conferencekeeper.org.

GeneaBloggers is an online community resource listing over 3,000 genealogy and family history blogs all over the world. Blogs are listed when they are submitted by the owner of the blog or by one of their readers. The only qualification is that the blog have current articles and that it be focused on genealogy and family history. See: http://www.geneabloggers.com.

RootsTech 2016 and Family Discovery Day Registrant Numbers So Far

Today I learned about some amazing numbers regarding registration for RootsTech 2016 and RootsTech's free Family Discovery Day.

So far, 20,000 people have registered to attend RootsTech's Family Discovery Day! And close to 10,000 people have registered to attend RootsTech 2016. Wow! That's fantastic!

There's still time to register if you haven't already. Just head on over to RootsTech.org to register.

If you are unable to attend RootsTech 2016, live streamed sessions will be broadcast at RootsTech.org. The live streaming schedule should be available sometime this week.

The Family Discovery Day live streaming schedule has already been released. To see that schedule, click HERE.

Thanks for reading!

© 2016 Copyright by Jana Last, All Rights Reserved

Follow Friday ~ Fab Finds for January 22, 2016

My Fab Finds for this week are (in no particular order)

1. 5 Things You Can Do in Genealogy When You’re Short on Time by Amy Johnson Crow, author of Amy Johnson Crow Blog
2. Family Memories: Genealogists Share Favorite Family History Documents by Greg McMurdie for FamilySearch Blog
3. The Death of Lizzie Clapp by Diane Boumenot, author of One Rhode Island Family
4. Tips for Researching in Small Increments of Time by Nicole Dyer for Family Locket
5. Break It Down: School Census Records for Genealogy by Caroline Pointer, author of 4YourFamilyStory.com
6. Family History from my great grandmother’s pen by Cindy Freed, author of Genealogy Circle
7. GeneaBloggers Celebrates Seven Years! by Thomas MacEntee, author of GeneaBloggers
8. Preparing For Your First Genealogy Conference by Caitlin Gow for NextGen Genealogy Network
9. GENEALOGY RESEARCH CHECKLIST by Larisa Thomas, author of Roots of Kinship
10. How Changing My Editorial Calendar Changed My Life by Laura Aanenson, author of where2look4ancestors
11. Two Families, One Ship. by Caitlin Gow, author of Genealogically Speaking
12. My DAR Adventure...Patriot Verified! by Cheri Daniels, author of Journeys Past
13. Family Folding Hearts by Emily Kowalski Schroeder, author of Growing Little Leaves: Genealogy for Children
14. The “Lost Friends” Slavery Database by Robyn N. Smith, author of Reclaiming Kin
15. My Journey of the Certification Process: Entry 5 by Amie Bowser Tennant, author of My Kith N Kin
16. A Wonderful Surprise! by Cheryl Palmer, author of Heritage Happens
17. Fold3 and the 1812 pensions by Judy G. Russell, author of The Legal Genealogist
18. Studying the Word of God with my Husband's Cousin by Becky Jamison, author of Grace and Glory
19. Behind the Scenes at the Genealogy Roadshow by Elizabeth O'Neal, author of Little Bytes of Life
20. Five Things I Learned From Working With Archivists by Yvette Hoitink, author of Dutch Genealogy
21. Contribution to the Slave Name Roll Project: Oglethorpe County, Georgia by Schalene Dagutis, author of Tangled Roots and Trees

 
RootsTech 2016 Related Posts

1. RootsTech Survival Guide – The Innovator Showdown Semi-Finalists by WikiChicks Conference Keeper
2. ROOTSTECH 2016 – TWO WEEKS TO GO by Linda Stufflebean, author of Empty Branches on the Family Tree
3. Rootstech - Commonwealth Cousins get together by Jill Ball, author of GeniAus
4. 288 Classes Scheduled at RootsTech 2016 by James Tanner, author of Genealogy’s Star
5. My RootsTech 2016 Survival Strategy by James Tanner, author of Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad…
6. #RootsTech 2016: Plan to Go and Plan Your Time by Ancestry Insider, author of The Ancestry Insider
7. RootsTech Conference and the Family History Library - a Win-Win-Win-Win For Me by Randy Seaver, author of Genea-Musings
8. RootsTech for First-timers; A Caution About Those Streets by Peggy Lauritzen, author of Anxiously Engaged

This week's "May I Introduce To You" Interview on GeneaBloggers.com

• May I Introduce to You . . . Melanie Frick

New Blog Discoveries

• Coffman-Livingston | Peach-Hansman
• WikiChicks Conference Keeper
• Frayed Genes
• Friday's Fallen Acorns and Other Nuts
• Mike Quackenbush Blog
• Mulholland Family History
• Roger’s Ramblings
• Rooted in Elizabeth
• We Will Remember Them – WWI
• Ancestral Central
• Brandt's Rants
• A Young Man's Genealogy Journey

In Case You Missed Them….My Contributions to the Blogosphere Last Week

Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog

• RootsTech 2016 Ambassadors
• Exploring the "My Schedule" Feature on the RootsTech Website

Jana's Place 

• The Amazing Display at the End of Christmas Tree Lane
• I Love the Book of Mormon

Thanks for reading!

Jana

© 2016 Copyright by Jana Last, All Rights Reserved

Exploring the "My Schedule" Feature on the RootsTech Website

I thought I'd share some information about the "My Schedule" feature on the RootsTech website today.

Here's a screenshot of the RootsTech website's home page. To access the "My Schedule" feature, click on "Schedule" at the top of the page.

Next, if you have already registered for RootsTech, sign in with your login ID and password. If you haven't registered yet, you can do so by clicking on "click here" in the Welcome box to the left of the Login box.

Once you've logged in, you'll be taken to this screen. This is the Dashboard page. Click on "My Schedule."

This is my tentative RootsTech 2016 schedule. The green boxes show the classes and events, etc. that I've scheduled.

Awesome, right? But what if a class I want to attend is already full when I get there? Well, in addition to scheduling classes, I've also added classes to my "Interests list." That way, if a class is already full, I can look at my "Interests list" and go to a different class for that time slot.

I'll show you how to add classes to your "Interests list."

First of all, here's how to see the list of classes offered at RootsTech this year. From the RootsTech home page, click on "2016 Classes."

You will be taken to the class list. As you can see, you can click on the session type, days, track, etc. to filter your class list. To add a class to your "Interests list" simply click on the star next to "Add to My Interests."

This is what my current "Interests list" looks like. To see your "Interest list" click on "Interests" on the left side of the "My Schedule" page. It's in that red box on the left.

By the way, here's how to add classes to your schedule. Simply click on the + sign next to the date and time of the class.

Okay, now back to the "My Schedule" feature. At the top of the "My Schedule" page you'll see that there are several tabs to choose from. 

When I click on "Show Interests" my schedule looks like this.

Now my scheduled classes AND the classes I'm interested in are showing up on my schedule. The classes I've scheduled are in green and the classes I'm interested in are in gray.

I like the fact that I can see my scheduled classes as well as the classes I'm interested in. This way I can quickly click on and see the information for my 2nd and/or third class choices if my 1st class choice is already full. Unfortunately, I didn't see this feature in the RootsTech app. I've tried a work-around by adding a note to a class I'm interested in.

Did you know that you can edit your schedule from the "My Schedule" page? Just click on "Edit Schedule" at the top of the page.

You will be taken to a screen that looks similar to this. You can choose a day by clicking on the arrows next to the date at the top of the page.

To edit your schedule, click on a class on the list and follow the prompts in the box that appears. If you are trying to add a class during a time you've already scheduled a class, you will be given the option to remove your currently scheduled class and replace it with the new one.

Another neat feature of the "My Schedule" page is the ability to add personal time to your schedule. To add personal time, click on "Add Personal Time" at the top of the page.

A box like this will appear. Select the day, time, length of time, and description for your personal time event.

For this post, I added lunch to my schedule on Thursday.

I clicked on the "My Schedule" button and now lunch shows up in blue on my schedule. Pretty cool, right?

I hope this post has been helpful. See you at RootsTech!

Thanks for reading!

Jana

© 2016 Copyright by Jana Last, All Rights Reserved

RootsTech 2016 Ambassadors

Recently my Ambassador bio was added to the RootsTech 2016 Ambassador list on the RootsTech website. Yay! I thought I'd share it here on my blog.

My Ambassador bio may be difficult to read here on my blog, so here it is:

Jana is a wife, mom, grandma, genealogist and family historian. She loves family history and enjoys learning about her ancestors. She has been sharing her family history on her blog,  Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog, since April 2012. In addition to her genealogy blog, Jana is the author of a vintage postcard blog, her personal blog, and a website: Grandpa's Postcards, Jana's Place and Jana's Genealogy and Social Media Hub.

There are many other RootsTech 2016 Ambassadors who are and will be sharing information about RootsTech 2016. Here's a screenshot from the RootsTech website that shows a partial list of the Ambassadors.

To see the full list of RootsTech 2016 Ambassadors, click HERE. If you'd like to follow along with the happenings at RootsTech next month, please check out and follow my fellow Ambassadors' blogs and other social media sites by going to the Ambassador list.

I'm so excited about attending RootsTech! I leave for Salt Lake City in two weeks!

Thanks for reading!

Jana

© 2016 Copyright by Jana Last, All Rights Reserved