Download Photo“Remember” was the theme of RootsTech 2024, the three-day global online and in-person family celebration conference that took place February 29 through March 2 in Salt Lake City, in which millions of virtual and in-person attendees from around the world participated.
Following are links and highlights where you can learn more about the event.
Family Discovery Day
Family Discovery Day, a RootsTech offering designed specifically for Latter-day Saints, included a video of the late President M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, which was recorded prior to his passing.
In the video, President Ballard said knowing your roots helps you better grasp your identity — and pay a necessary debt of gratitude.“It’s very important for people to seek out and know what they can about those who laid the groundwork for them to have what they have in their lives,” he said.
RootsTech Coverage in the Church News
- 'Anything for the Church': A conversation with Kirby Heyborne, RootsTech emcee and Latter-day Saint bishop
- Inside the life of a RootsTech 2024 global emcee
- Using family history to strengthen youth, missionary work and connection: RootsTech Q&A with General Authority Seventies
- RootsTech: The 10 Million Names Project is recovering identities of enslaved Africans. Here’s how you can help
- Sports, food, and family: Making memories and sharing traditions at RootsTech
- Ever wanted to collaborate with relatives on a FamilySearch tree? Now you can
- RootsTech 2024: How to get your family excited about family history
- Family history is building a family story ‘one brick at a time,’ says CEO of FamilySearch
- RootsTech 2024 Impact Forum: 3 ways family history is going beyond the genealogy community
- Ahead of RootsTech keynote, Dred Scott descendant talks unity, reconciliation and family history
- Why family comes first for comedian Henry Cho
- At young adult RootsTech event, Sister Yee and Elder Hamilton share the ‘powerful’ blessings of family history
- Episode 174: RootsTech 2024 theme ‘Remember’ reaches across nationalities, religions and generations
- Video: A behind-the-scenes look at the late President Ballard recording experiences for 2024 Family Discovery Day
- Genealogists gives FamilySearch CEO a priceless family treasure
- From Argentina to DR Congo, see the newest FamilySearch records collections in 2024
Hosted each year by FamilySearch International and supported by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, RootsTech is the largest family history event in the world. An in-person event in the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City complemented online offerings of inspiring keynote addresses, instructive classes, and innovative technologies, all aimed at helping participants remember and celebrate their family, life, adventures and memories.
Languages and Viewing Options
RootsTech and Family Discovery Day content is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, German, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Cantonese and Mandarin.
In addition to RootsTech.org, you can stream sessions on the Church’s YouTube inspiration channel and the Gospel Stream app.