The announcement recently went out that registration for
RootsTech 2019 is now open, and I have my own RootsTech announcement to make. I am proud to say that for the third year in a row I will be at RootsTech to give a presentation on black genealogy (so my reviews from this year must have been good). Next year I will be talking about records of the Freedmen's Bureau and their importance in breaking through the 1865 research barrier, to find information about family members who were enslaved. This was a subject I spoke on in 2017, but it's an important one, particularly to the LDS church, which coordinated the digitization and indexing of the records. I'm looking forward to another great learning experience and the opportunity to spread the word about using Freedmen's Bureau records!
RootsTech 2019 will take place from February 27 through March 2 at the famous Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, Utah. There's an early bird registration price for the conference, but you'll need to register before October 12 to take advantage of it!
So far my talk is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on the last day of the conference, but speakers have been warned that the program is still preliminary. I'll need to keep an eye on it to see if my time changes, as last year I wasn't notified at all what time my talk was set for.
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