Family History & Technology Conference
February 2-4, 2012 Salt Lake City
FamilySearch launched its much-anticipated mobile application for indexing. The app will expand the capability of volunteers to help make the world’s historic records searchable online. The mobile app works on Apple iPads, iPhones, and Droid smartphones. To download the free app, search for the FamilySearch Indexing app in the Apple app store or Droid Market store online.
Congratulations to the first place winner of the of the RootsTech Developer Challenge, Jimmy Zimmerman.
First Place: Jimmy Zimmerman, NoteFuser
NoteFuser connects your Evernote® notes to Geni.com or new.FamilySearch.org person records. It also allows you to easily create Evernote® powered research logs and other notes with one click. Make sure you watch the NoteFuser Demo video on the homepage http://notefuser.herokuapp.com.
Second Place: Brooke Schreier Ganz, LeafSeek
LeafSeek helps you turn your genealogical or historical record collections into searchable online databases. LeafSeek includes features such as built-in geo-spatial searches, pop-up Google Maps, Beider-Morse Phonetic Matching, name synonyms, and language localization to help you turn your spreadsheets of names and dates into a full-featured genealogy search engine. Check it out at leafseak.com.
Third Place (tie): Brigham Young University Computer Science Department, 20 Minute Genealogist
20 Minute Genealogist is a site that will visualize your family tree using your New.FamilySearch credentials. You can see who in your tree needs work and instantly link to FamilySearch and Ancestry to search for the missing information. Sign up to be a beta tester at twenty.byu.edu.
Third Place (tie): Ellie Rasmus, Facetree
Facetree has been developed as a way of using genealogical data from GEDCOM files as context to improve the accuracy of face recognition.
brightsolid, a leading online provider of historical and genealogical content, today announces its entry into the US genealogy market with the launch of a ground-breaking, “pay-as-you-go” site: www.censusrecords.com.
The new site will let customers search all US census records from 1790 to 1930 and is the first dedicated to US genealogy by British-owned brightsolid. It will also house the 1940 US census records, when they are released later this year.
What makes it unique to the market, however, is it’s the first genealogy site in the US to give customers access to census records on either a pay-as-you-go basis or via the subscription model that is currently the only choice offered by other sites.
The new site is being launched as an early beta version, with brightsolid inviting user feedback and suggestions. Every visitor tocensusrecords.com will be able to search for free. Customers wanting to view documents, and download them to their computer to keep and access later, will then have the option of either buying a subscription in the conventional way or buying pay-as-you-go credits.
Funium LLC, of Lehi, Utah announces the launch of Family Village Premier on Facebook. The social media game is oriented toward helping people have fun building their family tree and help them discover interesting documents and information concerning their ancestors and family members using Facebook. Check out the game at FamilyVillageGame.com.
Our registration table is open from 7am - 5pm Daily in the foyer by Rooms 257-260.
The RootsTech 2012 smartphone app is now available! Access the full RootsTech schedule, see maps of the venue and exhibit hall, and even create your own personalized schedule. You can also add friends, track the Twitter conversation, and get up-to-the-minute alerts on room changes at the conference.
iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad: Download in the App Store
Android: Download from the Android Market
All Other Phone Types (including BlackBerry and other web browser-enabled phones): While on your smartphone, point your mobile browser to http://m.core-apps.com/rootstech2012. From there you will be directed to download the proper version of the app for your particular device.
Now available on our Downloads Page: a huge ZIP file of every Session Syllabus, and the 2012 Conference Guide. All attendees will receive the guide in paper form, but paper syllabi will not be provided, so download and print them if you'd like to bring a physical copy.
We're pleased to welcome back our Official Bloggers for RootsTech 2012. Representing the best in genealogy blogging, these fine people will be bringing you the latest news, opinions and contests for RootsTech 2012. Meet our bloggers on the RootsTech Community page.