The party after the party
RootsTech is a party for genealogists.
Seriously.
It’s going to be at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, February 8-11, 2017, and it has more than 200 breakout sessions for all levels of experience so that the biggest challenge most of us face is deciding which to attend. The Expo Hall is jammed with exhibitors showing off the newest and best gadgets, gizmos and systems we can use to advance our family histories. The Innovator Showdown, for which The Legal Genealogist was a judge this year, gives up-and-comers in the field a shot at prize money to bring their ideas to market.
It really is a don’t-miss party for genealogists.
And then there’s the party after the party.
Last year for the first time MyHeritage threw a party after the party as RootsTech came to a close. It was by invitation only and there were a lot of people disappointed when they didn’t get an invitation to go.
MyHeritage is doing it again this year, hosting the MyHeritageDNA RootsTech After-Party to highlight its new DNA testing and give everyone a chance to let their hair down.
And, this year, five of this blog’s readers (and their guests) will get to attend.
MyHeritage has ponied up five invitations to readers of this blog, and I’ll do a random number drawing from all those who enter (by email to legalgenealogist (at) gmail.com or using the Ask TLG form at the top of any page or post at The Legal Genealogist website) with the correct answer to this question:
Who’s sponsoring the MyHeritageDNA RootsTech After-Party?
a. Queen Elizabeth II
b. MyHeritageDNA
c. Elmer Fudd
No cheating now. Don’t go looking it up on Google…
Entries must be in by — let’s say — Sunday, January 22, at 11:59:59 p.m. EST, and winners will be notified by email, so make sure you have a correct working email address in your entry…
I am sure it is Elmer Fudd. There is more to him than meets the eye. But darn, I can’t get to Salt Lake City this year… unless I can be certain the Queen will be there. But have fun anyway. Go MyHeritageDNA. Right on.
I somehow don’t think the Queen is planning on RootsTech this year… but you never know! 🙂
From now until 2 weeks after roots tech is over there will be no blogs covering every day stuff. I won’t be at roots tech. I’m subscribed to several blogs. There’ll be nothing for me to read for over a month. Maybe I’ll get something done around here!
Hey, Elizabeth Windsor must be a genealogist; she has extended her tree back to royalty on, like, almost every line. 😉
Too funny, Chad! 🙂
On second thought, I guess you don’t need to be a genealogist when you are the person that really CAN just pull a book off the shelf and find your complete tree in it, already done as far as extant documents (all of which are properly cited) permit, with all assertions vetted by experts.
Of course, there is always DNA evidence to pursue. (And in her case, dead bodies DO get dug up.) So I guess it is true that the work is never ALL done…
Well, my first thought was Elmer Fudd. I imagine he is very interested in making sure the Bunny surname is nowhere in his family tree. But, I’m going to go with MyHeritageDNA as the sponsor of the MyHeritageDNA RootsTech After-Party. Final answer!
Noted, but make sure you enter the way the blog post asks so that your email is verified — winners will be notified by email.
I would love to attend. But I would really like for my husband Erik to go more. Why? Because I love him. ANd its his first Genealogy Conference. So the answer is B.MyHeritageDNA.