The RootsTech 2017 Innovator Showdown received 41 submissions. Innovators from all industries were encouraged to submit their family  history related ideas for unique hardware, software apps, or services in the contest. I eagerly looked at all of the submissions. Here are the ones that stood out: Fun/Games Cuzins – see how you’re related to friends and celebrities and how […]

When registering for RootsTech last year, I tried to find more information about Innovator Summit to know if it was for me. After finding only one blog post about it, I decided that my interest in entrepreneurship and technology was reason enough to attend. I have always admired friends and family members who start their own businesses. […]

Last year was my first time attending RootsTech. In prior years, I watched the live streamed sessions from home. I knew that I wanted to go eventually, so after I started this blog in August 2015, I decided that I would go to RootsTech in February 2016. Although I was pregnant and had two kids […]

I recently received the following press release for a family history games app for children that we love! I’m so excited to share this news.   Little Family Tree, A Genealogy App for Children, Now FREE to Download Herriman, Utah, October 1, 2016Yellow Fork Technologies LLC has just released a major update to their app, […]

Have you ever spent an hour at the doctor’s office waiting for your turn, wishing you had something more interesting to do than scanning Facebook? Try the FamilySearch Tree Mobile App! I just discovered the “Descendants with Tasks” feature and it’s pretty smooth. You can go to an ancestor, view their profile, and click the […]

  Are you the lucky recipient of your family’s genealogy? Do you have a box, a barrel, or in my instance a suitcase full of letters, documents, photos, family group sheets, etc?  You are probably feeling overwhelmed with either joy or despair.  Go ahead and be ecstatic that you inherited priceless stuff.  Don’t despair because I’m […]