RootsTech 2022, a family history celebration, will be all-virtual for the second year in a row. Traditionally held in the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, RootsTech was forced to go virtual in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was an unprecedented experiment that attracted 1 million visitors from 240 countries and territories.
The three-day global family history celebration will be March 3-5 and registration is free. Main sessions will be streamed in 11 languages, with other sessions available in more than 30 languages. There are seven international keynote speakers. This year’s theme is “Choose Connection.”
Elder Ulisses Soares of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and his wife, Sister Rosana Soares, will be the featured keynote speakers at RootsTech 2022 Family Discovery Day on March 5.
Here’s more about RootsTech 2022:
Recent news
Saturday, March 5
- Elder and Sister Soares share family and spiritual roots in Brazil during Family Discovery Day
- Keynote speakers: Food Network's Molly Yeh and African boxing champion Samuel Azumah Nelson, plus closing session live from Dubai
Friday, March 4
- Keynote speakers: Palestinian comedian and actress Maysoon Zayid and 'Stranger Things' actor Matthew Modine
- FamilySearch’s new Get Involved app allows you to do simple family history tasks in seconds
- Keynote speakers: Brazilian actress Thaís Pacholek and Argentine singer and actor Diego Torres
Thursday, March 3
- ‘Choose Connection’: The story behind RootsTech 2022’s original song, music video and social media campaign
- Church History Biographical Database combines information on missionaries, pioneers in one place, Elder Curtis announces at RootsTech 2022
- ‘The blessings of power and protection’ — Temple and Family History instruction led by Elder Bednar, Elder Gong, President Johnson, Sister Aburto
- The Hurtado family then and now: What a baptism and sealing mean to them 10 years later
- Keynote speakers: FamilySearch CEO Steve Rockwood and French-American baker Apollonia Poilâne
Getting ready for RootsTech 2022
- Tips to navigating the RootsTech.org website
- A ‘Stranger Things’ actor, a music video and a boxing champion: RootsTech organizers give behind-the-scenes look at RootsTech 2022
- Church News podcast — Episode 71: RootsTech 2022 organizers on what it means to ‘Choose Connection’ in a divided world
- Learn about RootsTech 2022’s new and improved features that promise to bring more energy to the screen
- Relatives at RootsTech 2022 experience opens with new features
- The 1950 U.S. census will be released in April. Here’s how you can help create the searchable index
- Register for RootsTech 2022, a free global family history event
- RootsTech Connect 2022 holds prerecording in Ghana
Temple and Family History Leadership Instruction
- ‘The blessings of power and protection’ — Temple and Family History instruction led by Elder Bednar, Elder Gong, President Johnson, Sister Aburto
- The Hurtado family then and now: What a baptism and sealing mean to them 10 years later
- Church members invited to upcoming 2022 Temple and Family History Leadership Instruction
Family Discovery Day
- Elder and Sister Soares share family and spiritual roots in Brazil during Family Discovery Day
- Sister Soares’ life story exemplifies trusting in the Lord and ‘doing our part’
- Elder and Sister Soares to speak at RootsTech 2022 Family Discovery Day
Keynote speaker announcements
- Brazilian actress Thaís Pacholek to speak at RootsTech 2022
- Palestinian comedian and actress Maysoon Zayid to speak at RootsTech 2022
- How food and family history mix for Food Network’s Molly Yeh, who will be speaking at RootsTech 2022
- African boxing champion Azumah Nelson to speak at RootsTech 2022
- Argentine singer and actor Diego Torres to speak at RootsTech 2022
- Actor Matthew Modine to speak at RootsTech 2022
- French baker Apollonia Poilâne to speak at RootsTech 2022
RootsTech Connect 2021
- 3 takeaways from RootsTech Connect: ‘An experiment that worked’
- 3-day RootsTech Connect was simply the ‘ribbon cutting’ for what’s to come
- 14 messages from RootsTech Connect keynote speakers
- What youth and young adults learned in a #QuestforConnection during RootsTech Connect
- What 3 Apostles taught at RootsTech about temple and family history work during the pandemic
- Elder and Sister Holland take viewers on hometown visit around St. George during RootsTech Connect Family Discovery Day
