Free Roots Tech event comes to Roswell in June

Roots Tech is one of the largest genealogy events in the country.

Held in Salt Lake City on Feb. 28 to March 3 this year, the event is over. But there will be a recap of many important lectures on June 9 at the Church of Latter-day Saints in Roswell at 500 Norcross St. The Roots Tech Family History Conference will present the latest news and actual video classes from the 2018 event, including: “Advancing Your Genealogy Research with DNA,” “Hidden Treasures in the Library of Congress,” “Finding Elusive Records at Family Search,” and “Online Genealogy for Beginners and Beyond.” There also will be classes for beginners.

This is a free event and will be held from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. No registration is required. For more information, call Linda at 404-805-7739 or email ga_ roswell@ldsmail.net. Check rootstech.org to learn more or plan for next year’s event, scheduled for Feb. 27-March 2 in Salt Lake City.

This Family History Center is the monthly meeting place for the Genealogical Computer Society of Georgia. It hosts speakers on various topics, not just on computers, and can help if you have a problem with your genealogy computer program. See gencomputer.org for upcoming speakers.

Northeast Georgia History Center in Gainesville is Lunch and Learn topic

Ken Johnston, Curator of Education at the Northeast Georgia History Center in Gainesville, will be the Lunch and Learn speaker at noon on June 8 at the Georgia Archives in Morrow. Among other topics, he will discuss the educational tracks there for students and teachers, including lesson plans. See negahc.org for more. The lecture is free, but bring your own lunch. For further information, call 678364-3710 or go to GeorgiaArchives.org.

Summer genealogy educational events

More information will be coming later, but the following summer events are worth attending if you can work them in: July 13-14, the South Carolina Genealogical Society’s Annual Summer Workshop in Columbia, with Judy G. Russell as featured speaker (go to scgen.org for information); August 4, the Augusta Genealogical Society will host its Homecoming, and if you missed Judy Russell earlier, she will be speaking there (go to augustagensociety.org for information); September 22, the Georgia Genealogical Society will host David Rencher, a nationally known speaker who will discuss Family Search and its collections, a subject he knows a lot about as that is where he works (gagens ociety. org for more). Other monthly lectures are being offered by the Cobb County Genealogical Society and others.