I am on a RootsTech High!

Couldn't get the online streaming to work on Thursday, but watched everything available on Friday and Saturday. Yipee! All in the comfort of my home. Isn't technology wonderful. Yesterday was a day of incubation for the many, many ideas that I've got. Thanks to Jay Verkler for helping initiate the idea of RootsTech as a conference for techies to share and provide the excitement that is the impetus for great new breakthroughs. It is us older technogrannies that benefit the most.

Now, I have to study all ten pages of notes I took and begin implementing them (those that don't require buying expensive new things, that is.) This is so exciting that I can hardly contain myself. I have definitely got a new perspective on what my blog is and the potential it has. Yep, I'm gonna step up to the technological challenge and just DO IT. So watch between my last postings this month on the subject of patriarchal blessings for a lot of new stuff, designed for helping me share my expertise AND solve my genealogical conundrums.

I am Following RootsTech Conference via Bloggers

I Can't Attend RootsTech2 in Salt Lake, 

But I can Follow What's Happening in Detail

Wow, I can't attend but it's like being right there. 

I am following James Tanner's blog, GenealogysStar

Here is his bio: Born in Utah, but with family roots deep in Arizona history, James has degrees in Spanish, Linguistics and Law. He has been involved in various computer businesses and practiced law for 36 years. As a genealogist, James serves as a volunteer and missionary at the Mesa (Arizona) Regional Family History Center. He is married and has 30 grandchildren.

James earned a B.A. in Spanish and M.A. in Linguistics with a minor in the History of the English Language, both from the University of Utah. He holds a J.D. in Law from Arizona State University. James practiced real estate law for over 35 years with an emphasis on trusts and estate litigation. He has owned several computer businesses including an Apple dealership and obtained various certifications as a computer technician. He started the Arizona Macintosh Users Group. For several years James taught at local community colleges, teaching classes in Spanish, Law and Computer Information Systems. He has more than 25 years of experience researching genealogy and has served for many years as a volunteer and a missionary at the Mesa Regional Family History Center. James also teaches classes on computer program related topics and has done extensive research in genealogy in many different states and countries. 

There are many other bloggers and it will be fun to "peek into" what they are writing during the day. I've already found out important topics including the release of the 1940 US Census, legislation on the Social Security Death Index that might remove this important genealogical tool from public use (they aren't letting genealogists testify! and are using scare tactics to get this passed (whats new?), FamilySearch is changing CEOs from a Technology Guru to a Business Guru (hmmmm, I love what the retiring guy did: like helping start the world talking about what's needed in last year's inaugural RootsTech Conference) and about new words and new organizations and how Dave Barney from Google says links are going to disappear.

There are 16 other bloggers at RootsTech

Jill Ball - Geniaus - http://geniaus.blogspot.com/  (she is from Australia)

Lisa Louise Cooke - Genealogy Gems Podcast

Amy Coffin - The We Tree Genealogy Blog

DearMyrtle - http://blog.dearmyrtle.com/

Dick Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter

Holly T. Hansen - Family History Expos

The Ancestry Insider

Thomas MacEntee - GeneaBloggers

Sue Maxwell - Granite Genealogy

Joan Miller - Luxegen Genealogy

Lorine McGinnis Schulze - Olive Tree Genealogy 

Randy Seaver - Genea-Musings

Nancy Shively - Gathering Stories

Schelly Talalay Dardashti - Tracing the Tribe

Julie Cahill Tarr - GenBlog

Renee Zamora - Renee's Genealogy Blog

Most of the above are links if you discover my blog in the blogosphere, and wish to go see what any of these people had to say about the Conference from Wednesday's registration and welcoming events through Saturday's final sessions.