Discover Your Story. Discover Yourself. Discover RootsTech.
Connect. Belong.
That’s the RootsTech theme. And the best way to connect and belong is to be there. And, if you’re lucky, you can do it for free.
RootsTech takes place over 4 days–Wednesday, February 27 – Saturday, March 2, 2019. It’s definitely one of the highlights of my year each year, and it could be one of yours too, whether finding your roots is just roaming around in your brain as a good intention, you’re collecting and writing family stories, or you’re a hard-core genealogist. (See RootsTech 2019: What’s New, Improved, and Good as Ever and RootsTech Genealogy Conference: Why You Should Go if you’re not already convinced.
Win a Free RootsTech Pass
Each year, the world’s largest family history conference grants their Ambassadors a FREE RootsTech Pass (valued at $279) to give one of their followers a chance to experience the excitement of RootsTech.
This pass includes:
- A 4-day pass to RootsTech valued at $299 (Currently on sale at $209)
- Access to over 300 classes, about 50 of which are in the photo and story track. (Yep, that’s a who category with RootsTech!)
- Free boxed lunch on Wednesday
- Keynote, power-hours, and general sessions
- Access to RootsTech’s giant expo hall!
- Evening events like the “contagious energy” of The Edge Effect
*NOTE: This pass giveaway does not include transportation costs (airfare, car, etc.), hotel costs, computer labs (these are additional add-ons), meals (including banquets and luncheons), printed syllabus, paid workshops.
Full disclosure: RootsTech’s sponsor, FamilySearch, also give its ambassadors perks at RootsTech, like a free pass and VIP seating. We do NOT, however, receive a commission on passes sold.
How to enter the Contest
The contest begins on October 30th! Use the Rafflecopter app below to submit multiple times by following on social media, tweeting, and sharing your favorite family memory or telling us about the story you want to research! (You get 3 entries for commenting!)
One of my favorite memories of my grandma was that she never forgot our birthdays or Christmas, even though she lived several states away. She would always make it so fun to unwrap what she sent. She used oatmeal cylinders and cracker boxes to wrap our packages,so it was always a mystery as to what we were sent. She also would send us letters using stickers and pictographs. We always loved this.
A favorite memory of my grandma was with her dog “Suzie” a Pomeranian. She didn’t want her do going downstairs so she would tell the dog there was a “BIG WOO WOO” downstairs and scare the puppy to death with her voice and the sternness about going downstairs. It was quite funny and the dog wouldn’t go down there.
LOL!
On of my favorite memories is going to my grandma and grandpa’s house on Sundays during my childhood. My grandpa would always ask us to comb his hair and he’d pay us “2 bits.” Everyone called him Chief because he had a really scary Native American mask that he’d put on and frighten all the kids half to death. Hahaha!
He sounds like a character!
One of my favorite family memories was my first Christmas, when – if you can believe it – I was 5 years old! Our family had never celebrated Christmas before, and everything was so exciting for me. We had a huge cedar tree (our home had an overlook) that was probably 8 feet tall. But…surprise! It had a Praying Mantis nest inside…and they hatched on Christmas morning! Hundred of baby Praying Mantises were everywhere! But, Santa still came, and we had an awesome morning! 🙂
One of my favorite memories is the time I spent going through old pictures with my grandma. It look several visits, as she had literally thousands of pictures to go through. But we identified every person she could remember, and I scanned and digitized them all and labeled them. Just a few months later, she passed away.
That’s so wonderful! I’ve been working on the same think with my mother-in-law.
And I bet you had some precious conversations while you were at it. I hear way to many people say they waited too long.
I still need to find out where great great great grandfather George Moffat was born…
http://lisaandroger.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I32&tree=Roger
I am so excited to enter. Both my parents passed away this year and so I have such a desire to discover more about my family. I feel like I have not been able to do anything for myself for the past ten years while I have taken care of my parents. It would be like a heavenly vacation. I have always loved family history and learning, but know that there are so many new tools that I do not know about. I live in New Mexico, but my brother lives in Utah and said I could stay with him if I won a ticket. Pick me… Please 🙂 Jeane