RootsTech2023 - Focus on MyHeritage, Platinum Sponsor

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MyHeritage is one of the Platinum Sponsors for RootsTech2023 along with Ancestry and Storied. As such, you will see MyHeritage representatives around the Expo Hall and in 15 lectures during the conference. But before the conference even starts, Daniel Horowitz, an Expert Genealogist with MyHeritage, will be doing several presentations on his way from Isreal to Salt Lake. 

On February 24th, he will be giving two presentations at the Oakland Temple Visitor's Center at 4766 Lincoln Ave, Oakland, California. At 10:30am he will be presenting Genetic Genealogy and the MyHeritage DNA Test. At 12:00 he will be presenting Advanced DNA Tools to Analyze MyHeritage DNA Matches.

On February 25th, he will be speaking to the Clark County Nevada Genealogical Society and the Jewish Genealogy Society of Southern Nevada at Pasco Verde Library, 280 S Green Valley Parkway in Henderson, Nevada. That presentation will be at 10:30am and is Exploring Billions of Historical Records on MyHeritage's Search Engine. 

On February 26th, he will present two talks at the Las Vegas FamilySearch Center at 509 S 9th Street in Las Vegas, Nevada. Those presentations will be Research Jewish & Isreal Genealogical Resources on the Internet at 1:30 and MyHeritage Latest Features Overview at 3:30.

On February 27th, the Utah Jewish Genealogical Society has invited Daniel to speak at the FamilySearch Library, main Floor Classroom B, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He will be presenting Why is my grandmother's record private? at 6:00pm.

That's six presentations in four days prior to even arriving at RootsTech. I know the last conference I spoke at resulted in me losing my voice for about a week after presenting three talks in three hours. I hope Daniel will still be able to speak after all that.

Then, once their team gets to RootsTech they will be very busy. 

On Thursday, March 2nd they have the following presentations scheduled:

• 8:00am - Marie Cappart: Social Networks 101 (Room 255E)
• 1:30pm - Marie Cappart: Research in Europe (Ballroom H)
• 1:30pm - Maya Lerner: Innovations & Tech Forum (Hall E)
• 3:00pm - Daniel Horowitz: In Pursuit of My Family in the Arolsen Archives (Room 155D)
• 3:00pm - Myko Clelland: Understanding British & European Cemeteries (Ballroom A)
• 4:30pm - Tal Erlichman: An Overview of Recent MyHeritage Photo Feature Releases (Ballroom A) and Virtually

On Friday, March 3rd, they have the following classes:

• 8:00am - Marie Cappart: Aspects of Adoption (Ballroom B)
• 9:30am - Gal Zrihen: The Latest Research Tools to Assist with Your DNA Matches (Hall E) and Virtually
• 1:30pm - Gilad Japhet: Address from the Founder and CEO of MyHeritage (Room 155A)
• 3:00pm - Daniel Horowitz: The Three Things that Matter in Genealogy: Location, Location, Location (Room 155E)
• 3:00pm - Myko Clelland: Tracing Migrating Ancestors: Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How (Room 254)
• 4:30pm - Marie Cappart: MyHeritage's European Collections (Room 150)

On Saturday, March 4th, they have the following classes:

• 8:00am - Marie Cappart: COVID-19 and Us: How to Document, Preserve, and Share What We Experienced (Room 155E)
• 8:00am - Uri Gonen: Different Ways to Work with Your Family Trees (Ballroom A) and Virtually
• 1:30pm - Myko Clelland: Are You Related to Royalty? (Ballroom A)

Additionally, MyHeritage will have classes in their booth every 30 minutes each day. That is over 40 classes at their booth. The current schedule is listed below.

Speaking Schedule for MyHeritage at RootsTech 2023

As you can see, there are many interesting classes being presented by MyHeritage. Their presentations alone would make for a great conference. I hope to see some of you in these classes.