I’ve been in Salt Lake City since Sunday evening and I must say that it’s been a whirlwind! The first day I was there I spent the majority of the day at the Family History Library.  Genealogists tease that the library is the genealogist’s Mecca, but I must say it really is quite the destination for many. I spent a good portion of the day working on editing articles for Going In-Depth magazine (which reminds me… there is a sale going on!). Then I had fun recording a Periscope of a partial tour of the library. You can watch for yourself, below. I was then “dragged” in to participate in a Mondays with Myrt Google HangOut.

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And here’s the HangOut- tune in around 1:45 to see my appearance!

Then our dear friend Janet Hovorka of Family ChartMasters took us to the Great Salt Lake! It was a minivan full of genealogists and it was quite a lot of fun.  Not only did we get to see a beautiful location, but we had many great discussions on the challenges as small businesses in the genealogy world. Janet recently began a group called the Genealogy Business Alliance to help support those who are businesses who frequently exhibit at conferences and so forth.  If you wan to know more about this, I recommend you read her blog post.

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Wednesday was Innovator Summit Day.  It was so much fun! There are many fantastic up and coming companies competing for the grand prize offered by #RootsTech.

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