ROOTSTECH ROUND-UP
We take a look at some highlights of the world’s largest online genealogy event, RootsTech, which recently welcomed well over one million participants from more than 225 countries around the world
W ith more than 1,500 different experiences on offer during the three-day virtual event, from 3 to 5 March, family historians were treated to a wealth of learning experiences, product launches and talks.
Here, we take a look at some of the innovate projects that launched at the event.
Ancestry launched #MyAncestryStory on iOS, with Android following a couple of days later. To locate the MyAncestryStory tool, simply go to your Ancestry app, select ‘Discover’, then select the ‘green’ (add story) plus near the top of the screen. From here you can write ancestor stories and easily share them digitally with family and across social media too. The stories will remain attached to the profile of the relevant person. The tool will take images from those that you have added to your Ancestry tree concerning that person and then you can easily write the wording to fine-tune a beautifully-crafted ancestor story.