Editing FamilySearch (section)

==Activities==

===RootsTech===

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Since 2011, FamilySearch International has organized an annual family history and technology [[Convention (meeting)|conference]] called [[RootsTech]]. It is held annually in the [[Salt Palace|Salt Palace Convention Center]], [[Salt Lake City|Salt Lake City, Utah]]. The conference is attended by professional and amateur genealogists, technology developers, and members of the Church. In 2014 there were nearly 13,000 people in attendance. As of 2020, it is the world's largest family history and technology conference in the world.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.deseret.com/faith/2020/11/12/21562464/rootstech-genealogy-family-history-keynote-2021-nick-vujicic-lorena-ochoa-utah-francesco-lotoro|title= Trent Toone/4 keynote speakers announced for RootsTech's first virtual conference|last=Toone|first=Trent|date=2020-11-12|work=Deseret News|access-date=2021-02-14|language=en}}</ref> It is the successor to three former conferences: the Conference on Computerized Family History and Genealogy, the Family History Technology Workshop<ref name="fht">{{cite web|url=http://fht.byu.edu/|title=Family History Technology Workshop|publisher=Brigham Young University|access-date=August 3, 2019|archive-date=August 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803233544/http://fht.byu.edu/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the FamilySearch Developers Conference.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ce.byu.edu/cw/cwcompu/infoTech.cfm|title=Conferences and Workshops|website=ce.byu.edu|access-date=1 August 2018}}</ref>