I am the mother of and caregiver to my adult, special-needs son, so traveling just doesn’t happen for me. I really appreciate everything RootsTech had on demand, and all of Family Search’s efforts to digitize as much as possible. If it weren’t for computers and the Internet, I would not be able to do very much genealogy research. I’m so grateful for all of the online repositories!

Thanks for this Amy. This was very helpful.

Great information Amy! I can't believe I missed seeing you there!!

The tech team at RootsTech was really on the ball this year. As a remote participant, I found it exceptionally easy to log in and set up my watch list and then to watch the sessions that I was interested in (and when I changed my mind, it was very easy to find another). The only tech problem that I saw happened when a remote presenter's power went out. I learned new things at the conference and I'm looking forward to attending again next year, hopefully in person next time.

I live in New Zealand and logged in online to look at various presentations - was excited to see one available from you! Loved your presentation and it was so useful - I am guilty of often NOT milking a record for all it's worth!! Thank you Amy :)

Great recap of RootsTech. I watched some of the sessions virtually from here in the UK, I even watched your sessions which was super cool. I think Crista Cowan mentioned a few more things Ancestry were launching, I think there was something to do with Communities (I need to look more into that, I don't think it's live yet), maybe viewing your matches that have the Community in common. There were a few other things, but I forget what they were. I think it may have been in the Q&A part at the end of the session with her, Diahan, and someone else whose name escapes me. Having read a few comments is a change that Ancestry doesn't have the same level of tools as MyHeritage (or even just a few of them) as if they did they would blow their competitors away, having the largest database of DNA testers. Their concentration on Ethnicity to do the product I find annoying.

+1 to Carol's suggestion for you to review RootsMagic 9. I'm on the fence about getting a PC-based family tree program (I'm exclusively on Ancestry & FamilySearch), and would like to hear a real-world experience. Thanks!

I was a part of the beta test group for Storied. Found it very easy it use.

I usually have 3-4 different Ancestry tabs open on my desktop at one time. I find the app difficult to use.

Ancestry said that they’re going to make “storied” available on desktop this year for us and that it just wasn’t ready to launch yet.😊

For the CM Explainer ... What is considered too big of an age range between matches for feasibility? I am anywhere from 10-15 years younger than all my siblings. All my 1st cousins are all in the age range of my siblings or older. I became an aunt at 2 yrs old. All my 1st cousins once removed would be in my age range. Would the CM Explainer rule them out as being "unlikely"?

Ciao sonokevin sei bravissima .io ho un problema ho fatto un test DNA myheritage e le mie corrispondenze non sono assai ma ho dei gruppi specialmente un gruppo dimpersone che abbiamo stessa triangolazione segmento cromosoma. .da parte di mia nonna materna non si sa chi era il suo padre e anche mia bisnonna non si sa chi era il padre e possibile una connessione con queste tutte corrispondenze?grazie

I don't like the Ancestry app (and I often use apps). It's no substitute.

HOWDY Mrs Crow I am from Texas and I am a Christian Federally Recognized Rigtered Delaware Native American Indian and I am a descendent of the Cherokee Adair clain of Cherokee Indians and I also have a lot of ancestors from 8 or more European countries and I am also baptized in the Holy Ghost our great sweet Holy Spirit and a prayer language and my prayer language seems to have a added power to it that seems to cause me to believe that me and my two adult children and my other relatives need alot of protection in the Spirit and in the natural and I also have a Cherokee Adair clain Genolagy book but my Delaware Indian chef Mr. Killcrows he as had a article put in out News Letter he has advised us Delawares should seek online counseling because It is possible that our DNA may have been tampered with because of all of the long time ago past forcible mass migrations and horrible genocide massercures and foreseeable removeal stilling away of Indian children from their parents and forcing all those children in slave like boarding schools and so Mrs Crow what all can you say about all of this information that seems to me to be what all will keep you in business for the rest of your life. And I say to you all God bless all of you in the names of our Lord Jesus Christ Yesua our great sweet Emanuel sweet great Massiah great sweet great I AM he is You Jesus our wonderful great sweet I AM. AMEN.