Today at RootsTech was all about the Expo Hall and interviewing Brandon Stanton from Humans of New York. Here are the highlights! DISCLAIMER: I am a RootsTech2018 Ambassador. One of my responsibilities as an Ambassador is to promote the RootsTech 2018 conference before, during and after. In return for promotion, I have received…
I hit a wall around 7pm Tuesday while Amy Johnson Crow and I were comparing cat photos on our phone. I had been up since 4:30am Eastern time. I travelled roughly 2,200 miles. I had a full day of check in and then the media dinner. All so fun and exciting. But now my body…
With just five days to go before I get on a plane and head to Salt Lake City and RootsTech , I’ve been making lists, starting to pack and getting my workshops and schedule in shape. It’s all fun…but a little stressful after a long day at work. This video was the comic relief I needed this…
This is my third year going to RootsTech in Salt Lake City, so I feel like I have a pretty good handle on the overall experience. But this is my first time as an Official Ambassador, which is a thrilling addition and requires some extra planning. Part of what I’m expected to do as an…
In 1926, Mrs. G. J. Wilkins of Atlanta Georgia wrote to the Office of Indian Affairs, “My great-grandfather on my father’s side was a full-blooded Indian with tribal relations with the Cherokees of Georgia.” Mrs. Wilkins was referring to Abraham Helton, known by his family as Young Chicken Chetiganete. He was born in 1843. He…
#RootsTech is running a Photo Story Competition and I feel like I could fill up my blog with past and present photos. I’ll be sharing more, but here is one. My grandmother, Jeanette, always compared herself to her older sister, Merah. She wrote in her journal, “Merah was small and dainty and I was chubby and plain looking….