RootsTech 2014 Day 3 - Sat, 8 Feb 2014

If you count the Innovators Summit day, this is really my 4th day, and the final day of RootsTech. I have to wrap up and leave by 1 p.m. to catch my flight home.

Skipped this morning's #RootsTech keynotes to see the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit at the Leonardo Museum in SLC for 6 mo http://t.co/YqeNbtixl5

— Louis Kessler (@louiskessler) February 8, 2014

Dead Sea Scrolls well worth the visit. Highlight is 10 actual fragments on display. #RootsTech ers should go see it http://t.co/Ii1ZhC98lR

— Louis Kessler (@louiskessler) February 8, 2014

Seeing the Dead Sea Scrolls made me miss the Keynotes today. I only had a couple of hours, so I decided to see the rest of the Exhibit Hall, and say my goodbyes to those I could find.

A few more booths in the exhibit hall to visit. Here's the Legacy Family Tree booth. #RootsTech http://t.co/8drbodvkPL

— Louis Kessler (@louiskessler) February 8, 2014

Holly Hansen of Celebrating Family History and of Family History Expos @fhexpos and also a geneablogger. #RootsTech http://t.co/wX37qafPIr

— Louis Kessler (@louiskessler) February 8, 2014

Earl Mott and Dovy Paukstys of Real Time Collaberation, makers of @ancestorsync #RootsTech http://t.co/7rnrlg7xXe

— Louis Kessler (@louiskessler) February 8, 2014

Curt Witcher at the Federation of Genealogical Societies booth #RootsTech http://t.co/1gqwaUYorI

— Louis Kessler (@louiskessler) February 8, 2014

The throngs of youth descend upon #RootsTech http://t.co/qMt9FdmlAD

— Louis Kessler (@louiskessler) February 8, 2014

1 o’clock had rolled around and I had to go. It was now raining outside and looked like it was going to be depressing weather in Salt Lake City for a few days. But I had earlier in the day got this:

Message from home #RootsTech There's a surprise when you step off the plane. DO NOT RETURN, I REPEAT, THE WEATHER HERE WILL GET YOU!

— Louis Kessler (@louiskessler) February 8, 2014

They tried to warn me, but it didn’t stop me.

Overall, I thought RootsTech was a really good conference. Almost everything was better than in 2012, when I was there last. The only thing I thought was missing that they did in 2012 was showing the Twitter feeds on one or two of the SmartBoards. Somehow that got forgotten either last year or this year. But I passed the idea at the RootsTech help desk, and they’ll pass the idea forward for next year.

I’ll provide a summary of the things I got out of RootsTech and what that means to Behold in the next day or two.