As 2017 draws to an end and we look forward to 2018 thoughts turn to RootsTech. It is less than two
months now until the biggest genealogy conference in the world.
Each year has interesting keynote speakers, and this year
will be no different.
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| Henry Louis Gates Jr |
Henry Louis Gates Jr
has a list of achievements way too long to list here (if you are interested, check
out his Wikipedia page or the RootsTech Speakers page). He is an expert on African American history
and culture. But to most people he will be best known as the host of the TV
program Finding Your Roots, which
used genealogy, history, and genetics to tell the story of a variety of celebrities
and high-profile people. If you haven't
seen it, it is similar to Who Do You
Think You Are?
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| Brandon Stanton |
Brandon Stanton
is the creator of Humans of New York,
a huge collection of photos and stories of thousands of everyday people of New
York. Everyone has a story, and by giving them the chance to tell their
stories, Brandon has made each of them feel important and feel that they
matter.
Scott Hamilton is
an American champion figure skater, who won numerous US and world figure
skating competitions, and won a gold medal in Sarajevo in 1984. His titles,
awards and honors for figure skating number more than 70. He also survived
cancer which interrupted his skating career.
I have no doubt that each of these keynotes will have
fascinating stories to tell, and I look forward to hearing them at RootsTech
2018.
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| Scott Hamilton |
Disclaimer: As a
Rootstech Ambassador I receive complimentary admission to the event,
invitations to some extra events and dinners and a free registration to give to
one of my readers. I bear the cost of my return airfares from Australia and pay
for my accommodation and meals.
