What is family discovery day?

[Avatar4321]

In see a bunch of broadcast links at the church website. Im not in a position to watch it.

[ksfisher]

1 hour ago, Avatar4321 said:

In see a bunch of broadcast links at the church website. Im not in a position to watch it.

https://www.lds.org/topics/family-history/familydiscoveryday/about?lang=eng

[Calm]

Roots Tech conference, genealogy.  If you lived in Utah, you would (should) probably have had the announcement in your bulletin for at least two months now. (Yay, I get to remove it this week!)

There have been a number of new programs being instituted to help with family history as well as getting youth interested.  Lots of technology improvements.  Attending the conference is a great way to get familiar with them.

Edited February 7, 2016 by Calm

[Scott Lloyd]

I have been absorbed this past week in coverage of RootsTech 2016, so I feel somewhat qualified to speak on this topic.

RootsTech is nothing less than the largest family history conference in the world. It was created and organized six years ago by FamilySearch International the Church's Internet genealogy service and has been held annually since then. This year, it attracted about 26,000 registrants from every state in the Union and from 40 countries. It also promotes innovation in family history preservation and sharing with an Innovator Showdown modeled after the TV show SharkTank.

RootsTech is very much a credit to the Church of Jesus Christ.

Family Discovery Day is a component of RootsTech that is held each year on Saturday (the conference covers four days from Wednesday through Saturday). Its focus is members of the Church, unlike the rest of RootsTech, which is quite secular in nature. It drew about 22,000, including hordes of teenagers.

This year, Family Discovery Day included a session from Elder and Sister Renlund and their daughter, a session featuring Wendy Watson Neilson and Sheri Dew, a youth session that last year featured the cast of Studio C and David Archuleta and this year featured a tricycle race between Taysom Hill of BYU and Britain Covey of the University of Utah. Both then talked about their religious faith.

The event I covered today was a priesthood leadership session in which new resources were introduced for integrating missionary work with family history and temple work in order to achieve convert baptisms and retention and reactivation.

Sessions from RootsTech and Family Discovery Day are recorded so that local units of the Church can sponsor their own family history fairs using content from RootsTech.

I've written so extensively about RootsTech and Family Discovery Day that I find it puzzling when I see Church members who manifest no clue about what they are. For example, at the Priesthood Leadership Session I covered today, the returned mission president who was featured for his success in using family history as a tool for convert retention (and his success was phenomenal) asked me if RootsTech is sponsored by the Church.

I was disheartened. I guess few people read very much anymore.

 

[Avatar4321]

3 hours ago, Scott Lloyd said:

I have been absorbed this past week in coverage of RootsTech 2016, so I feel somewhat qualified to speak on this topic.

RootsTech is nothing less than the largest family history conference in the world. It was created and organized six years ago by FamilySearch International the Church's Internet genealogy service and has been held annually since then. This year, it attracted about 26,000 registrants from every state in the Union and from 40 countries. It also promotes innovation in family history preservation and sharing with an Innovator Showdown modeled after the TV show SharkTank.

RootsTech is very much a credit to the Church of Jesus Christ.

Family Discovery Day is a component of RootsTech that is held each year on Saturday (the conference covers four days from Wednesday through Saturday). Its focus is members of the Church, unlike the rest of RootsTech, which is quite secular in nature. It drew about 22,000, including hordes of teenagers.

This year, Family Discovery Day included a session from Elder and Sister Renlund and their daughter, a session featuring Wendy Watson Neilson and Sheri Dew, a youth session that last year featured the cast of Studio C and David Archuleta and this year featured a tricycle race between Taysom Hill of BYU and Britain Covey of the University of Utah. Both then talked about their religious faith.

The event I covered today was a priesthood leadership session in which new resources were introduced for integrating missionary work with family history and temple work in order to achieve convert baptisms and retention and reactivation.

Sessions from RootsTech and Family Discovery Day are recorded so that local units of the Church can sponsor their own family history fairs using content from RootsTech.

I've written so extensively about RootsTech and Family Discovery Day that I find it puzzling when I see Church members who manifest no clue about what they are. For example, at the Priesthood Leadership Session I covered today, the returned mission president who was featured for his success in using family history as a tool for convert retention (and his success was phenomenal) asked me if RootsTech is sponsored by the Church.

I was disheartened. I guess few people read very much anymore.

 

Wait, you wrote something?

Just kidding there. Thank you for the info.

[volgadon]

I've heard of RootsTech, but not of family discovery day.

[Scott Lloyd]

1 hour ago, volgadon said:

I've heard of RootsTech, but not of family discovery day.

It is essentially the last day (or, more particularly, the last half-day) of RootsTech. But not everything that goes on that day has an LDS focus. There is still a lot that appeals to non-Mormons.

Edited February 7, 2016 by Scott Lloyd