Thursday 12th of February was the first day of RootsTech. The first day that talks started, and the first day that the Expo Hall was open for business. And to say it was a crazy day would be an understatement. The place was swarming with people.

The day started early with my roommate Helen Smith and I up early to be in time for the Geneablogger Tour of the Expo Hall at 7.30am. Paul Nauta from FamilySearch was our tour guide, and lead a bunch of maybe 40-50 bloggers around explaining how there was over 180 exhibitors, and based on those who had pre-registered for RootsTech, they come from 37 different countries.

Wednesday the 11th of February was setup day for exhibitors at RootsTech. Wednesday the 11th of February was also the first of four days of the FGS conference.

Going as an exhibitor (Unlock the Past Cruises), obviously my focus was the setting up of the stand. I must say that having been involved in exhibitions for many, many years, the actual setting up is often a drag, but seeing the setup, and everything getting organised is really exciting.

It’s hard to believe but it is now less that a month until the genealogy-world heads to Salt Lake City for RootsTech, with the added bonus of the Federation of Genealogical Studies (FGS) Conference this year. That’s 4 days of FGS Conference, and 3 whole days RootsTech. WOOHOO!

And to say that it’ll be exciting is a total understatement.