Each year, RootsTech offers us the opportunity to come together as a genealogy community, connect with passionate family history researchers, and announce what’s new and upcoming at Ancestry.

What to Expect From Ancestry at RootsTech

Whether you’re with us in person or joining virtually from home, Ancestry is thrilled to kick off a weekend full of connection, classes, and family history discoveries at RootsTech. Explore the full schedule and look out for our:

• Mainstage session: "What’s New at Ancestry" with Crista Cowan, featuring exciting updates at 11:20 am MT on Thursday, March 6.
• Expert-led classes: A range of educational sessions to help you get the most out of Ancestry.
• In-booth demos: Hands-on demonstrations showcasing Ancestry tools and resources
• Opportunities to meet the team: Connect with Ancestry experts, product managers, and genealogists.
• Merch booth: Ancestry-branded swag, including t-shirts, water bottles, and more.

Announcing Ancestry Networks

Ancestry is thrilled to announce Networks, a feature built to help members break down brick walls and understand their ancestors within the context of where and when they lived.

Networks allows you to create a more complete picture of someone’s life by documenting their relationships and communities beyond their immediate family. By expanding research to friends, neighbors, religious groups, coworkers, and more—including complicated connections like enslavement—Networks can you develop a greater understanding of their ancestors and reach past longstanding brick walls.

What can you do with Networks?

• Group ancestors together by community, shared experiences, places, or time
• Add Media items connected to the Network
• Add Sources and Records relevant to the Network
• Add your own personal To Dos and receive recommended next steps from our custom AI system

Ancestry Networks is available today in Beta to all global Pro Tools customers and will be available to more subscribers later this year.