I am happy to announce that RootsTech 2023 is only 2 months away! The hybrid conference will take place March 2-4, 2023 and it's going to be a great event.
If you have ever wanted to attend in person, now is your chance! You could WIN a RootsTech 3-Day Pass (valued at $98.00). As a speaker and influencer for RootsTech 2023, I am authorized to give a way a 3-Day Pass to one of my lucky subscribers. The free pass includes the following:
-Access to all on-site classes and sessions
-Access to the Keynote Sessions
-Access to the Expo Hall
(This pass DOES NOT include transportation costs, lodging costs, computer labs, meals, printed handouts and paid workshops)
(Note: If you are the winner and you have already paid for your pass, RootsTech will reimburse you!)
To have a chance to win this RootsTech 3-Day Pass, all you have to do is leave a comment on this blog post and tell me about your favorite ancestor that you research. I will choose one person, randomly, to win the free pass!
This contest will be open until January 27, 2023 at midnight!
So, what are you waiting for? Leave a comment and tell me about your favorite ancestor!
I am a 15th generation descendant of Richard Warren. Richard left his family and boarded the Mayflower, made a place for the family in the "new world" colonies and then sent for his family. I am a direct descendant. He left all known behind to go to an unknown. Richard was a signer of the "Mayflower Compact".
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"Mayflower Passenger Richard Warren", "married Elizabeth Walker in Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, April 14, 1610, Mayflower passenger Richard Warren was a signer of the "Mayflower Compact". He was born between 1580 and 1590 and died in Plymouth Colony in 1628.
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DeleteSo excited about Rootstech. My favorite ancestor is Sophia Anderson Johnson, who came from Sweden and while on her trip she bought a hat for a dollar in London. This was the last nice thing that she ever really had. She lost half her children before they reach adulthood to many illnesses and war. She was a strong brave lady.
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DeleteFavorite would be my great grandmother Missouri Alabama Freeman Oswalt. Died April 1919, I was born on April 19. She was a real woman, a farmer wife with lots of kids. Wish I could interview her.
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ReplyDeleteI have been intrigued by my 5th great grandmother in Denmark, Karen Rasmusdatter. She has been very difficult to find so working with the professionals at the family history library for 5 months has helped me learn so much! I love the challenge of danish research, it's amazing.
ReplyDeleteMy 5th great grandmother Karen Rasmusdatter from Denmark has been so fun and difficult to research. Working with professional genealogist weekly for the last 5 months has helped so much. I love the danish research with its tremendous name challenges.
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DeleteJulie, you are the WINNER of the 2023 RootsTech Free Pass! Please send your contact information to: melissabarker20@hotmail.com
DeleteI would love to win! My favorite ancestor is Ellis Reynolds Shipp. She is an example of hard work and sacrifice.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite ancestor that I research is Johann Flintermann.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite ancestor is my 2X great-grandfather who immigrated to Canada from Northern Ireland. Through two newspaper accounts (one a recollection from an elderly man recalling immigrating as a child at the same time), I know that he was an accomplished and renowned fife player. I am an amateur musician too, so I feel a connection, and I want to learn to play the fife.
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DeleteMy favorite ancestor is my grandma. She was the one who introduced me to family history and helped me learn how cool it is. She passed away when I was 12, so I have had to learn most of her history through journals, photos, and others memories of her.
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DeleteJames, you are the WINNER of the 2023 RootsTech Free Pass! Due to the first winner picked cannot accept the prize, you were our second choice! Please email me your contact information to email address: melissabarker20@hotmail.com
DeleteMy favorite ancestor is my 4th Great Grandma, Elizabeth Xavier, nicknamed the “Bombay Rose”. She married my 4th Great Grandfather, William Tait, while he was a missionary in India. She traveled by herself to meet back up with William in the United States and endured many hardships and deaths of children. She eventually made it and continues to leave a legacy today of strength, faith, and devotion to family. It’s incredible!
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DeleteI’ve enjoyed researching my great great great aunt Halle Merle Smith. She isn’t listed on any census as a child. She was never married and didn’t have any children. My grandfather did not know her name but knew she existed that she worked for the YMCA in Louisville. Luckily she was the informant in both her separated parents death certificates. I found her living together with her mother in Louisville city directories. Lastly, I found a newspaper article celebrating her 50 years of service with the YMCA. It was an exciting find. And really fun to share the info with my grandfather.
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