Pittsburgh, PA—An online platform for family memory keeping, Forever sponsored RootsTech for the eighth year. RootsTech, a convention held every year in Salt Lake City, Utah, is hosted by Family Search International.
Moreover, RootsTech is the largest convention of people and companies focused on the technology of memory keeping and family history. The event, held February 29 through March 2, 2024, offers informative keynote addresses, entertainment, workshops as well as technology showcases.
“My team and I are always excited about RootsTech,” said Glen Meakem, Forever’s founder and CEO. “Like our partners at Family Search, we love family history and memories, and that is why we support and integrate our technology with Family Search.”
Forever Sponsors RootsTech
As a pioneer in permanent digital preservation, Forever is a platform where users can save their photos, videos, documents as well as audio recordings for generations to come. With a combination of storage, digitization, printing and genealogy, Forever boasts a complete memory-keeping solution. Furthermore, the platform ensures that the legacies and stories of today are accessible for generations into the future.
At RootsTech, Forever hosted a large booth (#1207) as well as multiple workshops and presentations. They included “Leaps and Bounds: Methodologies for Making Big Moves in Genealogy Research.” Forever’s senior genealogical researcher, Katie Derby led that session.
Derby is a world-class genealogist with more than 25 years of experience. She holds a degree in Family History & Genealogy from Brigham Young University and has previously served as the director of the FamilySearch Virginia Records Project. Prior to joining Forever, Derby was also an adjunct instructor in the Family History Research Program at Brigham Young University Idaho.
In addition, Marianna Curran, Forever’s senior executive ambassador, gave a presentation titled “Preserve, Share and Cherish Your Family History with Forever.” Furthermore, this was Curran’s seventh year representing Forever at RootsTech. “I love RootsTech,” said Curran, “because the genealogy community are as passionate about family history as I am about protecting what they hold dear.”
Forever
The company provides a permanent memory-keeping platform in the Internet cloud for people, families as well as organizations. Its mission is to enable its clients to enjoy, preserve and share their precious memories today, tomorrow and for generations.
