Watch Speakers from 2016 Family Discovery Day at RootsTech on ChurchofJesusChrist.org
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If you and your family have been interested in learning more about family history, you can find inspiration and instructions for getting started during the 2016 Family Discovery Day, which will be streamed live on ChurchofJesusChrist.org on Saturday, February 6, 2016.
Speakers at Family Discovery Day will include Elder Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and his wife, Sister Ruth Renlund, Primary general president Rosemary M. Wixom, Brother Stephen W. Owen of the Young Men general presidency, and other special guests.
Provided below are the Family Discovery Day live streaming schedules for English and Spanish, French, and Portuguese translations. Times are in mountain standard time.
Family Discovery Day streaming schedule (English)
TIME |
SESSION AND SPEAKERS |
1:00 p.m. |
Opening Family General Session |
2:00 p.m. |
Family History Discussion |
3:15 p.m. |
Family Session |
4:15 p.m |
Youth and Family Session |
Family Discovery Day streaming schedule (French, Spanish, Portuguese)
TIME |
SESSION AND SPEAKERS |
1:00 p.m. |
Opening Family General Session |
2:00 p.m. |
Family History Discussion |
3:15 p.m. |
Family Session |
Family Discovery Day on February 6 is especially designed for families and members of the Church ages eight and older. The messages and classes are designed to teach you how to find your ancestors, how to prepare names for temple ordinances, and how to teach others to do the same.
The Church hosts the one-day event held at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City during RootsTech, the largest family history conference in the world, hosted by FamilySearch International, February 3–6, 2016.
Family groups and leaders of wards and stakes interested in hosting a local family history fair or family discovery day can learn more at ChurchofJesusChrist.org/hostfair. To learn more about attending the live event, which is free, you need to register through RootsTech.org.
If you can’t watch Family Discovery Day live, recorded sessions will also be archived at ChurchofJesusChrist.org/discoverfamily for later viewing in the following languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.