Deseret News Share this story George Garmany, governor general of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, second from left, Brenton Simons, president and CEO of New England Historic Genealogical Society, third from left, and Steve Rockwood, president and CEO of FamilySearch International, fourth from left, discuss a collaboration to digitize records of Mayflower descendants during RootsTech at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City on Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News Everyone wants to be part of a story. Isolation, pandemic-induced or otherwise, has created an incredible sense of disconnect. Individuals across the globe are starving to be interconnected with something a little bigger and little greater than themselves. In short, people around the world are longing for belonging.