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As a part of their Martin Luther King Jr. Week celebrations, the University of Utah held the “MLK Economic Plenary” to dive into issues surrounding racial economic disparities and strategies on how to achieve better equality in society through access to financial infrastructure and resources. The keynote speaker was Ashley Bell, former White House policy...
Rootstech 2021 By Mark Peterson Rootstech 2021 is an international conference on genealogical records. Originally, it was called "A World Conference on Records"; now it's called "rootstech" meaning technological studies of our "roots" ― genealogical and family history. The conference this year will be held online ― Feb. 25-27. I've been asked to make one of the "prime-time" presentations on Korean genealogy. In the past, the conference has been held in Salt Lake City. Why Salt Lake? It's the center of the largest family history library in the world. Sponsored by the Church of Jesus Chri...