conferences

BRAITHWAITE FAMILY ORGANIZATION

AT FAMILY HISTORY CONFERENCES

In September 2016 officers of the Braithwaite Family Organization and the Brough Family Organization formally established LDS Ancestral Families Association (LDSAFA). Since its establishment, LDSAFA and the Braithwaite Family Organization have been represented at a number of family history conferences in Utah (shown below).

2023 RootsTech Conference

Members of the Braithwaite Family Organization participated in the 2023 RootsTech conference that was held at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, on March 2-4, 2023.

2021 RootsTech Connect (a virtual global conference)

Members of the Braithwaite Family Organization participated in the 2021 RootsTech Connect virtual global conference held on February 25-27, 2021.

2019 FamilyRoots Conference

Richard E. Braegger, President of the Braithwaite Family Organization, participated in the 2019 FamilyRoots Conference that was held in the Dixie Convention Center in St. George, Utah, on September 27-28, 2019.

At this conference, Richard E. Braegger, who is also Vice-President of the LDSAFA, and R. Shane Brough, President of the Brough Family Organization and and President of LDSAFA, presented a class on Strengthening LDS Family Organizations Through DNA. They also passed out literature about LDSAFA and its member organizations to people who attended the class.

2019 RootsTech Conference

Members of the Braithwaite Family Organization Participated in RootsTech 2019

Members of the Braithwaite Family Organization attended and participated in RootsTech 2019, which was held in the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, from February 27 through March 2, 2019.

At this conference Rich Braegger, President of the Braithwaite Family Organization, helped present a class/session on Strengthening LDS Family Organizations Through DNA which was held in Room 155 F at 1:30 PM on Saturday, March 2, 2019 (described below). Forty-five people attended this class.

Strengthening LDS Family Organizations Through DNA (2019 RootsTech PDF file)

2018 FamilyRoots Conference

Members of the Braithwaite Family Organization (shown below) attended and participated in the 2018 FamilyRoots Conference which was held in St. George, Utah, from September 28-29, 2018.

2018 RootsTech Conference

BFO representatives presented a class on Family Organization in the Digital Age

2017 BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy

LDS Ancestral Family Organizations: Past, Present and Future, a class presentation at BYU 2017 Family History Conference