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Relatives at RootsTech App at RootsTech Connect 2021 Now Online
The Relatives at RootsTech app on the FamilySearch website was activated on Friday for use by registrants for RootsTech Connect 2021. You do have to sign into the FamilySearch website to utilize the app:
As of 7 p.m. on Saturday night, 143,859 RootsTech registrants have over 25.3 million cousin connections. It tells me that 6 persons named Seaver are included.
1) After signing in, the page changes to tell me that I have 28,433 Relatives at RootsTech:
2) When I click the red See Your Relatives link, I can see a list of them:
3) There are three tabs at the top of the left-hand column - for Relatives by Location, Search, and Friends. There is a dropdown list on the left side of the screen under Realtives at RootsTech, to choose a specific country - the default is All countries. The list of relatives shows the first 300 of them. I have not found a way to see the other 28,133 of them exc