Fifteen members of the Point of the Mountain Chapter and Utah state society provided support to RootsTech 2026 that took place in Salt Lake City, UT between March 5-7. RootsTech is held annually and was attended by over 10,000 individuals in person with many more thousands attending online.
And for the third year in a row, the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution hosted the booth in the exhibition hall for the purpose of engaging visitors with the question, “Do you have a patriot ancestor?” Many of our visitors from 24 states answered this question immediately with the name of at least one ancestor who participated in the Revolution. Other’s weren’t sure but wanted to find out if they did.
Deborah Maddux, lead genealogist at National HQ, conducted a session titled “Sea to Shining Sea – The American Revolution Outside of the Colonies”. Also traveling from National HQ was Travis Franklin, a staff genealogist. Both were very helpful in talking to the many booth visitors. There was one compatriot from Missouri who also volunteered his time in between attending conference sessions.
POM Chapter member Peter Sweeny dressed in his patriot ancestor’s military uniform and Doug Adams wore colonial clothes that might have been worn by his patriot ancestor who functioned as a spy for the patriot’s cause. Trent Grandy represented the Utah Society’s color guard on Saturday (family day). All in all it was a very successful three days.