Huge genealogy event planned by Church

President Henry B. Eyring of the LDS Church First Presidency, author David McCullough, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square will participate in a tribute to family history on April 29.

The event, "A Celebration of Family History," will be at the LDS Conference Center starting at 7 p.m. Tickets are available online beginning March 23 at LDS.org/events.

In addition to the multimedia tribute and mini-concert, four genealogy conferences will take place in Utah during the week of April 26, including the National Genealogical Society's annual conference. The national conference returns to Salt Lake City for the second time in 25 years.

Other events include BYU's Conference on Computerized Family History and Genealogy, BYU's Family History Technology Workshop and FamilySearch's Developers Conference for software developers.