Congress

It only happens once every three years. Aussie genies call it Congress but it has nothing to do with politics. It’s full title is The Australasian Congress on Genealogy and Heraldry (quite a mouthful).

Congress is held every three years under the auspices of AFFHO, the Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations and brings together passionate family historians from around Australia, New Zealand and many parts of the world.

Read about Congress history here: http://www.affho.org/affho/congresses.php.

Related Term: Congressitis

NextGen

A blog post from one of my young genimates this morning reminded me of those genies who are NextGen. These NextGen folk are the future of genealogy.

The NextGen Genealogy Network page tells me that NextGen are “young genealogists eighteen to fifty”.

I am thrilled to be an online genimate of so many of these clever, committed younger folk. Check out some of their profiles here.

In Salt Lake City with one of my Fave Aussie NextGens, Caitlin Gow.

The Hunter or Detective

The Hunter or Detective: This genealogists  loves the research. While they want to find their own ancestors, they’ll research anyone’s ancestry just for the thrill of the hunt. They are easily sidetracked from their own ancestral research by the challenge of solving a stranger’s brick wall.

Source: http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/what-type-of-genealogist-are-you.html

Thanks to Lorine for granting permission to use her definitions.

Bloggerhoea

I’m sorry I don’t have a source for this word but I define Bloggerhoea  a compulsive outpouring of stories via blogs. I suspect the term was a play on another word that describes an outpouring.

I know that I heard a genimate use Bloggerhoea several years ago but I did not make a note of who that was. The first mention of the term I could find was from a blogger in 2008 who said “i think i’m suffering from bloggerhoea. lock me in a room with internet connection + com with all my med notes and tell me that i only can get out if i memorize all of my notes you’ll find me blogging 99% of the time.”

 

God’s Acre

Historically God’s Acre refers to the burial ground in a churchyard but today is sometimes used to describe any cemetery or graveyard.

God’s Acre St Mary the Virgin, Datchet, Berkshire.

MRUA

This acronym came from Randy Seaver. It may be in common use but I had not heard it before.

MRUA: Most recent unknown ancestor which Randy explained “ is the person with the lowest number on your Pedigree Chart or Ahnentafel List that you have not identified a last name for, or a first name if you know a surname but not a first name.”

Gymnealogy

In a tweet on 12 December 2016 Andrew Martin mentioned the conflicts he has between his two hobbies: gym work and genealogy. He coined the phrase Gymnealogy to describe times when these two activities can be undertaken simultaneously eg watching a webinar or participating in a hangout from an exercise bicycle or treadmill.