Genies

Genies: a term used commonly in Australia to describe genealogists or family historians.

It seems that the term is used internationally as Dorene from Ohio said in 2011…

“Genies – individuals who pursue genealogy”

(Source: http://www.geneamusings.com/2011/03/saturday-night-genealogy-fun-contribute.html)

 

Update 5/8/2019  I was just reading a 2005 article in which Heather Garnsey, Executive Officer of The Society of Australian Genealogists,  is quoted in The Sydney Morning Herald as saying”genealogists – or “genies” as they call themselves.

(Source: https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-dead-persons-society-20050726-gdlr6f.html)