Geneabodies

I was reading through some of my old blog posts this morning and came across a reference to a post written in 2011 by the late Joan Miller, a Canadian genie, on her Luxegen blog.

Joan had coined a term Genea-Bodies and written a post about the opportunities nobodies have to become somebodies and influence others via social media. You can read Joan’s post here: https://www.luxegen.ca/genea-bodies-the-new-somebodies/

I was an Official Rootstech Blogger in 2011 with Joan, that opportunity has opened many doors in the geneaworld for me.

Joan Miller (L) and Jill Ball (R) interview Familysearch CEO Jay Verkler at Rootstech 2011

GenFlix

While Genflix is a streaming service for videos it was a term used in the promotion of the recent RootstechConnect Online Conference.

The organisers suggested that the event was like a Netflix service that allowed for binge watching of a series of videos. They suggested that, as RootstechConnect, provided a means of binge watching genealogy presentations it could be labelled as GenFlix.

You can still get a GenFlix by going to Rootstech.org where you can view the presentations from the event.

Genie-silly

At the Rootstech Conference yesterday we were challenged to take a geneaselfie and post it on Twitter. My genimate Sharn White took a photo of her and I and posted it with the caption ” #rootstech being genie-silly ” so that term for a moment of madness in a genealogy setting enters the Geneadictionary.

GeniAus (left) and Sharn White in a genie-silly moment

Geneafest

Shauna Hicks used the term Geneafest in a blog post earlier this week.

GeniAus and Kirsty Gray at Rootstech : a huge geneafest

My dictionary tells me that a fest is : a special event where people can enjoy a particular activity or thing.

A Geneafest therefore is a special event where people can enjoy genealogy related activities.

I note that Shauna has used the term Geneafest in several blog posts including:

https://gsq-blog.gsq.org.au/genealogy-cruising-why-you-should-try-it/
https://diaryofanaustraliangenealogist.blogspot.com/2015/06/
https://diaryofanaustraliangenealogist.blogspot.com/2015/12/

The first use of the word I could find was in this post from Family Tree Magazine in 2010:
https://www.familytreemagazine.com/articles/news-blogs/genealogy-industry/genealogy-tv/who-do-you-think-you-are/behind-the-scenes-of-wdytya-researching-sarah-jessica-parkers-roots/

 

 

 

Genea-pourri or Geneapourri

This word, Genea-pourri, belongs to my genimate Randy Seaver. Read his post here to find out what it means.

With my genimate Randy at Rootstech

GeneaDaze

I love this word coined by Randy Seaver in response to my Rotstech post earlier this year.

Here is what Randy said after Rootstech 2017″ Randy Seaver on 13/02/2017 at 3:30 pm said: good one…is “genea-daze” or “genea-xhausted” in the dictionary? I am suffering those today.”

With my Genimate, Randy Seaver, at Rootstech 2017

Rotstech

Thanks to my lack of typing skills I have coined another word for the Geneadictionary. As I was typing Rootstech this morning I omitted an o and the word became Rotstech. At the time I was writing about my post-Rootstech malaise.

Rotstech or post-Rootstech malaise – a condition that affects genies on the Sunday immediately after the Rootstech conference when feels both exhausted and energised.

 

ConGenieal

ConGenieal : An adjective that describes the comfortable, friendly atmosphere that is created when a group of Genies gather in a social situation.

I thought of this word when writing a blog post about an Aussie pre Rootstech gathering  in Salt Lake City tonight.

A Congenieal Group, Salt Lake City  5/2/2017

GeniAus Rootstech Free Pass Giveaway

If you are considering a trip to RootsTech in Salt Lake City from February 8-11, 2017 you might like to save on Registration. As a RootsTech Ambassador I have a complimentary RootsTech plus Innovator Summit 2017 4-day pass, valued at $299 to give away.

It includes:

• Innovator Summit
• Over 200 classes
• Keynotes
• General sessions
• RootsTech sessions
• Getting Started classes
• Expo hall
• Evening events

If you are one of the organised folk who has already registered for RootsTech you can still enter as, if you are the winner, you will receive a refund of your registration fee from the organisers.

This contest is only for a complimentary registration to the full four-day conference ($299 value) – you are responsible for all other associated costs.

Entering my contest is easy: 
For me one of the most exciting parts of Rootstech is networking with fellow genies and presenters.

1) To enter this contest you are asked to search the internet and find a link to a blog post, video or photo that shows me and someone famous or infamous I have met or interviewed at a previous Rootstech OR If you have a picture of you and me together at Rootstech you can share that in a new post.

2) Please share your link on Social Media with the phrase GeniAus with [persons’s name] at Rootstech [year] and let me know of it in an email to jillballau@gmail.com with the subject 2017 Rootstech Giveaway.

3) The winner is also invited to find me in the Media Hub so that we can meet in person and have a happy snap together.

4) The Judges’s decision is final.

All entries must be received by Midnight (GMT) on Monday 14 November and I will try to notify the winner by email before Midnight (GMT) on Wednesday 16 November. I will subsequently announce the winner in a blog post on the GeniAus blog.

An Example Post: GeniAus with Jenny, Hilary and Pauleen at Rootstech 2015

Disclosure: I am an RootsTech 2017 Ambassador and one of the advantages is being given this free registration. I have also received a complimentary registration to RootsTech 2017 but I will have to outlay several thousand of my own dollars to make the trip to Rootstech.

Auntie Facts

I finally met my online genimate, Tony Proctor, at Rootstech last week. Tony who has been a great supporter of the Geneadictionary has just sent through some further suggestions for the site. Here is one of them.

“Auntie facts” (like artifacts). This was actually a slip-of-the-tongue during a conversation but I like it so much that I want to use it to describe family rumours.

My Aunties shared many Auntie Facts with me