17 May 2009

A collective noun for genealogists?

Toronto librarian Stephen Abram posted a Facebook item recently What is a Group of Librarians?

He blogged some of the responses here.

A gaggle of librarians
A collection of librarians
A catalogue of librarians
A catalog of librarians
A shush of librarians
A volume of librarians
A flap of librarians.

Shush is my favourite.

I wondered about a collective for genealogists, Googled it and found a recent Rootschat discussion. I especially liked the suggestion

An Ahnentafel of Genealogists.

My suggestion, with an eye to the Genealogical Proof Standard, is

A Coherency of Professional Genealogists

If you can do better please post your suggestions.


4 comments:

  1. A collective term for genealogists? Here are some suggestions:
    A kinship
    A continuity
    An affiliation
    A forbearance
    An obsession (my husband likes this one)
    A great-great grand total of genealogists
    A long line of genealogists
    What do you call a single genealogist? Silverilocks and the Forebears

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  2. ...and how about a stack of librarians?

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  3. I like the obsession of genelaogists.

    A passion of genealogists.

    An enthusiasm of genealogists.

    A persistence of genealogists.

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  4. A wealth of genealogists. In terms of knowledge and family we are wealthy.

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