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The 99+ Genealogy Things Meme

I came across this genealogy meme while visiting Wendy’s site:

All My Branches Genealogy

http://kinexxions.blogspot.com

Whatever is a meme, you ask?

According to ask.com a meme is “a unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another” . In its original sense this seems to describe the way practices and ideas grow in a social context, but in the genealogy blogging world the term memes has come to refer to a certain activity in which sets of questions or suggested topics are posted to one site and then bloggers are invited to “join the conversation” by copy/pasting the original entry to their own blog.

Why do bloggers meme?

It looks like a great way to meet fellow genealogy bloggers, but I also noticed as I filled in even this simple meme, that it made me reflect on my own genealogical practices.Which is always “a good thing” (as Martha Stewart would say!).

The 99+ Genealogy Things Meme

Bold= already done Italic=would like to do

1. Belong to a genealogical society.
2. Researched records onsite at a court house.
3. Transcribed records.
4. Uploaded tombstone pictures to Find-A-Grave (nope but they are on flickr)
5. Documented ancestors for four generations (self, parents, grandparents, great-grandparents) .
6. Joined Facebook.
7. Helped to clean up a run-down cemetery.

8. Joined the Genea-Bloggers Group on Facebook. How do I do that?

9. Attended a genealogy conference.

10. Lectured at a genealogy conference. Read more »

January 5, 2009 Posted by | . | 3 Comments