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Tuesday, January 6, 2009

The Genealogy Happy Dance

When I got to number 101 Have done the genealogy happy dance. on the 99 things + genealogy meme I was stumped. I know I live in a distant land but thought I should know about this. When I noted that Carole Riley, another Australian, seemed to know about it I decided to fill in the gap in my knowledge. Good old Mr Google pointed me to these posts: The Genealogy Happy Dance The Genealogy Happy Dance again Genealogy Happy Dance! Yes, I have done the happy dance, sometimes rather too enthusiastically for fellow researchers (especially those quiet folk at SAG) and will now go and alter my meme response.
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2 comments:

  1. Carole RileyJanuary 7, 2009 at 12:03 PM

    I think the Happy Dance is an American invention, most often seen after sporting achievements. I prefer the more intellectual achievement of a genealogical find, although my Happy Dance is not usually as vigorous as the ones you see on TV!

    Cheers
    Carole

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  2. Bill WestJanuary 8, 2009 at 6:06 AM

    Hi Geniaus,
    The "Happy Dance" is American, I guess, and I think inspired by the
    "Peanuts" comic strip where Charlie
    Brown's dog Snoopy was prone to breaking out in a dance to celebrate
    some happy event. In Genea-Blogger
    circles it's performed mostly silently and within the mind, lest we scare the beejeezuz out of friends, family,and co-researchers!

    And I enjoyed reading your blog and list!

    Bill West

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I'd love to hear what you have to say so I encourage you to say G'day in comments on my posts.

Sorry I have turned word verification on but I am just getting too much spam to allow comments without this feature.