General Chat

See how many of these questions you can answer correctly without using Google.


1. In what year did parish registers commence in England & Wales?
2. What is known as an “admon”?
3. In which year did Hardwick’s Marriage Act come into force?
4. In a parish register, what name is often shortened to “Jno”?
5. What can be attached to a will in order to slightly change it?
6. Which well-known genealogical organisation was founded in 1911?
7. Between 1754 and 1837, all marriages had to take place in a Church of England church, except those of Jews and __________ ?
8. Rose’s Act of 1812 brought in the use of what from 1st January 1813?
9. What is palaeography?
10. What is a “contiguous” parish?
11. When was adoption recognised by English law?
12. What is an “annuitant”?
13. Which national genealogical organisation was founded in 1961 in Kent?
14. What is a “CARN” card?
15. What is an “indenture”?
16. Which famous genealogical guild was founded in 1979?
17. What is meant by the term “patronymic”?
18. What does AGRA stand for?
19. What work is commonly known as the “DNB”?
20. What is a “toponymic” surname?


Taken from Bi-Gen (but don't cheat)

All the 'clever'people must have missed this. As a non-clever person, my attempt (with no cheating!)

1 - Quite early say 1520ish
2- ?
3- 1750?
4- John
5- Codicil
6- ?
7 - Quaker
8 - Seperate PR books for Baptisms, marriages and burials
9 - The study of handwriting
10 -?
11 - 1927?? Somewhere around there anyway
12- Someone in receipt of an annual pension or allowance
13 - ?
14- An ID card issued by and used when visiting archives.
15 - An agreement of apprenticeship or employment
16 - ?
17 - Surname derived from the father's name eg AnderSON or AP Jones
18 - ?
19 -?
20- Surname derived from a place name.

ERRR PASS

Detective - You got the following answers correct:
4, 5, 7,8, 9, 11,12 (annual money from a private settlement), 14, 15 (could also include a servant as well as apprentice), 20

3 - 1750? - very close ;-)

1. 1538
2.administration of a will, granted to the executors. So probate can be granted.
3. 1753
6. SOG, I'm guessing
10. one with adjoining boundaries
13 Something to do with heraldic studies.
16 GOONS
17 in Wales usually. Child is "name" Ap "father's first name"
18 Ass of Genealogist and Researchers.
19 Biographical dictionary.

Well, 10 out 13 attempted isn't too bad! Can I cheat yet? :-D

Guinevere got the following correct:

1, 6 (Society of Genealogists), 10, 16 ( Guild of One Name Studies), 18, 19

17 Is a surname derived from the fathers first name (e.g. Robertson)

3. One year out

13. You're half way there ;-)

Admon is letters of administration when there isn't a will. *slaps self*

Correct :-)

Answers:

1. 1538
2. A Grant of Letters of Administration when a person dies without a will
3. 1754
4. John
5. Codicil
6. The Society of Genealogists
7. Quakers
8. Pre-printed bound volumes for the separate recording of baptisms, marriages and burials
9. The study of old handwriting
10. A neighbouring (bordering) parish
11. 1927
12. Someone in receipt of an annual sum of money, usually from a private settlement
13. The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies
14. ‘County Archive Research Network’ card – needed to use many of the UK’s record offices and archives
15. A formal agreement for the hiring of a servant or apprentice, or, sometimes, an agreement concerning property
16. The Guild of One-Name Studies (GOONS)
17. A surname derived from a father’s first name (e.g. Robertson)
18. Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives
19. Dictionary of National Biography
20. One derived from a place-name