HASH GENEALOGY DATA DEFINITIONS
Country
Common western name for the country
State
Subdivision / State / County / District within a country where the
hash runs.
Location
Village / Town / City where the hash is based.
Hash Chapter Name
Full Name of Hash Chapter, Hash Club, Hash Group, whatever
ie.Kuala Lumpur Hash House Harriers
Acceptable abbreviations
H3 to stand for Hash House Harriers
H4 to stand for Hash House Harriers and Harriettes.
HH to stand for Hash House
All other names to be in full: Harriettes, Horrors, Hazards,
Haggards etc
Chapter names like “Hash House Harriers of Somewhere” should be
changed to “Somewhere Hash House Harriers” to ensure a consistent
sorting process.
Where there have been a number of Hashes in the same area add a
number to the name when hash no longer operates and subsequently a
new Hash Chapter unrelated to participants of previous hash starts.
If predominantly the same participant from old Hash don't create a
new hash but let it be a resurrection and make notes on Comments
field. Do not have any number if Hash is still active.eg
Chapter Name-1 HHH(First hash that died), Chapter Name-2 HHH (second
hash that died)
, Chapter Name HHH (Current active hash)
Hash Chapter Nick Names
All the other nick names of a Hash Chapter will be listed. eg Kuala
Lumpur HHH will show “Mother Hash”. Petaling Jaya HHH will show
“Animals”.
Year of Birth
Year Hash Chapter was born (yyyy).
Date of Birth
Date is the date of the First run. Date format required is
dd-mmm-yyyy to minimise issues related to date formats. If
only the year is known the latest date possible for the year is
shown e.g. 31-Dec-1938. If only the month and year is known
the last day of that month in that year is shown.
Date of Birth Flag
Flag to show that Date of Birth is a guesstimate and confirmation of
actual date is being sought
Hash Founder
Hash Founder is the name of the person most responsible for
initiating the new hash. In Hash Genealogy terms this person
is the Hash Father
Previous Hash of Founder
The hash that the Founder previously ran with on a regular basis
immediately prior to starting the new hash. In Hash Genealogy
terms this previous hash becomes the mother of the new hash.
Co Founders
The names of those who assisted the Founder. If these
cofounders had been involved with hashes elsewhere before starting
the new hash the names of the Hashes should be included in brackets
after the hashers name. The names should be those hashers who
actually assisted, rather than simply a list of who was there.
Active Flag
Flag to indicate if Hash is currently active or not May involve a
bit of effort to maintain but not critical to Hash Genealogy
Date of Demise
Date that the hash stopped running. Date format required is
dd-mmm-yyyy to minimise issues related to date formats. If
only the year is known the earliest date for year is shown
01-Jan-1942 If only the month and year is known the first day of
that month in that year is shown.
Date of Demise Flag
Flag to show that Date of Birth is a guesstimate and confirmation of
actual date is being sought.
Comments
Limited comments such as Name change to minimise any confusion
(limited to 256 characters)
Date Record Last Updated
dd-mmm-yyyy to indicate when the iformation for the update was
provided