What's in a name?

What is in a name? Your name says so much about you especially from the past. One of my family branches contains 2 very well used names - Isaac and John. The Mitchell side of family use these names so much. It help me go back so many generations. You know you have the right person because the names fit.

I passed one of these down to my boys Isaac because I didn't share the "Mitchell" name with them. I took my husband name when we got married but I wanted to share this part of my family with my children. So now my son has a connection to his grandfather's family. This is especially important because this grandfather passed away when he was very young. My other son took a form of John in his name Jonathan, which was my fatger'.

As the boys get older, I can see how much personality was handed down through the generations. My oldest has his father and his father's laid back personality. But this was also on the Mitchell side of the family as well. My grandfather "Ike" which is a nickname of Isaac, was so laid back. He had a great sense of humor too. It's amazing to watch my oldest as he grows, I can see so much of my grandfather in him.

But my youngest also has family traits. He is so much like my father that it's scary. He has a soft spoken voice but he is very lively, "life of the party" kind of guy just like my dad. But at the same time he is a homebody which is a trait passed down by both sides of the family.

So again, what's in a name....it could be nothing but it could be everything when you are searching for your past!

Summer Road Trip 2010!

We went on a genealogy road trip through Oklahoma in 2010. We started out in southeastern Oklahoma and visited Clarita, OK and Moore cemetery. We then visited OKC but not a cemetery there. This detour was too see the interactive science muesuem! We came back down through Clinton, OK to see a cemetery there and photograph some of our family there. We camped at Ozarka Mountains. We spent several days here. We visited Alfalfa and Mountain View and Carnegie, OK. This was interesting for my mother because she was born in Carnegie.

So our journey took us over a large portion of Oklahoma, 6 cemeteries and countless photos of stones that lay in those cemeteries. This road trip was to see places that me and my boys had never seen. It was an opportunity for them to see how history is tied to them. 

Have you ever thought of visiting a place where your relatives lived. It's really cool thinking you are walking where they did long before. Would love to be able to hear them talk about their lives.

If you want to see some of the photos we took on this trip you can find them on findagrave.com. You can see my profile HERE.