Take time to record and preserve your own personal history as well as taking care of your family’s genealogy. Use these prompts, as you see fit, to chip away at recording your memories as well as life’s lessons learned for the benefit of future descendants. Use your computer or record your memories on paper. Amy Coffin of the We Tree Blog has authored this fine series of 52 prompts (one for each week of the year) to help you achieve your personal history goals. These make great prompts for interviewing relatives, too.
Here’s this week’s challenge/prompt: Nicknames
Week 33: What was your childhood nickname, and what was the meaning behind it? You can also discuss the nicknames of other family members, both past and present.
There's a nickname behind the business name of Charlie Ink Productions and Publications as chosen by Family Tree Gal, Carolyn Murphy, resident of Mesa, AZ and founder of the Family Tree Quest website. “Well, "Charlie" was a nickname given me when I was about twelve or thirteen years old. When a friend of mine learned that "Carolyn" was a feminine form of the name “Charles”, I was nicknamed "Charlie". The nickname didn't stick, but "Charlie" seems to suit me when I think of myself as creative and energetic (which is not always the case). "Ink" was chosen as a "play on words", sounding like the abbreviation Inc. (standing for Incorporated). Since I was a calligrapher for over twenty years (using ink to write beautiful pen strokes on family tree charts as well as doing other custom work), “Ink” was a natural selection for me.” Now, the mystery of the "Charlie Ink" name has now been entirely revealed. To see more about Carolyn, click here.
Many thanks to www.GeneaBloggers.com for hosting Amy’s series on their site. Go there if you’d like to join the genealogy blogging community, or if you’d like to see aggregated comments on this series from many genealogy bloggers.
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