Atten; cjjefferies, Howdy CUZ, OH I know all Campbell's are some kind of, or # Cousin. AS the Campbell Child Naming Practice, Was the First Male was after the Father's Father, & the next Male after the Mother & the Third Son After the Father. This is How it went in My Campbell Family, #- 1 George, = 1 His Son George = 2 - in all 5 sons with a Son Named George = 7 George's, # 2 George With 8 Sons with a Son Named George = 15 George Campbell, Now their way of I.D, ing them was to NICKNAME each one, Now The method of nicknaming the off spring May sound far fetched to a Strict, Numbers Researcher It worked for the Locals. IF concerned or in doubt, Check for Some Folk lore, AMONG your Family Members, There just might be a list of Nick names in Some Old Family trunk, That has not gotten, or likely never will get into the Records or on Line. RARELY, but some time when some BUYS an old Antique TRUNK they are Considerate enough to ADVERTISE the Contents, But usually THAT Family Record goes in the JUNK. I find Where there are a Group of A Family, in KY, Mo, OHIO, ALA, MS Texas, with the Same name as a Family in Va, Or From the Carolina,s to Another State & there are the Same Names THERE AS Here, Where EVER, there is a good CHANCE that there is a Connection. JUST SO: The original Family From Va.- James Campbell Marries Cousin Mary Campbell, Marys Bro. SILAS Campbell, M James Sister, Cousin, Martha, NOW- Silas & Martha Move from VA. to KY. Mary has the first Baby, OH boy she just has to Tell her Brother in KY. WE named our Baby , John after Yours & James Daddy, Well when Martha's Baby is Born She Writes back Home That they Named the Baby Girl after Both Grand Mama's, That is Great, so Mary has a girl The SAME Grand Ma's name's are used again, Soon there Is a family in Va & one in Ky. With the same First & Last Names. I have the Copies of 5 Letters writen Between Some of My Distant North Family in Campbell County, Va, in the 1830,s & Their Family members that Migrated to Franklin Mo. YEP, swapping Baby Names, Was part of the Letter. There is a Family of Mitchell's in Livingston Ky. With the Same First Names as My Mitchell's in Nelson County Had ABT the same age, MINE came from Bedford Co. Va. WHERE DID THE same named Family in KY Come From. John Campbell was a very Frequently Used Name in The Campbell Family. That is where D N A Comes in, Where that is used NOW-NICKNAMES answered the Same purpose in OLDEN times. I have had the opportunity to pick up some of My Family Nicknames. There is A secret to Genealogy, that would get me Laughed out of the loop, BUT the next time that any of MY Cousins Start after an Ancestor, Mentally Become that Person, TRY it & Let US know if there is any Difference. CUZ A T & Leona <atpowelljr@aol.com>