Today's Rabbit Hole: Genealogy and Gilbert Bartaway

Today's post is long and multi-faceted, spanning different aspects of genealogy, so bear with me as I relate my current frustration and my reasons for coming to this point.

My Story

Ever since meeting my biological father in July of 2003, I've been an intermittent genealogist. For the past 16 years I've occasionally researched my family history. If you've never heard my story before, here's the short version.

Today's Rabbit Hole: Nickelodeon

I say again: Nickelodeon.

Ask anyone you meet if they've heard of Nickelodeon and you will hear a resounding yes. But that word, that name, it's so odd. We name our items, places, ideas after other things from history more often than not. We pick family names for our children. We name estates after the people who built them. But where in tarnation did a name like Nickelodeon come from??