"Your family name is a

legacy you will leave for

generations to come"

Now that you’ve discovered more about your connection to your family name, as we wrote about in last week's blog, let’s dig deeper into this art of connection, and talk about your family legacy. 

Time moves so fast and before we know it our children are grown and passing on our memories, keepsakes, stories and legacy. Cherishing your family name legacy and sharing it with their new family, treasuring the old and creating new memories and keepsakes of their own.

Your family legacy embodies the traditions, values, actions, and beliefs of you and those before you. Your family legacy is valued and brings so much meaning into your daily life, as well as for those who will carry your legacy after you. What do you want your family legacy to be, and how will you share and cherish it?

Your family name and legacy are strengthened by the actions lived out in every generation, and by the moments remembered from loved ones past on, and their values and beliefs. Throughout your family history, the legacy of your family name has been gifted from generations and is strengthened by future generations. As you carry the past legacies of your ancestors and nurture, strengthen, preserve and share these stories, memories, and keepsakes in your present life, so to will your children. And your family name legacy will strengthen and become more meaningful with each generation to come.

You can strengthen your family name and legacy, by defining it and understanding it - and in doing so find meaning. 

Sounds great, but you ask, how do I go about doing this?

Fortunately for you, living in the 21st Century, the internet provides an array of opportunities to research your family names and legacies.

Jump online, and you’ll find a number of resources you can use to find out the history and legacy of your family and your name, and perhaps even find some famous or quirky or fascinating folks in your ancestral family tree.

Here are a few handy resources to get you started!

• Search for your ancestors and family members who were immigrants using search records or ancestry records.

• You can understand the stories behind your name and the origins of these names and legacies and where they came from. Maybe your family legacy comes from immigrants who traveled years to find your family home? Maybe your parents have a great anecdote for why they chose your particular name?

• Find out if your family name are more popular than you think or more common? Or if your name is incredibly unique?

• Discover the story behind your first name or your surname and add meaning to your family name legacy.

Going through this experience of learning, defining, understanding, and becoming aware of your family name and legacy, adds meaning and significance to your name, perhaps etching your family name’s legacy even moreso in your heart. 

Uncovering your family name, it's history, legacy, and stories, and watching it unfold, is an incredible experience - from your family’s birth certificates through your ancestral tombstones, and more. It's your legacy, and an experience and an extension of who you are. It becomes a part of you and your generation, and extends past you to the next generations to come.

You never know what you might find when researching your family name and delving into the treasure troves of history. Finding out more about your full family name legacy is fun, interesting, and a world of discovery. Who were your ancestors who added the most to your family name legacy? It can feel quite fascinating to find out how they lived and the traditions they brought to your family name today; their great marks in history and the keepsakes they passed down. 

Researching your family legacy is another way to explore your family name connection. Discovering more about your family name and history connects you with your family legacy, your ancestors and your family traditions. Family traditions carried forward with them through the generations, along with the memories and keepsakes they held dear. 

So, how can you combine the traditions, values, and beliefs that make up your family history with your present life, and with this create a greater lasting legacy? 

First, preserve what you have of your family name and its legacy exemplify in the values, traditions, and beliefs you treasure most - memories, stories, writings, photographs, artworks, heirlooms, keepsakes - all these feel meaningful. A family legacy is discovered, embraced, and remembered fondly in a keepsake memory that makes you feel good whenever you pass by it during the day. And in memories of deep meaning, connection and tradition. 

Here are a few ideas on how to continue to create and grow a meaningful family name legacy:

1. Share stories of the past with your children and remind them of your family name legacy, what it means and what values and traditions are important

2. Surround yourself with things that remind you of your family name legacy - heirlooms,  stories, memories, photos and keepsakes.

3. Identify meaningful things in your life and invest your time and resources in these things, and by example, lead your children to do the same.

4. Celebrate special traditions within your family handed down from generation to generation, and create new ones together as well.

Nurturing your family name and family legacy is a valuable and meaningful gift. The connection and bonds formed by your family name and its history, and legacy, is both a gift from the past and for the future, after all.

Researching your family name legacy, can give you a whole new perspective and bring meaningful insights to both your past and present life - this is a gift as well. It is in these amazing moments shared and cherished within your family that nurture and encourage you to create and continue a lasting legacy for your life and for future generations.

Discover and grow your family name legacy and you will keep both ancestral family traditions and new family traditions alive, that will be passed onto your children, and their children, for years to come.

By giving the gift of your family name it will be remembered. Strengthen the gift of your family name legacy, through the sharing of stories, through the retelling of memories, and by surrounding yourself with keepsakes and mementos that conjure up meaningful connected family rememberance, bringing a smile to your face and warm feelings in your heart. And the more you remember, the more you cherish, the longer your family name and it's legacy lasts.

What family name legacy will you leave behind? 

Your family name connects you to a legacy left by those you love. Knowing your family name legacy connects you with the meaning of who you are. Your family legacy brings meaning into your life, self-worth, and guidance. Knowing the values, beliefs, and traditions of the past can help you live to the fullest in the present, and carry your legacy into the future.

Leaving behind a family name legacy through the gift of giving is priceless. A personal keepsake to adorn your loved one’s family homes with, to treasure, and cherish for years to come. Photos of times gone by and moments created with family, the gift of legacy of your family name hangs among your family’s prized possessions.  

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by Lexi Stewart 


Editor
 - Decor, Design & Personal Style Ideas 

AlphabetPIX 

Next Week…

Your Family Name: Story

Along with your family tree, Coat Of Arms or Family Crest, Family Name Artwork is a wonderful way to showcase, remember, preserve and nurture your family history and legacy.

With AlphabetPIX alphabet photography name art, it’s easy to honor your legacy, and it’s fun and creative too. With these tips from our creative team, you can design a personalized artwork of your family name legacy in a few minutes at alphabetpix.com:

How to Create Your Own Family Legacy:

In just 3 easy steps, you can create personalized name art for your family that's fun and meaningful!

Tip 1. Get The Whole Family Involved!

Everyone in the family can be artsy! For many people, nothing means more to them in life than FAMILY. As parents, brothers, sisters, and children, we are all part of this wonderful group of people who share a strong bond that’s unlike any other. As you’re creating AlphabetPIX artwork for your family legacy, do it with your family! Get everyone involved in this activity - the little ones to the oldies - everyone can express their artistic side!

Tip 2. Create Artwork That Works For Any Living Space Or Occasion

With almost limitless customization possibilities and creative potential, embrace getting lost in the sea of themes and choices when making a decision on which alphabet photography to use. With the 1000+ options, you can create name artwork for any living space or occasion - a super unique birthday gift, special personalized wedding gift, beautiful wall art holiday gift, memorable housewarming gift, and more!

Tip 3. Let Your Family Legacy Be Your Guide

Your family legacy and your artistic process is personal to you and your family name - it’s special. Allow inspiration from your own memories and stories to be your guide as you take your time enjoying fun creativity! Design your legacy in art as a true, authentic reflection of yourself and the spirit of your family name and your family legacy.

Tip 4. Have Fun And Bring Your Personal Creativity Into Your Creations

Always keep in mind that creativity and fun can be part of preserving your family’s legacy. With 1000+ alphabet photo choices, the sky is the limit, express yourself and your creativity. With so many themes, words, frames, and colors, you can make artistic choices that create name artwork super personalized to you and your style! 

And create a family name legacy cherished and remembered forever...

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"Our FAMILY NAME 

created in photos is 

so personal to me, 

it brings me joy & 

makes me smile!

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“

Fab FAMILY NAME art!

A beautiful and 

very thoughtful 

and personal gift.

”

Wedding

~ reminder ~

PIX STORIES

Thank you very much! 

Your very personal artwork touches people’s hearts and gives us a family keepsake we will treasure forever!