NOVEMBER 04, 2021 Middle names, also known as second given names, tend to be shrouded in mystery a lot of the time. This happens because they don’t really serve much purpose, at least in the United States, unless of course you’ve committed murder. In that event, as you might well be aware, a murderer’s full legal name is printed up in all the papers to help distinguish them from other persons who share the first and last names. It also comes in handy differentiating yourself from a terrorist who has found their name plastered on the “no fly” list. But aside from those rare and uncommon occurrences, middle names do not tend to be well known, even amongst close friends or family at times. Week 39: Steps Ethel (Hinman) Eggenberger, ca. 5 Feb 1930. This was certainly the case for Ethel Hinman, my paternal great grandmother. When I first began researching my family history, I had no sources that recorded her middle name. And both my father and aunt (her grandchildren) were not aware o...