“Everything is relative except relatives,
and they are absolute.”
-Alfred Steiglitz
Family history is a way to bring our ancestors to life.
This blog details my journey as a genealogist and is a means to record my notes, recent discoveries, and the stories of my ancestors. The goal of Relatively is to inspire other family historians to preserve and share their own family stories.
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Mom and Dad in the 1950 U.S. Census
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Great-Grandpa’s Big Invention
My great-grandfather, Clarkson Valentine Hendrickson Jr. (1890–1964) was a mechanical engineer or draftsman as I remember my father describing his occupation. But I never had…
Photogenetic: My Earliest Known McKnight Ancestors
My father’s cousin, Ann Dalton provided me with photos of my earliest known McKnight Ancestors – Elizabeth (Madden) McKnight and twin boys, John and Frank.
An Unexpected Connection at Green-Wood Cemetery
Have you experienced any strange coincidences in your family tree? By definition, a coincidence is a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal…
Trying to Preserve Your Family Artifacts? Don’t Do What I Did.
During World War II, my maternal grandmother Hazel was a glassblower for scientific glassmakers E. Matchlett & Son in New York City. When my mother…
Just the Facts: Harold Ewart
A brief look at the life of my maternal grandfather, Harold Ewart (1915-1917), merchant mariner of Brooklyn, New York.
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