“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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Questions from Uncle Paul
My uncle and I were recently talking about his grandparents, Clarkson and Olive (Anderson) Hendrickson. He had questions about why he never really saw them…
A Moment of Remembrance
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FOUND: My Great-Grandmother’s Sister, Anne Flood
Last month, the New York City Municipal Archives released 9.3 million historical vital records on a free online platform. For me, this was like hitting…
I’m on the Clock!
The countdown has begun — I’m officially on the clock! I submitted my preliminary application to the Board for Certification of Genealogists, kicking off the…
Photo Friday: My great-great-great-great-great aunt, Susan Emily Hendrickson and her husband in 1909.
Sometimes you find things when you’re not even looking. Imagine my surprise when I stumbled across this photo of an ancestor going back six generations.…
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