“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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Citizen Alfred Knowles
It’s unclear when most of my ancestors became American citizens. Some immigrated to the U.S. before the American Revolution, while others arrived as late as…
John Ewart’s Golden Opportunity
Lured by the excitement of gold discoveries in America, Australia, and in the newly settled colony of New Zealand, my 4x great-uncle, John Ewart, and…
Just the Facts: Hazel (Knowles) Ewart Rankin
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Graven Images: The Lockwood Marble Works Books
I haven’t been writing much lately, and that’s because I’ve spent the better part of June conducting some much-needed research in New York, investigating our…
Unsolved Mystery: The Woman in the Window
Old family photos are some of the most treasured records in a family history, capturing fleeting moments in an ancestor’s life. I’m fortunate to have…
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