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Our Family Story

From twelve handwritten ledgers to a living archive — how one Vermont family learned to keep itself together.

Mother with her two children on the family couch

Since 1998

Explore your roots. Keep your stories alive.

Elmhaven Ancestry began when Harold Elmsworth's twelve family ledgers passed to his grandchildren — forty-one years of births, marriages and homecomings in careful ink. We built this archive so those names would never sit silent on a shelf again.

Today the family counts more than two hundred members across nine states. We keep the tree, the photographs, the reunions and the stories — and we help every new-found cousin graft their branch onto the trunk.

200+Family members
28Annual reunions
4kArchived photographs

Family comes first

Before anything else, we keep relatives close. Every decision here starts with bringing family nearer.

Preserve everything

Letters, ledgers, photographs, recipes. Scan it, label it, share it — a story nobody reads is only half kept.

Welcome everyone

New-found cousins sit at the head of the table. If you share the name, you share the story.

Come home to your story

Open the tree, find your branch, and join us at the next long table.

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