Family record steward
Santa Fe, New Mexico
The designated family historian connecting photographs, recipes, and voices across four generations.
The record
Sofia began with a shoebox of unlabeled photographs and one stubborn question: who are all these people? Her family profile now gives names, places, and voices back to those images while inviting relatives to add what only they remember.
Story collection
July 1979
Why everyone remembers the same table differently.
For Sofia, the table was noisy and crowded. Her brother remembers the chessboard under the window; her aunt remembers who always arrived late. Together, the versions make the room complete.
April 2001
A roll of film captured the family between two eras.
The camera moved from hand to hand all weekend. No one posed well, and half the frames were crooked. They became favorites because everyone was looking at one another instead of the lens.
December 2022
A handwritten note settled a decades-old argument about cinnamon.
Three versions of the same recipe arrived at the reunion. In the oldest margin, their grandmother had written 'cinnamon only when Elena visits.' The family laughed, then kept all three versions.
