Karlie Kelsch, blog writer, sitting on a railing at a beautiful historic site.

Karlie Kelsch

Karlie got into family history because she loves hunting down the skeletons in the family closet. She is weirdly proficient at Swedish research, considering she doesn't speak Swedish. Karlie is a chronic perfectionist—but that's okay because she's an editor as well as a writer, and editors need a certain amount of perfectionism to catch commas. Originally from Colorado, Karlie also loves eating peaches, watching British historical dramas, and reading novels.

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