Remiro Spicer recovered from injury and months at the infamous Andersonville prison to raise a family in Upstate New York
The story of how I discovered that I'm the descendant of Jewish slave owners from Mississippi.
Some of our best family heirlooms are the things Grammy kept from her wedding.
When Megan comes home with a question about her family history, little did she know that she would never get a complete answer.
Hunting for James Englehart's parents
This is an introduction to my lifetime of collecting United States postage stamps. It has been a wonderful experience.
Joseph and Lena Rabinowitz were Russian immigrants who ran a corner grocery in Jewish Harlem. Their nine children were native Americans.
Home from the war, Stan Ruby is a graduate student at Columbia. His bride, Helga Ringel, is a smart, pretty war refugee from Berlin.
The U.S. liquor industry took off after the repeal of Prohibition. Walter Ruby was the marketing manager for American Spirits.
Stan's innovations in Mossbauer spectroscopy.
Stan maintained correspondence with his closest high school and Army buddies, several of whom went on to prominent careers.
A newspaper clipping placed Walter Ruby on the scene of an automobile wreck in Hudson County, N.J. Not every lead pans out.
Walter Ruby's boss in the liquor business became an influential figure in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Lee Harvey Oswald-killer Jack Ruby was not related to our family. He tarnished our name in the history books.
Almost all logistical processes were done on paper until transportation management systems (TMSs) were introduced.