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The family secret behind granddad's desk calendar

The family secret behind granddad's desk calendar

Dan Ruby

A surprising artifact discovered after a parent's death leads to a series of discoveries and an ongoing interest in genealogy.

October 1937 – August 2006
  • 15
  • 2
  • artifacts
  • suicide
  • family secret
  • New York
  • Queens
  • Mt. Hebron Cemetery
  • Ratner
  • Ruby
Joseph and Sadie  Fagan (Part 1)

Joseph and Sadie Fagan (Part 1)

Larry Fagan

Part 1: Joseph Fagan's journey from Minsk to New York City

1896 – 1935
  • 40
  • Naturalization
  • Birth
  • US census
  • Bronx
  • Brooklyn
  • New York City
Stan finds love outside of a 10-block radius

Stan finds love outside of a 10-block radius

Dan Ruby

Home from the war, Stan Ruby is a graduate student at Columbia. His bride, Helga Ringel, is a smart, pretty war refugee from Berlin.

1947 – 2005
  • 2
  • Children
  • science
  • activism
  • Brookhaven
  • New York City
  • Binghamton
  • Ringel
  • Ruby
Grad-student life in a packet of letters

Grad-student life in a packet of letters

Dan Ruby

Stan maintained correspondence with his closest high school and Army buddies, several of whom went on to prominent careers.

1947 – 1951
  • 2
  • politics
  • science
  • academia
  • New York City
  • Chicago
  • Berkeley
  • Ruby
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