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How the Yorkers Immigrated to Philadelphia
Here's how Grandmom's family left Russia for a new life in the U.S. fifteen years before she was born.
April 15, 1858 – 1950
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How I Got Into Genealogy
Not many people can say they got started at 12, but I did! Here's the full story.
July 1991 – 2013
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EDITOR'S PICK
Marlow & Maryn, Meet Your Namesakes
Your Pop-pop and I want you to know about our parents, for whom you were named.
1900 – 2011
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David meets Judi
She caught the bouquet and I caught the garter. Later that evening, Sylvia made an announcement. Mother is always right!
June 4, 1971 – December 26, 1971
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EDITOR'S PICK
A Civil War Hero, A Father, An Ancestor
Remiro Spicer recovered from injury and months at the infamous Andersonville prison to raise a family in Upstate New York
November 25, 1840 – May 4, 1926
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It Began in a Graveyard
Not quite 14 years old, I met my ancestors by accident and life has never been the same.
February 1993 – July 31, 2004
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Grammy's Wedding Keepsakes
Some of our best family heirlooms are the things Grammy kept from her wedding.
1941 – December 1, 2007
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Would you abandon this girl in Liverpool?
The story of how my great-grandmother almost didn't make it to the U.S.
12/4/1901 – 2000
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Rabbi Adolph Huebsch, Bernhardt, and Us
Our first encounter with Rabbi Huebsch moved us to tears, but is he even related to our (great-)grandfather Bernhardt?
1525 – May 2010
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Who Do You Think You Are: Zooey Deschanel
Zooey had always heard her Quaker ancestors were active abolitionists, but the extent of their involvement is truly remarkable.
1800 – October 1852
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The Amazing Ancestry of Abraham Phillips
"Born 1808, Philadelphia," read his tombstone in a Mississippi Jewish cemetery. Could I prove my hunch about what that meant?
1668 – May 2013
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Samuel McCormick (abt.1831-1887)
After fleeing Ireland as a young man, during the potato famine, Samuel settles on a farm in Burlington, New Jersey, and has eight children.
1831 – Sep 1979
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Stan finds love outside of a 10-block radius
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
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Mossbauer man — Stan makes his mark in physics
Stan's innovations in Mossbauer spectroscopy.
1958 – 1996
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Our Ruby name — sullied in Dallas
Lee Harvey Oswald-killer Jack Ruby was not related to our family. He tarnished our name in the history books.
November 25, 1963 – November 25, 1963
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