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Everything I Know About Hyman Victor
A repository for information about the life of my late great grandfather Hyman Victor, a Jewish immigrant who came to America in 1913.
1883 – 1960
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A 14-year old's quest to find her grandfather
How in finding the man, I discovered my Galician roots.
1849 – 2012
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The woman behind the picture
She is not smiling for the photo. She is not even looking at the camera. Who is my great grandmother? What does her expression mean?
1828 – 1917
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The Big Jacobowsky
The story of how I discovered that I'm the descendant of Jewish slave owners from Mississippi.
February 11, 1897 – 2012
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The family secret behind granddad's desk calendar
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
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Grandmom's Wedgwood China
My most treasured heirloom recalls holiday meals and Grammy's cooking. It also records -- literally! -- something more about their lives.
1959 – 2009
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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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Bracha Ingber and"The Madoff of Ternovo"
The story of how a brave young girl stood up to a financial con artist and proved him wrong.
1914 – January 2017
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Joseph and Sadie Fagan (Part 1)
Part 1: Joseph Fagan's journey from Minsk to New York City
1896 – 1935
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The Rabinowitz family in Jewish Harlem
Joseph and Lena Rabinowitz were Russian immigrants who ran a corner grocery in Jewish Harlem. Their nine children were native Americans.
1890 – 1950
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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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Walter Ruby and the Carioca Cooler
The U.S. liquor industry took off after the repeal of Prohibition. Walter Ruby was the marketing manager for American Spirits.
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Grad-student life in a packet of letters
Stan maintained correspondence with his closest high school and Army buddies, several of whom went on to prominent careers.
1947 – 1951
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Sidney Kessler and American Spirits
Walter Ruby's boss in the liquor business became an influential figure in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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