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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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The Secrets of Lonni Wernicke Wheeler Sanger
How the truth behind my grand-mother's life was revealed as gossip at her burial, and only shown to be true 20 years later.
1891 – 1987
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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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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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If walls could talk — 75 years in a Parisian villa
The home of a French Jewish jeweller was "Aryanized" and became a Nazi salon during the Occupation.
1932 – 2013
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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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The Allen & Underhill families were neighbors
William Walter Allen & his wife Helen Maria Gansevoort lived next door to Anthony Lispenard Underhill & his wife Charlotte Louise McBeath.
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Hunting for the Story of the Pirate Toy Chest
A scarred wooden toy chest reveals the story of an ambitious New York box maker and the tragic end of a family business.
1875 – August 2012
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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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Rezekne to Rostov to Albany
The Tulbowitz/Ratner family originated in the Vitebsk region, lived for decades near Rostov-on-Don, and finally settled in Albany, New York.
1818 – 12 AUG 2002
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The Ruby-Rustad experiment — what went wrong?
How and why did Stan Ruby's important post-graduate research go wrong, and what impact did it have on his career in physics?
19 JUL 1924 – 18 OCT 2004
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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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Abe Ratner in the seltzer business
The Ratner family became established in the Fifth Ward of Albany, N.Y. Abe bottled soda water and Rose nurtured a brood of children.
1890 – 1950
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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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