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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
  • family secret
  • suicide
  • artifacts
  • Los Gatos
  • New York
  • Queens
  • Ruby
  • Ratner
Missing Identities

Missing Identities

janette_silverman

How I came to identify Pepa Grass and Isak Wolf Fink

abt 1926 – 1986
  • 10
  • Memories
  • post World War II
  • Polish Census
  • Stanisławów
  • Brooklyn
  • Harry
  • Ella
  • Diana
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
  • activism
  • science
  • Children
  • Brookhaven
  • New York City
  • Binghamton
  • Ringel
  • Ruby
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