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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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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 Wondering Child
I believe that I was chosen before I came here to write about those who wanted their stories told which is why I was a wondering child...
c. 1920 – 2013
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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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Who Do You Think You Are: Kelly Clarkson
Singer Kelly Clarkson learns about her third great-grandfather's Civil War experiences and subsequent career as a public servant.
1861 – July 2013
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Bad News: Headstones and Headlines
A first experiment searching historic newspaper archives is successful, but yields a ghastly surprise.
1900 – 8/4/2013
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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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Ringel-Kaufler roots in Austrian Galicia
Schija Ringel and Feiga Kaufler came to Berlin as young people in the 1880s. They had their roots in Jewish Galicia.
1829 – 5 NOV 1885
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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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