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	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.
 
	
	
	
	My most treasured heirloom recalls holiday meals and Grammy's cooking. It also records -- literally! -- something more about their lives.
 
	
	
	
	William Walter Allen & his wife Helen Maria Gansevoort lived next door to Anthony Lispenard Underhill & his wife Charlotte Louise McBeath.
 
	
	
	
	A scarred wooden toy chest reveals the story of an ambitious New York box maker and the tragic end of a family business.
 
	
	
	
	The Tulbowitz/Ratner family originated in the Vitebsk region, lived for decades near Rostov-on-Don, and finally settled in Albany, New York.