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How the Yorkers Immigrated to Philadelphia
Here's how Grandmom's family left Russia for a new life in the U.S. fifteen years before she was born.
April 15, 1858 – 1950
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How I Got Into Genealogy
Not many people can say they got started at 12, but I did! Here's the full story.
July 1991 – 2013
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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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Grammy's Wedding Keepsakes
Some of our best family heirlooms are the things Grammy kept from her wedding.
1941 – December 1, 2007
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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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Samuel McCormick (abt.1831-1887)
After fleeing Ireland as a young man, during the potato famine, Samuel settles on a farm in Burlington, New Jersey, and has eight children.
1831 – Sep 1979
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Our Ruby name — sullied in Dallas
Lee Harvey Oswald-killer Jack Ruby was not related to our family. He tarnished our name in the history books.
November 25, 1963 – November 25, 1963
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