The sweep of family history across the generations
Farmers and seafarers from the south Norway coast
Stan strung transmission wires in the South Pacific during World War II.
Remembering our Ringel and Wohlgemuth/Paechter family members who perished in the Shoah.
The Ringel family crossed from Lisbon on the SS Guine—but their entry to the U.S. was anything but routine
In July 1940, consular officials from three nations conspired to open an escape route for Jews out of occupied France. Why did they do it?
Walter Ruby's boss in the liquor business became an influential figure in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Out of the files of the U.S. Patent Office and into the peculiar subculture of corkscrew collectors
A surprising artifact discovered after a parent's death leads to a series of discoveries and a new pastime in genealogy
How and why did Stan Ruby's important post-graduate research go wrong, and what impact did it have on his career in physics?
A newspaper clipping placed Walter Ruby on the scene of an automobile wreck in Hudson County, N.J. Not every lead pans out.