The sweep of family history across the generations
Rosa Ringel married Pinkas Twiasschor in a borough of London in January 1911, at the same time that Twiasschor's sister wed another Berlin businessman. What was that all about?
Farmers and seafarers from the south Norway coast
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
Betty’s father was a prosperous merchant who came to Pomerania from East Prussia.
Abe Blokh became Abe Ratner to avoid conscription and get out of Russia. With his young wife and her mother, they voyaged from Bremen to Leeds to New York
Walter Ruby's boss in the liquor business became an influential figure in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
A newspaper clipping placed Walter Ruby on the scene of an automobile wreck in Hudson County, N.J. Not every lead pans out.