Family Story Finder

The sweep of family history across the generations

Twyla Ariel Eilertsen Ruby was born on August 7, 1985

Our years in Pittsburgh were spent in a tract house in a natural wonderland—backed up against a family farm and an equestrian estate.

In 1955, Helga led a committee of parents to open a preschool in Vestal.

Stan summered at a Jewish summer camp in the Adirondacks.

Home from the war, Stan Ruby was a graduate student in physics at Columbia University. Helga Ringel was a smart, pretty war refugee from Berlin

Joan Ruby married Milton Felenstein. Their life and family in Rockville Centre.

First came Walter, then Danny and Joanne. They would carry on the Ruby-Ringel genes.

Family stories may be sweeping or specific. They capture some essential aspect of the family's generational journey.