Ratner family in Albany

Discovery Notebook

Not everyone could attend. But Curt Decker, grandson of Pyser, updated us about his branch in a…

According to all accounts, Rose was a dynamo who did everything around the house. She was an…

New information (for us) about a branch of our Ratner family popped up on Ancestry.com, and as a…

Here are photos of the grave of our great-great grandparents Solomon (Shalom-Aharon) and Sophie…

Albany 1915 census
  • Aug 03, 2006

Here is one interesting lead, a Sofie and Morris Tulbowitz in Albany Ward 3 in a special NY…

Big news! I got a call from Beth Abraham Jacob congregation in Albany today advising me that…

Dan gave me the password to Ancestry.com and showed me around a little bit, and I managed to…

Just to record here the other wonderful discovery from our visit to the Hebrew Tailor's Assn…

I just spoke with Sandy and she said she had found an old notebook. The family name had been…

Transliterated tailors
  • Jul 26, 2006

Walter pointed out this surprising aspect of the cemetery plaque. Though written in Hebrew…

The Ratner grave site
  • Jul 26, 2006

Images from our cemetery visit in Albany.

 

The next few posts describe our visit to the cemetery where Abe, Rose, and Aunt Til are laid to…

16 Cuyler Avenue
  • Jul 25, 2006

Walter and Dan visited the house on Cuyler Avenue in July 2006 and found a sprawling three story…

After returning home from New York yesterday, I found the long-lost photos that had been loaned…

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