Family Story Finder

The sweep of family history across the generations

Family roots in the Plymouth colony
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Isetta Stetson descended from early Massachusetts colonists, going all the way back to the Mayflower on one side. Nine generations later, her midwestern parents still upheld Yankee values

Helga in the League of Women Voters
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Helga expressed a commitment to liberal values in her lifelong work for the League of Women Voters.

Joan and Ruby
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Joan’s second marriage to Rueben Meyers brought her great happiness.

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

Mel Brenner
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Mel accomplished many things in life, but his life’s greatest moments happened during the Battle of the Bulge

Mössbauer man—Stan makes his mark in physics
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Stan's innovations in Mossbauer spectroscopy.

Our Brenner cousins
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Janis, Leslie and Amy grew up—each a star in her own way.

The problem with anti-ballistic missiles
  • October 6 1968 - March 10 1969

Stanley Ruby entered the public debate over nuclear missile technology in 1968-69.