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Family Story Finder

The sweep of family history across the generations

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First grandchild
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Twyla Ariel Eilertsen Ruby was born on August 7, 1985

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Ghosts of Weißensee—the cemetery played on
  • 1929 - 1942

How did Betty Katz meet her end in February 1942?

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

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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

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Rosa’s fateful choice
  • 1936 - 1940

Rosa Feidt was the only Lewi sibling who got out, to her everlasting remorse

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Stan finds love outside of a 20-block radius
  • April 1946 - June 1947

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

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The Felensteins of Long Island
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Joan Ruby married Milton Felenstein. Their life and family in Rockville Centre.

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The Rubys in Israel—1961 sabbatical
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Our family’s amazing year of discovery and connection

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