Family Story Finder
The sweep of family history across the generations
1968 Democratic convention
It was a signature moment of the turbulent 1960s. Walter, 18, and Dan, 15, were there in Chicago, working as messengers for the Eugene McCarthy campaign.
Demise of the cultured Lewi family
Five siblings who stayed true to German ideals until the bitter end
Family History Machine is reborn in 2020
Machinist Dan Ruby and his team members envision a new future for Family History Machine
On Hill Avenue
The Ruby family comes of age in a bedroom suburb west of Chicago
The corkscrew on eBay—sourcing family artifacts
Out of the files of the U.S. Patent Office and into the peculiar subculture of corkscrew collectors