The sweep of family history across the generations
In July 2003, Stan and Helga came to the East Bay for a golden summer outing.
Dan supplemented his attendance at a Warsaw genealogy conference with a tour of family locations. Read his blog postings and view the post-trip video coverage.
Five siblings who stayed true to German ideals until the bitter end
Ed loved crosswords, so Dan Ruby created a tribute puzzle for his memorial. Kate and Twyla were the clue crew.
Our years in Pittsburgh were spent in a tract house in a natural wonderland—backed up against a family farm and an equestrian estate.
An innovator in modern dance and choreography since breaking in with the Murray Lewis Dance Company in the 1980s. The Ratners moved geographically. Janis moves artistically.
When and why did Walter Rabinowitz take on our abbreviated last name? He may have gotten the idea during intermission at a Bronx nickelodeon
Remembering our Ringel and Wohlgemuth/Paechter family members who perished in the Shoah.
Betty’s father was a prosperous merchant who came to Pomerania from East Prussia.
The Ruby family comes of age in a bedroom suburb west of Chicago
A surprising artifact discovered after a parent's death leads to a series of discoveries and a new pastime in genealogy
Leon Klein continued to work for American Spirits as its upstate New York sales representative
Joseph and Lena Rabinowitz were Russian immigrants who ran a corner grocery in Jewish Harlem. Their nine children were native Americans
From 1880s to the 1930s, the Ringel family prospered in the garment trade in the German capital. Herman made men's outerwear.
Before moving his family to Berlin in 1912, Isaak Wohlgemuth prospered as a mover in Danzig. His family roots were in nearby West Prussia.
Cherry picking the best content from our founding document written in 2006: "The Ruby Family Histories — The Early Lives of Stanley and Helga Ruby"