The sweep of family history across the generations
Twyla Ariel Eilertsen Ruby was born on August 7, 1985
In 1955, Helga led a committee of parents to open a preschool in Vestal.
Seymour, also called Samuel, was partly estranged from the family. He worked as a truant officer in the New York City schools. His daughter Harriet Berkowitz discovered our blog and contributed a trove of precious documents.
Today it is Rezekne in Latvia. In the 19th century, it was the village in Vitebsk Province where our Tulbowitz clan lived in the old Yiddish way
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
A surprising artifact discovered after a parent's death leads to a series of discoveries and a new pastime in genealogy
Joan Ruby married Milton Felenstein. Their life and family in Rockville Centre.
Our best documented family line is Feige Kaufler's ancestry among the Jewish families of Krakow.
How and why did Stan Ruby's important post-graduate research go wrong, and what impact did it have on his career in physics?
Meta, Blossom and Sadie
Moses Ringel and Rose Lea Reichman raised a large family in Rzeszów in the Galizianer tradition
First came Walter, then Danny and Joanne. They would carry on the Ruby-Ringel genes.
During the course of my genealogy work, I have discovered and connected with cousins from all my family branches. Here are some lessons learned.