The sweep of family history across the generations
In July 2003, Stan and Helga came to the East Bay for a golden summer outing.
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.
Twyla Ariel Eilertsen Ruby was born on August 7, 1985
In 1955, Helga led a committee of parents to open a preschool in Vestal.
Remembering our Ringel and Wohlgemuth/Paechter family members who perished in the Shoah.
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.
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.
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
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.
Cherry picking the best content from our founding document written in 2006: "The Ruby Family Histories — The Early Lives of Stanley and Helga Ruby"