Family Story Finder
The sweep of family history across the generations
Joan and Ruby
Joan’s second marriage to Rueben Meyers brought her great happiness.
Mössbauer man—Stan makes his mark in physics
Stan's innovations in Mossbauer spectroscopy.
Our Brenner cousins
Janis, Leslie and Amy grew up—each a star in her own way.
Rabbi Spektor's true genealogy
Most of what we discovered about Rabbi Spektor's genealogy was entirely true. All but the myth of our family's connection to it
Yichus and our relation to the famous rabbi
Walter thought he had proved the family legend of descent from the celebrated Kovno Rav, Rabbi Yitchak Elchanon Spektor. Later facts emerged that suggested a more tenuous connection.