The sweep of family history across the generations
Machinist Dan Ruby and his team members envision a new future for Family History Machine
Most of what we discovered about Rabbi Spektor's genealogy was entirely true. All but the myth of our family's connection to it
Out of the files of the U.S. Patent Office and into the peculiar subculture of corkscrew collectors
How and why did Stan Ruby's important post-graduate research go wrong, and what impact did it have on his career in physics?
The U.S. liquor industry took off after the repeal of Prohibition. Walter Ruby was the marketing manager for the American Spirits company
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.