The sweep of family history across the generations
The Ratner family became established in the Fifth Ward of Albany, N.Y. Abe bottled soda water and Rose nurtured a brood of children.
Machinist Dan Ruby and his team members envision a new future for Family History Machine
Stan maintained correspondence with his closest high school and Army buddies, several of whom went on to prominent careers.
Amid the chaos of the Nazi period, the Zionist school in Charlottenburg taught skills and values that lasted a lifetime
Stan strung transmission wires in the South Pacific during World War II.
Mel accomplished many things in life, but his life’s greatest moments happened during the Battle of the Bulge
Abe Blokh became Abe Ratner to avoid conscription and get out of Russia. With his young wife and her mother, they voyaged from Bremen to Leeds to New York
Herman Ringel and Walter Ruby wore opposing uniforms in the Great War
From Red Hook to Gerritsen Beach to Bay Ridge, Jack and Camilla Eilertsen lived the Norwegian immigrant experience in Brooklyn
Joseph and Lena Rabinowitz were Russian immigrants who ran a corner grocery in Jewish Harlem. Their nine children were native Americans
Meta, Blossom and Sadie