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Demise of the cultured Lewi family
  • Nov 11, 2020

Five siblings who stayed true to German ideals until the bitter end

from Another Time, Another Place

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Eilertsen roots in Farsund, Norway
  • Jun 29, 2021

Farmers and seafarers from the south Norway coast

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Love conquers all as Gerhard marries Ilse
  • Nov 03, 2020

Two young Berliners make a modern marriage—with lasting consequences

from Another Time, Another Place

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Your first family story
  • Feb 28, 2023

Family stories may be sweeping or specific. They capture some essential aspect of the family's generational journey.

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Stan finds love outside of a 20-block radius
  • Aug 13, 2017

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…

from Ruby Family History Project

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Yichus and our relation to the famous rabbi
  • Sep 20, 2020

Walter thought he had proved the family legend of descent from the celebrated Kovno Rav, Rabbi Yitchak Elchanon Spektor. Later facts emerged that…

from Ruby Family History Project

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