My obsession with ancestry.com has been renewed during our recent visit to the New York Tenement Museum.  This salvaged treasure offers a glimpse into the lives of a sampling of early immigrant families, German, Irish, Russian/Jewish and Italian. From 1863 through the Great Depression, this small Lower East Side building housed thousands of residents passing through its 22 apartments. Originally, there were gas lights, no plumbing, few windows and shared outhouses.  Innovations… Read More