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Partner Organizations: American Jewish Historical Society, American
Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, MO Institute for Jewish
Research, Yeshiva University Museum
• Location: 15 West 16th St., New York City; (212) 242-0624
• Size: 125,000 square feet; 100 million archival documents; 500,000 books
• Cost to Build: $50 million
• Services/Highlights: Research facilities for scholars and the public,
resources for genealogical searches; center will also host academic confer-
ences and cultural programs
• Hours of Operation: Mon.-Thurs. 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Fri. 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

tions' collections — much of it
their Jewish family history is a bene-
housed in card catalog cabinets — is
fit," he said.
still in the process of being merged
Numerous online resources already
into one database.
exist for Jewish genealogy, including a
Lois Cronholm, the center's vice
Web site — jewishgen.org — linking
president, said she does not
users to various related sites
foresee putting the whole col-
and
databases.
The reading
lection on the Internet, but
One
database on the site,
room of the
there are plans for an academic
called
the
JewishGen Family
newly opened
council to meet and establish
Finder,
connects
people doing
Center for
priorities as to what materials
research, so that those with
Jewish
ought to be digitized.
the same surnames or towns
History, in
Cronholm insists that the
of
ancestral origin can share
New York.
consortium is more than "just
findings.
an address where five organiza-
The center has created a
tions moved in because it was an air-
genealogy institute to coordinate the
conditioned building."
organizations' services to people
The center, she said, provides "infor-
researching family histories. It will
mation on a worldwide basis on what
help people navigate their way
happened at various times in history,"
through the process by fielding
and is a "giant step forward in the
queries, offering training workshops
ability to study Jewish history
on Jewish genealogy and distributing
"You can't just do that all in cyber-
fact sheets outlining what resources are
space," she said.
available and how to use them, includ-
The center will provide a new refer-
ing unusual sources such as orphanage
ence spot for Jewish genealogy, an avo-
records.
cation that is believed to be growing
"There are tons of records people
in popularity.
don't really know about or know how
Gary Mokotoff, co-owner of
to use," said Rachel Fisher, director of
Avotaynu Inc., a New Jersey-based
the institute.
publisher of books and a quarterly
"Someone might say 'My grand-
magazine on Jewish genealogy, esti-
mother said she was from such and
mates that some 50,000 Jews around
such a town, but I have no idea where
the world are involved in researching
it is,' or 'I know the town and where it
their family history.
is, but how do I get town records?' or
"Any location that provides the
'Does YIVO have anything for me?"
service of helping people research
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