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== Wiki Articles on Major Repositories for New York == | == Wiki Articles on Major Repositories for New York == | ||
[[Albany Institute of History and Art]]{{·}} [[Bronx County Historical Society]]{{·}} [[Brooklyn Historical Society]]{{·}} [[Buffalo and Erie County Public Library]]{{·}} [[Children's Aid Society]]{{·}} [[Cornell University Library]]{{·}} [[Historic Hudson Valley Library]]{{·}} [[Holland Society of New York]]{{·}} [[Huguenot Society of America]]{{·}} [[Leo Baeck Institute]]{{·}} [[Montgomery County Department of History and Archives]]{{·}} [[National Archives at New York City]]{{·}} [[New England Historic Genealogical Society]] (Boston MA){{·}} [[New York City Department of Records]]{{·}} [[New York City Municipal Reference and Research Center]]{{·}} [[New York Foundling Hospital]]{{·}} [[New York Genealogical and Biographical Society]]{{·}} [[New-York Historical Society]]{{·}} [[New York Public Library]]{{·}} [[New York State Archives]]{{·}} [[New York State Council of Genealogical Organizations]]{{·}} New York State Department of Health{{·}} [[New York State Historical Association]]{{·}} [[New York State Library]]{{·}} [[Onondaga Historical Association]]{{·}} [[Queens Historical Society]]{{·}} [[Stadsarchief Amsterdam]] (Netherlands){{·}} [[SUNY Fredonia Reed Library]]{{·}} [[Staten Island Historical Society]]{{·}} [[Steele Memorial Library]]{{·}} [[Western Reserve Historical Society]] (Cleveland, OH)<br> | [[Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute]]{{·}} [[Albany Institute of History and Art]]{{·}} [[Bronx County Historical Society]]{{·}} [[Brooklyn Historical Society]]{{·}} [[Buffalo and Erie County Public Library]]{{·}} [[Children's Aid Society]]{{·}} [[Cornell University Library]]{{·}} [[Historic Hudson Valley Library]]{{·}} [[Holland Society of New York]]{{·}} [[Huguenot Society of America]]{{·}} [[Leo Baeck Institute]]{{·}} [[Montgomery County Department of History and Archives]]{{·}} [[National Archives at New York City]]{{·}} [[New England Historic Genealogical Society]] (Boston MA){{·}} [[New York City Department of Records]]{{·}} [[New York City Municipal Reference and Research Center]]{{·}} [[New York Foundling Hospital]]{{·}} [[New York Genealogical and Biographical Society]]{{·}} [[New-York Historical Society]]{{·}} [[New York Public Library]]{{·}} [[New York State Archives]]{{·}} [[New York State Council of Genealogical Organizations]]{{·}} New York State Department of Health{{·}} [[New York State Historical Association]]{{·}} [[New York State Library]]{{·}} [[Onondaga Historical Association]]{{·}} [[Queens Historical Society]]{{·}} [[Stadsarchief Amsterdam]] (Netherlands){{·}} [[SUNY Fredonia Reed Library]]{{·}} [[Staten Island Historical Society]]{{·}} [[Steele Memorial Library]]{{·}} [[Western Reserve Historical Society]] (Cleveland, OH)<br> | ||
== Online Records of New York == | == Online Records of New York == | ||
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1 Lafayette Square<br>Buffalo , NY 14203<br>Telephone: 716-858-8900<br>E-mail: [http://www.buffalolib.org/content/contact-us/email-us Email Us]<br>Website: [http://www.buffalolib.org/ Buffalo {{amp}} Erie County Public Library] | 1 Lafayette Square<br>Buffalo , NY 14203<br>Telephone: 716-858-8900<br>E-mail: [http://www.buffalolib.org/content/contact-us/email-us Email Us]<br>Website: [http://www.buffalolib.org/ Buffalo {{amp}} Erie County Public Library] | ||
:Good genealogy collection with good indexes, many biographies, family folders, county and local histories for the entire state.</ref> 25,000 local histories, 5,500 genealogies, city directories, ''New York State Vital Records Index'', local vital records, 110-drawer card index of the Local History File about people, places, and things in Western NY, church and cemetery records, genealogical and local history periodicals, newspapers, maps, military histories, ethnic research resources, indices to passenger lists, immigrant ships, and English parish records.<ref>[http://www.buffalolib.org/content/grosvenor/genealogy-collection Genealogy Collection] in ''Buffalo and Erie County Public Library'' (accessed 21 November 2013).</ref><br><br> | :Good genealogy collection with good indexes, many biographies, family folders, county and local histories for the entire state.</ref> 25,000 local histories, 5,500 genealogies, city directories, ''New York State Vital Records Index'', local vital records, 110-drawer card index of the Local History File about people, places, and things in Western NY, church and cemetery records, genealogical and local history periodicals, newspapers, maps, military histories, ethnic research resources, indices to passenger lists, immigrant ships, and English parish records.<ref>[http://www.buffalolib.org/content/grosvenor/genealogy-collection Genealogy Collection] in ''Buffalo and Erie County Public Library'' (accessed 21 November 2013).</ref><br><br> | ||
=== Center for Jewish History === | |||
==== Ackman & Ziff Fam. Geneal. Institute ==== | |||
:'''[[Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute]]'''<br>'''''Center for Jewish History'''''<br>15 West 16th Street<br>(Between 5th & 6th Avenues)<br>New York, NY 10011<br>Telephone: 917-606-8217<br>E-mail: [mailto:gi@cjh.org gi@cjh.org]<br>Website: [http://genealogy.cjh.org Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute]<br>Website: [http://search.cjh.org/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=beta Search] the catalog of all five ''Center for Jewish History'' partner collections by subject, author, title, or call number.<br> | |||
::The '''[[Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute]]''' provides access to genealogical resources of the '''''[http://www.cjh.org/ Center for Jewish History]'''''’s five partner collections, a large reference collection, online databases, and research guides. The partners’ archives comprise the world’s most comprehensive Jewish [[File:Center for Jewish History NYC.jpg|thumb|right|380px|<center>'''''Center for Jewish History''''' (Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute; and the Leo Baeck Institute) in Manhattan</center>]]collection outside of Israel (more than 500,000 volumes). These include family and community histories, Landsmanshaftn collections, newsletters of Jewish genealogical societies, memoirs, Jewish Data (database), historic newspapers (including ''New York Times'' and ''Washington Post''), American Jewish Newspapers, ''Pinkas Hakehillot'' and other Holocaust reference works, photographs, personal, communal, cultural, political and professional organization records. A large part of their genealogy resources are unique to the Center. Their microfilm collections include Jewish records from Eastern and Central Europe, the German Minority Census of 1938, Philadelphia HIAS records, Russian Consular records and indexes, and New York City birth and death record indexes.<ref>[http://genealogy.cjh.org/about About the Institute] in ''Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute'' (accessed 19 July 2017).</ref><br> | |||
==== [[Leo Baeck Institute]] ==== | |||
:'''''Center for Jewish History'''''<br>15 West 16th Street<br>(Between 5th & 6th Avenues)<br>New York, NY 10011<br>Telephone: 212-744-6400 or 212-294-8340<br>E-mail: [https://www.lbi.org/ask/ Ask a Librarian form]<br>Website: [https://www.lbi.org/ Leo Baeck Institute—New York|Berlin]<br> | |||
::Leo Baeck Institute is devoted to the history and culture of German-speaking Jews.<ref>[https://www.lbi.org/ Home] in ''Leo Baeck Institute—New York|Berlin'' (accessed 6 May 2016).</ref> They preserve family and community histories about Jews in German speaking countries.<br><br> | |||
[[Image:Children's Aid Society.JPG|thumb|right|375px|Children's Aid Society in Manhattan]] | [[Image:Children's Aid Society.JPG|thumb|right|375px|Children's Aid Society in Manhattan]] | ||
=== [[Children's Aid Society]] === | === [[Children's Aid Society]] === | ||
105 East 22nd Street<br>New York, NY 10010<br>Telephone: 212-949-4800<br>Website: [http://www.childrensaidsociety.org/ The Children's Aid Society] | 105 East 22nd Street<br>New York, NY 10010<br>Telephone: 212-949-4800<br>Website: [http://www.childrensaidsociety.org/ The Children's Aid Society] | ||