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*'''Archives''' collect and preserve '''original documents''' of organizations such as churches or governments. '''Libraries''' generally collect '''published sources''' such as books, maps, and microfilm.  
*'''Archives''' collect and preserve '''original documents''' of organizations such as churches or governments. '''Libraries''' generally collect '''published sources''' such as books, maps, and microfilm.  
*'''If you plan to visit a repository, contact them''' and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees. Ask if they require you to have a reader’s ticket (a paper indicating you are a responsible researcher) to view the records, and ask how to obtain one.  
*'''If you plan to visit a repository, contact them''' and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees. Ask if they require you to have a reader’s ticket (a paper indicating you are a responsible researcher) to view the records, and ask how to obtain one.  
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Har Hotzvim<br>  
Har Hotzvim<br>  
Jerusalem 91919, Israel <br>
Jerusalem 91919, Israel <br>
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Tel: 02-5680680,  02-5680612  <br>
Tel: 02-5680680,  02-5680612  <br>
Fax:02-5680670 <br>   
Fax:02-5680670 <br>   
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Information found in the Reading Room of the Israel State Archives.
* Records found in the Reading Room of the Israel State Archives includes the following:
*The Government of Israel The Office of the Chief Secretariat - 1918-1948  
*The Government of Israel The Office of the Chief Secretariat - 1918-1948  
::The Chief Executive Office of the British Mandatory Government in Palestine . Including personal files of government employees.  
::The Chief Executive Office of the British Mandatory Government in Palestine . Including personal files of government employees.  
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*Austrian consulate in Palestine 1903-1938
*Austrian consulate in Palestine 1903-1938
::list of passports, visas, applications for passports and visas to Austria, List of Austrian war dead buried in military cemeteries in Palestine.
::list of passports, visas, applications for passports and visas to Austria, List of Austrian war dead buried in military cemeteries in Palestine.
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'''The Central Zionist Archives'''<br>
Joseph Herlitz Street Address<br>
Jerusalem 9100002<br>
Israel<br>
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Telephone: 02-6204800<br>
Fax: 02-6204837 <br>
E-mail: cza@wzo.org.il<br>
*[http://www.zionistarchives.org.il/familyresearch/GenealogyDatabases/Pages/Default.aspx '''Genealogy Research''']
*[http://www.zionistarchives.org.il/familyresearch/Pages/about-family-research.aspx '''Requesting and paying for research''']
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'''Family research related collections:'''
*A card file and personal records of immigrants
*A card file and personal records of immigrants
::Jewish Agency card files and personal records of candidates for aliyah and of immigrants to Israel / the State of Israel
::Jewish Agency card files and personal records of candidates for aliyah and of immigrants to Israel / the State of Israel
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*Private archives of personalities who worked for Zionism
*Private archives of personalities who worked for Zionism
*Newspapers and books
*Newspapers and books
::Newspapers and periodicals published in Israel, in the State of Israel and abroad, which are made up of genealogies
::Newspapers and periodicals published in Israel, in the State of Israel and abroad, which are made up of genealogies<br>
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'''The Central Zionist Archives'''<br>
Joseph Herlitz Street Address<br>
Jerusalem 9100002<br>
Israel<br>
Telephone: 02-6204800<br>
Fax: 02-6204837 <br>
Email: cza@wzo.org.il<br>
*[http://www.zionistarchives.org.il/familyresearch/GenealogyDatabases/Pages/Default.aspx '''Genealogy Research''']
*[http://www.zionistarchives.org.il/familyresearch/Pages/about-family-research.aspx '''Requesting and paying for research''']<br>


'''The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People Jerusalem (CAHJP)'''<br>
'''The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People Jerusalem (CAHJP)'''<br>
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Jerusalem 91390<br>
Jerusalem 91390<br>
Israel  <br>
Israel  <br>
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Tel. 972-2-6586249<br>
Tel. 972-2-6586249<br>
Fax 972-2-6535426<br>   
Fax 972-2-6535426<br>   
E-Mail: cahjp@nli.org.il<br>
E-Mail: cahjp@nli.org.il<br>
[http://cahjp.nli.org.il/ Website]
[https://www.nli.org.il/en/discover/archives/cahjp Website]<br>
[https://www.nli.org.il/en/discover/archives/cahjp/visit-hours-directions-map Visiting the Archives]
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"The Central Archives are rich in genealogical material from various communities. To derive maximum benefit from the Archives’ collections, one should be familiar with the major components of the Archives, with the nature of the various kinds of genealogical materials available and with the extent of the assistance obtainable from the Central Archives in order to know how to formulate questions and how to go about a genealogical search.


"The chief genealogical sources are birth, marriage, death and burial registers. These were maintained chronologically in most communities from about the end of the 18th century onwards. The Central Archives have a large collection of such registers from Germany, as well as sporadic registers from other countries, such as France, Italy and Poland. In recent years the Archives have begun microfilming genealogical registers in government archives in Eastern Europe, especially for what was once Galicia. Other sources are circumcision registers, voting lists, tax lists, etc. All, however, are catalogued geographically, by communities and not by the names of the people listed in them. It is therefore necessary to know precisely where your parents or grandparents were born/married/died in order to initiate a search in the Central Archives for material on additional generations. In some cases, the Central Archives have no relevant material, but are able to provide addresses of archives in other countries holding such material.
"The Central Archives also have a very small (several hundred) collection of family trees and genealogies. These are catalogued by the names of the families about which they were composed, and not by every name appearing on them. On the slight chance the archives have genealogical material relating to your particular family, you must cite the family name, where they came from and the approximate period you are interested in, to determine whether the particular family tree in our collection bearing your family name refers to your particular family (in some cases there are hundreds of families bearing the same name but with no family connection whatsoever between them).
"Central Archives staff members cannot conduct actual research, as staff of the Central Archives is too small to do so, even for a fee. At best we can inform you whether we have relevant genealogical material from a particular community for a particular time period. You are then welcome to come to the archives or send someone on your behalf to do the research. In some cases, members of the Israeli Genealogical Society can be privately solicited to do research for a fee. Nothing, however, is as good as a personal visit to the Archives, since additional research possibilities not thought of at the outset often crop up in the course of research."  Source: [http://cahjp.nli.org.il/content/general-information-0 '''The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People Jerusalem (CAHJP), Genealogy, General Information''']
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'''Municipal Archives'''<br>  
'''Municipal Archives'''<br>  
'''Municipality of Tel Aviv-Jaffa''' <br>
''Municipality of Tel Aviv-Jaffa''<br>
st 69 Tel <br>
st 69 Tel <br>
Tel Aviv-Jaffa 64162<br>  
Tel Aviv-Jaffa 64162<br>  
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:*[http://www.isragen.org.il/siteFiles/13/79/6576.asp '''1915 census of Tel Aviv''']
:*[http://www.isragen.org.il/siteFiles/13/79/6576.asp '''1915 census of Tel Aviv''']
:*[http://www.isragen.org.il/siteFiles/13/79/5783.asp '''1922-23 census of Tel Aviv-Jaffa]
:*[http://www.isragen.org.il/siteFiles/13/79/5783.asp '''1922-23 census of Tel Aviv-Jaffa]
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'''The David Tuviyahu Archives for the History of the Negev'''<br>
'''The David Tuviyahu Archives for the History of the Negev'''<br>
Ben Gurion University of the Negev<br>
Ben Gurion University of the Negev<br>
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Telephone:08-6461425<br>
Telephone:08-6461425<br>
E-mail: Archtuv@bgu.ac.il<br>
Email: Archtuv@bgu.ac.il<br>
*[http://www.isragen.org.il/siteFiles/13/221/6024.asp '''Summary of holdings''']
*[https://in.bgu.ac.il/en/aranne/Pages/Tuviyahu-Archives.aspx Summary of holdings]
*[https://primo.bgu.ac.il/discovery/search?vid=972BGU_INST:972BGU&tab=972bgu_tuviyahu&sortby=rank&search_scope=search_tuviyahu_archive&lang=en Ben Gurion University of the Negev Search Engine]


*[http://www.jewishgen.org/Courland/data_by_sources.htm#shefayim '''Records of the Latvia and Estonia Jews in Israel''']
[https://eap.bl.uk/search?f%5B0%5D=country%3AIsrael '''Endangered Archives: Israel''']


==Societies With Databases From Archives==
'''Israel Genealogy Research Association'''<br>
'''Israel Genealogy Research Association'''<br>
P.O. Box 10578<br>
P.O. Box 10578<br>
Jerusalem 9110501<br>
Jerusalem 9110501<br>
Israel<br>
Israel<br>
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[http://genealogy.org.il/contact/ '''Email contact form''']<br>
[http://genealogy.org.il/contact/ '''Email contact form''']<br>
[http://genealogy.org.il/about/ '''Website''']<br>
[http://genealogy.org.il/about/ '''Website''']<br>
[http://genealogy.org.il/professional-research-services/ '''Professional research services''']<br>
[http://genealogy.org.il/professional-research-services/ '''Professional research services''']<br>
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* Online Databases at IGRA:<br>
Online Databases at IGRA:<br>
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[https://isragen.org.il/%d7%9e%d7%99-%d7%90%d7%a0%d7%97%d7%a0%d7%95/%d7%a1%d7%a0%d7%99%d7%a4%d7%99-%d7%94%d7%a2%d7%9e%d7%95%d7%aa%d7%94/ '''Israeli Association for the Study of Family Roots (ILAM) Branches''']<br>
[https://isragen.org.il/%d7%9e%d7%99-%d7%90%d7%a0%d7%97%d7%a0%d7%95/%d7%a1%d7%a0%d7%99%d7%a4%d7%99-%d7%94%d7%a2%d7%9e%d7%95%d7%aa%d7%94/ '''Israeli Association for the Study of Family Roots (ILAM) Branches''']
 
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*[https://isragen.org.il/%d7%a8%d7%a9%d7%95%d7%9e%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%90%d7%b4%d7%99/  Records AI]<br>
*[https://isragen.org.il/%d7%a8%d7%a9%d7%95%d7%9e%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%90%d7%b4%d7%99/  Records AI]
::The volunteers of Ilam - the Israeli Association for Researching Family Roots (formerly Haji - the Israeli Genealogical Society) have built databases of genealogical value that include over 400,000, with about 20,000 different surnames recorded in them.
::The volunteers of Ilam - the Israeli Association for Researching Family Roots (formerly Haji - the Israeli Genealogical Society) have built databases of genealogical value that include over 400,000, with about 20,000 different surnames recorded in them.
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*[http://www.jewishgen.org/Courland/data_by_sources.htm#shefayim '''Records of the Latvia and Estonia Jews in Israel''']
*[http://www.jewishgen.org/Courland/data_by_sources.htm#shefayim '''Records of the Latvia and Estonia Jews in Israel''']
==Libraries==
==Libraries==
'''The National Library of Israel'''<br>
'''The National Library of Israel'''<br>
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Phone: 074-7336336<br>
Phone: 074-7336336<br>
Email:  reference@nli.org.il<br>
Email:  reference@nli.org.il<br>
[https://www.nli.org.il/en Website]
[https://www.nli.org.il/en Website]<br>
 
'''Arab Genealogy Books Online'''<br>
[https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/MENA/israel-books Website]<br>
Open access collection of Arabic genealogy books that have been digitized and can be browsed by country/region. Books contain valuable information about tribal histories and family lineages.
==Museums==
==Museums==
'''Israel Museum'''<br>
'''Israel Museum'''<br>
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Phone: 02-6708811<br>
Phone: 02-6708811<br>
E-mail: info@imj.org.il<br>
Email: info@imj.org.il<br>
[https://www.imj.org.il/en/content/welcome-israel-museum Website]
[https://www.imj.org.il/en/content/welcome-israel-museum Website]
==Record Offices==
==Record Offices==
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Dial abroad: + 972-74-7083450<br>
Dial abroad: + 972-74-7083450<br>
Fax:02-6469442<br>
Fax:02-6469442<br>
E-mail: [mailto:info@piba.gov.il info@piba.gov.il]<br>
Email: [mailto:info@piba.gov.il info@piba.gov.il]<br>


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