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Genealogy craze blooms from Roots to modern searchers
In New York City a genealogy boom grows as readers seek family roots through libraries, old phone books, and a downtown store. Owner Karen Jo Stinehelfer says many quit too soon and offers affordable primers, charts, worksheets, and periodicals to guide novices, with items from Ireland to Rhode Island.
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Alex Haley
Karen Jo Stinehelfer
New York City
Historical Society
Miss Stinehelfer
Genealogists
East 85Th Street
Ireland
England
Germany
New England
Rhode Island
Providence Plantations
Pennsylvania