Jewish Genealogy Society of Tidewater Records

Access and use

Location of collection:
Old Dominion University
3023 Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library
Old Dominion University
4427 Hampton Blvd
Norfolk, VA 23529
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Jessica Ritchie
Phone: (757) 683-4483
Fax: (757) 683-5954
Restrictions:

Open to researchers without restrictions.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], Jewish Genealogy Society of Tidewater Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
4.00 Linear Feet and 10 Hollinger document cases boxes
Creator:
Berent, Irwin M.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], Jewish Genealogy Society of Tidewater Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The Jewish Genealogy Society of Tidewater records contain administrative materials, publications, articles, bibliographies, historical resources, and newsletters pertaining to Jewish genealogy research. The collection pertains to various resources used for genealogical research of Jewish families in the Tidewater region.

Biographical / historical:

The Jewish Genealogy Society of Tidewater began as the Jewish Genealogy Club of Tidewater in 1978, founded by Irwin Berent to focus on Jewish family histories and genealogy in the Tidewater/Hampton Roads area. Berent is a writer and historian, who has researched his own family roots and found them to be based in the Baltic countries of Lithuania and Latvia, as well as Poland. He is also known for his publication: Norfolk, Virginia: A Jewish History of the 20th Century (located in Special Collections reading room and third floor general collection stacks, call number-F234.N8 B473 2001) and was a contributor to Jewish Genealogy: A Sourcebook of Family Trees and Histories(1990). [Source material for historical background: http://www.norfolkhistory.com/Berent.htm].

Note written by Kathleen Smith, Special Collections Metadata Specialist

Acquisition information:

Gift of Irwin Berent.

Acc.2018.036 was picked up by Special Collections and University Archives from the donor on 6/22/2018.

Processing information:

The collection was processed by Kathleen Smith, Special Collections Metadata Specialist, from May through June 2019.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into six series: Series 1: Jewish Geneaology Club of Tidewater - General; Series II: Directories/Indices; Series III: Resources; Series IV: Family Trees and Histories; Series V: Other Genealogical Societies; and Series VI: Articles and Clippings.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard