Introduction - Documenting Maine Jewry

This section of the Documenting Maine Jewry project has information on the communities of Avon, Carrabassett Valley, Carthage, Chesterville, Eustis, Farmington, Industry, Jay, Kingfield, Madrid, New Sharon, New Vineyard, Phillips, Rangeley, Strong, Temple, Weld, Wilton, Coplin, Dallas, Rangeley and Sandy River..

Information is available on

31 individual Jews with strong ties to Franklin County of which 1 record has the Old Country origin of first-generation immigrants
10 organizations important to the Franklin County Jewish community of which 3 are Jewish community institutions and 2 are businesses important to the Franklin County Jewish community
10 bibliographic citations and sources pertaining to Franklin County of which 2 are photographs and 1 is a oral history

The coordinator(s) of this site, Jo Josephson, would welcome additional photographs, documents and oral histories sent to dmj@mindspring.com.