Introduction - Documenting Maine Jewry

This section of the Documenting Maine Jewry project has information on the communities of Old Town and Orono.

4 Generations Goldsmith family Old Town, ca 1938

Information is available on

343 individual Jews with strong ties to Old Town - Orono of which 96 records have the Old Country origin of first-generation immigrants
76 burial records in Jewish cemeteries, including 53 which have headstone images
47 organizations important to the Old Town - Orono Jewish community of which 9 are Jewish community institutions and 26 are businesses important to the Old Town - Orono Jewish community
94 bibliographic citations and sources pertaining to Old Town - Orono of which 35 are photographs

Census data is available for these years: 1910, 1920, 1930, 1930, 1940, 1940, 1940.

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