Introduction - Documenting Maine Jewry

This section of the Documenting Maine Jewry project has information on the communities of Anson, Athens, Bingham, Cambridge, Canaan, Cornville, Detroit, Embden, Fairfield, Harmony, Hartland, Jackman, Madison, Mercer, Moose River, Moscow, New Portland, Norridgewock, Palmyra, Pittsfield, Ripley, Saint Albans, Smithfield, Solon, Starks, Brighton, Caratunk, Dennistown, Highland, Pleasant Ridge, The Forks and West Forks.

Current Jewish Organizations

Three Generation of Hands - DMJ Logo, 1997

Search for Somerset County
(excluding Skowhegan) People

Information is available on

83 individual Jews with strong ties to Somerset County
(excluding Skowhegan) of which 4 records have the Old Country origin of first-generation immigrants
8 burial records in Jewish cemeteries, including 6 which have headstone images
5 organizations important to the Somerset County
(excluding Skowhegan) Jewish community and 3 are businesses important to the Somerset County
(excluding Skowhegan) Jewish community

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