Introduction - Documenting Maine Jewry

This section of the Documenting Maine Jewry project has information on the communities of Bridgton, Casco , Freeport, Ft Williams , Gorham, Gray, Harpswell , Harrison , Naples , New Gloucester , North Yarmouth , Pownal, Raymond, Sebago and Windham.

Current Jewish Organizations

Three Generation of Hands - DMJ Logo, 1997

Search for Cumberland County
(excluding Greater Portland) People

Information is available on

320 individual Jews with strong ties to Cumberland County
(excluding Greater Portland) of which 25 records have the Old Country origin of first-generation immigrants
48 burial records in Jewish cemeteries, including 31 which have headstone images
70 organizations important to the Cumberland County
(excluding Greater Portland) Jewish community of which 42 are Jewish community institutions and 9 are businesses important to the Cumberland County
(excluding Greater Portland) Jewish community
495 bibliographic citations and sources pertaining to Cumberland County
(excluding Greater Portland) of which 475 are photographs

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