Geographic Index

Maine Cities, Towns, and Counties

Old Country map States and Provinces map
Jews have lived in every corner of Maine, from York in the south to Fort Kent in the north to Lubec in the east. They have lived in Maine’s cities and rural areas, along the coast, and on the border with Quebec and Nova Scotia. They have lived in communities supporting three synagogues and 'communities of one.' In order to include Jews statewide, the DOMJ project has organized its data around populous Jewish areas as well as in each Maine county.
The map is based on information currently in the DOMJ database. Clicking on a marker provides the name of the area and the number of records the DOMJ has for that area. A second click inside the marker brings up the actual records for that Maine city, town, or county. Please note that only about 80% of the database entries have specific enough local information to be included in the map index.
DOMJ is slowly building separate homepages for each Jewish area in Maine. If you are interested in helping to create a homepage for your area, please let us know at dopj@mindspring.com
Some Jews have in-migrated to Maine directly from The Old Country ; others have migrated to Maine via stays for a year or a generation from other parts of States and Canada. At the same time, various economic and social reaons, some Maine Jews have out-migrated to various places in North America or to other continents. The Old Country map provides some indication where Maine Jews originated from in Europe. Please note that locations are given by current political boundaries, not necessarily by the boundaries when the immigrants left Europe. The 'From-Away' map provides some indication of the in-migration and out-migration patterns for Maine Jews

last updated : Nov 19, 2008

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