Additions and Changes
- Iota Phil Sorority (Sigma Chapter), National Iota Phi Convention booklet , Lafayette Hotel, April 1960 (Portland)
- Adas Yoshuron - Exterior Photograph and Stained Glass Windows ,2009 c (Rockland)
- Hyman Rosenthal Reading his Yiddish newspaper, 1945 (Waterville)
- The Jewish Traveler : Portland by Nahma Sandrow in Shalom Boston and in Hadassah Magazine , 2006 (NB : the travelogue is interesting but, take care,some of the history is not quite accurate. )
- additional information on the Simon & Minnie Segal family (Lewiston), Reuben & Fannie Slotsky family (Portland), and the William & Marion Cohen family (Lewiston)
- Calais Torah To Honor Slain Israeli : Scroll Heads For New Home In Kibbutz Synagogue , By Diana Graettinger, Bangor Daily News, 1999, (Calais)
- Community Seder -- complete photograph and two exlarged sections, (Bangor)
- Maine Jewish Veterans Killed in Action prepared by Jim Friedlander, Commander, Jacob Cousins Post #99, Portland, ME
- Founding Documents and Early Minutes of Congregation Beth Israel , 1914 (Fort Kent)
- Mu Sigma, a Jewish high school fraternity, Dance Program, 1954 (Portland)
- Inter-Center Youth Weekend, 1955 (Lewiston)
- Yom Kippur Shofar Blowing 2006 (Weld,Me)
- Journey of William and Sarah Levine, from Vilna, Lithuania to Waterville, Maine, by Eric Bloom for the Levine Family Reunion, July 2009 (Waterville)
- Tree of Life Foundation proposal for a Maine Jewish Musuem , June 2009, (Portland)
- Bet Ha'am Synagogue Dedication, 2009 (South Portland)
- Reflections by Cynthnia Rudek Peklikin of the Phil and Bertha Rudek Family , 1938-1956 (Portland)
- Letters between Maurice Rubinoff and Rebecca Reichstein searching and then locating Beynush Tenenbaum, the brother of Rebecca, in a DP camp in Bamberg, Germany, Dec 1945 - Jan 1946
- Jewish Community Center (Portland) Youth Dance Group 1952 c
- Growing Up Jewish in Aroostock, Me : extract from Susan Adelman Rudolph's Installation Speech as President of
Community Synagogue, Rye, NY. 2008
- February 2008 : 6 issues of the Jewish Community Center Bulletin 1947 - 1950
- February 2008 : Ben Band, Portland Jewry : Its Growth and Development 1955
- February 2008 : Congregation Beth Israel Diamond Jubilee 1888 - 1963,selected chapters available 1963
- February 2008 : Beth Abraham Synagogue Fiftieth Anniversary Commerative Journal 1983
- February 2008 : Congregation Beth Israel Centennial History,selected chapters available 1988
- February 2008 : Cornerstone Laying for Congregation Beth Israel Daily Whig & Courier Aug 23 1897 (Bangor, ME)
- February 2008 : updates of the Crasnick and Gerber families ;
- JAnuary 2008 : updates of the Schwey, Baker, Ackerman, Reuben and Goffin families ;
- January 2008 : 240 headstones images from Smith St cemetery (appx 90% of the cemetery) (Portland);
- January 2008 :130 insurance records from the Workmen's Circle / Arbeter Ring 1919 (Portland), supplemented by the 1910 US Federal Census data for the families of these members ;
- January 2008 :a short history of Beth El (Augusta) ;
- January 2008 :four new photographs of older Maine community organizations and synagogues;
- January 2008 : 800 records from obituaries from the Bangor Jewish community (appx 20% of the total) ;
- January 2008 : updates of the Schwey, Baker, Ackerman, Reuben and Goffin families ;
- January 2008 : revisions of families and friends by 8 new people.
- Sept, 2007 : another 100 headstone images from Mt. Sinai;
- Sept, 2007 : the burial records from Temple Shalom Synagogue-Cemetery (Auburn) ;
- Sept, 2007 : the memorial wall records from Temple Shalom Synagogue (Auburn);
- Sept, 2007 : the Yahrzeit Plaques from Adas Yoshuron (Rockland);
- Sept, 2007 : the cemetery records from the Berliawsky-Small Cemetery (Rockland,Me);
- Sept, 2007 : the cemetery records from the Owls Head Jewish Cemetery (Owls Head, Me);
- Sept, 2007 : records from Center Day Camp (1948-1949),
- Sept, 2007 : records fromthe Workmen's Circle (1920s),
- Sept, 2007 :records from the Portland Zionist Organization (1944)
- Sept, 2007 :updates and corrections of their families and friends by 12 new people.
- June, 2006 : Over 500 additional headstone images from Mt. Sinai cemetery
- June, 2006 :over 1000 marriages from the Maine State marriage records for all last names currently in the DOPJ database
- May, 2006 : All the Etz Chaim and Anshe Saafed memorial plaques .
- April, 2006: over 50 Maine members of the Jewish Publication Society from the early 1900s
Software changes
- Dec 1, 2009: Version 1.6 uploaded with a new drop-down menu, a share-the-page feature, and a first local home page feature
- September 2007 : New version 1.3 uploaded. This version has a separate page for visiting cemeteries, an improved user registration form, an improved family relationship update feature, and a modified mast head.
- July 1, 2006 : The new version 1.0 was uploaded for testing. This version has signficantly improved options for on-line editing of information on individuals.
last updated : Nov 30, 2009