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From generation to generation to generationSolomon Schechter Day School (Upper School)Nov 14, 2010
Documenting Maine Jewry www.MaineJews.org
Documenting Maine JewryA community-based history project
providing information on Jewish citizens of Maine
through a state-of-the-art genealogical and historical resource
reflecting the Jewish traditions of memory, remembrance and inter-generational learning
DMJ Minyan coordinating group
What are we trying to do ?
Community-based history Not just a genealogical / cemetery record file
Genealogical data yes but also Occupations / Education / Community Service
Organizational involvement yes but also Organizational histories
Preserving historical information yes but also Figuring out how to the internet and PC change the
way we see our own history (virtual visiting to cemeteries)
Hard data yes but also Oral Histories (Stories & recollections)
How are we trying to do it ?
Build on the work of family historians Family trees / oral histories
Link up with Jewish institutions around the state Membership/ Yarhzeit / cemetery / memorial boards /
newsletters and commemorative booksSupport regional town and city groups
Each community gabbiim and group has its own unique in its approach and style
Establish partnerships with everyone DMJ as the virtual museum : MJM as physical exhibition place DMJ as the hard data resource : Colby U. as the research
team DMJ as the state genealogical umbrella : JewishGen / GBJGS /
Experiment Follow up dialogues with those who register for the website Virtual visits to cemetery Mystery photographs Matching census and other official records with family
knowledge
People genealogical info
What’s next for data on individual Maine Jews?
Contributions under way by DMJ-related historians 1880 – 1930 Federal census and resident data for Waterville
With new resources Support family genealogists to build their own family records
and to share these records with other via DMJ’s website Analyze the information that will be collected on ‘mad lib
cards’ from the MJM exhibition
People Genealogical infoCommunity ties
OrganizationsHistory
Key Leaders
What’s next for data on Maine Jewish Organizations?
Contributions in progress by current DMJ-related historiansan Index of Jewish businesses in Bangoraccounts of Jews in Maine’s shoe industry
With new resourcesSupport to local synagogues, community organizations,
cemetery associations, and social organizations in building their own organizational histories and sharing the outcome of their efforts via the DMJ’s website
PeopleGenealogical infoCommunity Ties
POB, Lived In, POD
OrganizationsHistory
Key Leaders Locations
PlacesLocal Home
PagesMaps
DMJ's town/city/county Gabbiim (regional coordinators)
Auburn-Lewiston - Phyllis Graber Jensen Augusta - Rabbi Sue Bulba Carvutto and Natalie E Cohen Bangor - Marcia Lieberman, Ruthanne Singal & Judy
Gatchell Bath - Fred Weinberg & Nathan Cogan Biddeford-Saco - Jenny Aaronwitz & Beth Strassler Greater Portland – Annette Elowitch, Judy Halpert & Steve
HirshornGreater Rockland – Deborah Weisgall Old Town & Orono – Beth Hillson Waterville – Peter and Joan Beckerman & David Friedenreich Rural Maine - Barry Tracy
What’s next for data on Maine Jewish cities & towns?
Contributions underway by DMJ-related historiansRecords on the Bangor Jewish community from the
Bangor Public LibraryStories on ‘sub-Minyan sized’ Jewish areas in the state
With resources, Re-structuring the on-line website to give greater
visibility to local Jewish portals A fund could support grants to local Jewish history
groups to collect information on their communities
People Genealogical infoCommunity TiesPOB, Lived In,
POD
OrganizationsHistory
Key LeadersLocation
PlacesLocal home pages
Maps
Oral Histories / Biographie
s
What’s next for oral histories?
Contributions underway by DMJ-related historiansRelease of 80+ Greater Portland oral histories on the
website of the Portland Public LibraryPrivate collections from long time Bangor residents
With new resources Support to other Maine Jewish communities to do their
own collection of oral histories An audio index to the 80+ existing oral histories could be
created that would allow listeners to jump to the precise track that included a discussion of a particular theme
People genealogical info
POB, Lived In, POD
Images
OrganizationsHistory
LocationImages
PlacesLocal home pages
Maps
Oral Histories / Biographie
s
Photographs /
Documents
What’s next for original documents & photographs?
Contributions underway by DMJ-related historiansYiddish minutes from the Portland Vaad 1909 – 1919 c Photographs from the Bangor Public Library and the
Jewish Community Alliance With new resources
Revision of website to enhance on-line editing and the contribution of documents
Upgrade of the behind-the-scenes Access database routines
People genealogical info
POB, Lived In, POD
Significant EventsImages
OrganizationsHistory
LocationSignificant Events
Images
PlacesLocal home pages
Maps
Oral Histories / Biographie
s
Photographs /
Documents
Years Significant
EventsWorld As it
Was
People genealogical info
POB, Lived In, POD
Significant EventsImages
Burial records
OrganizationsHistory
LocationSignificant Events
Images
PlacesLocal home pages
Maps
Oral Histories / Biographie
s
Photographs /
Documents
Years Significant
EventsWorld As it
Was
CemeteriesBurial info
Public Index
What’s next for cemetery data?
Contributions under way by DMJ-related historiansHeadstone images will be taken next spring at the Beth
Abraham (Auburn) cemetery Headstone census at Mt Sinai is being completed by a
professional engineering company who added GPS markings for each grave site
With new resources Headstone images could be taken for the remaining Maine
Jewish cemeteries An updating of burial records for all the Maine Jewish
cemeteries
People genealogical info
POB, Lived In, POD
Significant EventsImages
Burial records
OrganizationsHistory
LocationSignificant Events
Images
PlacesLocal home pages
Maps
Oral Histories / Biographie
s
Photographs /
Documents
Years Significant
EventsWorld As it
Was
CemeteriesBurial info
Public Index
Sources &Software
What’s next for sources and software?
Contributions under way by DMJ-related historians1909 – 1919 c Portland Vaad records in YiddishPrivate collections from long time Bangor residents
With new resources Revision of website to enhance on-line editing and the
contribution of documents Upgrade the behind-the-scenes Access database routines Share the methodology and software with other
communities (ethnic, religious or cultural in Maine and Jewish communities outside of Maine)
DMJ Project with theMaine JewishMuseum, located at the restored Etz Chaim (Portland)
Why undertake this task?
• Jewish traditions• Our naming tradition : Beget beget beget• Uses the PC-world to support memories of our
ancestors
• Maine and Jewish sense of history• People should ‘own’ their own history• Where we have been helps to define where we are
going
• Fun and a mitzvah at the same time• Re-uniting family members and friends• Preserving strands in our Maine history that should
not get lost (Arbeiter Ring)