For those with ancestry in the
State of Maine, a newly updated database at
FamilySearch should be of great interest. That database,
Maine, Tombstone Inscriptions, Surname Index, 1620-2014 is a
collection of extracts taken from headstones in various cemeteries located from all parts of the state of Maine
. The digital images of the original cards are in the possession of the
Maine State Library in Augusta.The record below is for
Samuel A. Cohen, who was born in 1904 and died in 1960. It states he was buried at
Beth Jacob in
Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine. According to the record his wife,
Betty N., who was born in 1909 and died in 1958 is also buried there.
An interesting item about this database is that married women are usually listed twice, once under their married name and once under their maiden name, which is a great benefit to researchers. This record calls the cemetery Beth Jacob, however a search of the
Find A Grave website (www.findagrave.com) shows both of them buried at the
Temple Shalom Synagogue cemetery, also located in Auburn.
This may appear confusing but can be easily explained. In 1982, Congregation Beth Jacob and the
Lewiston Jewish Community Center merged to become the Temple Shalom Synagogue.
