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HISTORICAL SOCIETY: Jewish Museum of Maryland. 15 Lloyd Street, Baltimore, Maryland; 21202. Telephone: 410-653-8900. The JMM published a book on synagogues in Maryland so the same info is available from them. JMM holds funeral home records from Jack Lewis Funeral Home (the 1920's through 1940's).

FUNERAL HOMES:

JMM holds funeral home records from Jack Lewis Funeral Home for certain years (largely the 1920's through 1940's). They were the main Jewish funeral home in the late 20's, 30's, and 40's.

Sol Levinson & Bros. Funeral Home, 8900 Reisterstown Road, Baltimore, MD 21208 410-653-8900. began in 1892 as Lewis' business began to dwindle. Levinson's has card index records and computerized records of burials and a useful little booklet about Baltimore cemeteries. They cheerfully do lookups. [January, 2006]

 

REFERENCE:

Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Records, 1830-1977. Description: .8 linear ft. Notes: & … and death records, burial ground deeds, & … a cemetery & …. Finding aid in the repository. Location: AJA. American Jewish Archives, 3101 Clifton Ave. Cincinnati, Ohio 45220-2488. 513-221-1875 (tel); 513-221-7812 (fax). E-mail: AJA contact form. Control No.: DCLV95-A1063 [December 2000]

Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Collection, 1859-1977. Description: 1.25 linear ft. Notes: The Baltimore Hebrew Congregation was incorporated as an orthodox synagogue in 1830; the congregation has moved numerous times, has been known informally by a number of different names (Nidche Yisrael, Lloyd Street Synagogue, and Madison Avenue Temple), & … Includes cemetery plot deeds, cemetery certificates, & … Finding aid in the repository. Location: Jewish Museum of Maryland (Baltimore, Md.). Control No.: DCLV00-A3178 [December, 2000]

THE CEMETERIES:


BALTIMORE COUNTY:
Find in Cemeteries of the US by Deborah M. Burek, ed. Detroit: Gale Research Int., 1994. ISBN 0-8103-9245-3. Source: Al Rosenfield, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.):

 

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