PICTURE GALLERY

Mayfield Cemetery Grave Markers

Member Wendy Lang has photographed nearly 800 grave markers at Mayfield Cemetery in Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. This cemetery is owned jointly by the city's two oldest congregations, both Reform: Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple and The Temple-Tifereth Israel.

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Ceramic and Etched Photos on Headstones

Approximately 3,400 photographs of the ceramic images that are found on headstones in a number of cemeteries in Greater Cleveland were provided as a genealogical act of kindness by Paul Klein, a member of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Cleveland, assisted by Vicki Vigil, another society member.

The cemeteries included in this index are: Bet Olam, Glenville, Lansing, Mt. Olive, Mt. Sinai, Ridge Road #1 (Chesed Shel Emeth), Ridge Road #2, Lincoln (Workmen's Circle), and Zion Memorial Park.

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The March 2011 Beginners' Workshop

The Society held a Beginners' Workshop on March 25, 2011, with internet access to Ancestry.com for the participants. The program was led by Society President Ken Bravo and Society KOL Editor Cynthia Spikell. (Photos courtesy of Karen Newborn)

A Jewish Genealogy Society Meeting

Member Armin Weinberg took pictures at a typical meeting of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland on April 6, 2005. He attended with his father, Dr. Herman Weinberg, a long-time member, who can be seen facing the camera on the right in picture 0968.jpg. There are photo of Lauri Burkons leading the meeting and of the members of the group as they listen intently to the program.

The pictures starting with 0971.jpg are of member Larry Wymor presenting a program on how to conduct an oral history interview. In picture 0982.jpg Larry is interviewing Phyllis Wachs and she is being taken back in time to when she was a little girl. Here she is remembering experiences and surroundings from a time period she hasn't experienced in many, many years.

The Arlene Rich Recognition Party

The Society held a party in April 2006 to celebrate the service of its long-time president Arlene Rich.

Picture of the Month

Our first image — the headstone of Cleveland's first Jewish settler, Simpson Thorman — is one of the hundreds of Mayfield Cemetery grave marker photos taken by Society member Wendy Lang and available for viewing on this site.