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Category: Translation - Polish
Approval Date: 3/18/2026 2:50 PM
Family Surname: SZAJNIAK
Country: Poland
Town: Zduńska Wola
Date of Image: 1916

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Peace and blessings

I need the translation of a document in English.

SZAJNIAK D 268

Thanks in advance.
Yehuda Levi

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3/22/2026 4:26 PM

Here you go Yehuda. This is translated from the German half of the page:

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No. 268
Recorded in Zdunska-Wola 15 Nov 1916
Reported by Fajwus Kalinberg, merchant residing in Zdunskawola
Deceased: Hersch Schejnik, age 65 years, resident of Zdunskawola, born in Zdunskawola, son of Schmul Wolf Schejnik and his wife Rojza née Najschotten in Zdunskawola
Date of death: 13 Nov 1916 at 5 a.m.
Survived by his wife Gala née Kon [maiden name appears to be recorded as Korn in the parallel Polish text]
Report witnessed by: Peretz Glückmann, age 54 years, and Chaim Lajzer Gliksman, age 25 years

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Translated by Robert Rosenbaum (Ashland, Oregon)
Freelance translator and interpreter
M.A. in Translation and Interpretation (German-English), Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
rosenbaum.robert@gmail.com

3/22/2026 4:27 PM

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Submitted by Yehuda Levi

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