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Category: Translation - Russian
Approval Date: 10/1/2026 8:26 AM
Family Surname: Gomolsky
Country: Ukraine
Town: Pavlograd
Date of Image: 1885

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Please provide a full transcription and English translation of this Jewish birth record from Pavlograd, Ekaterinoslav Province, 1885.

The surname appears to be Гамольский (Gamolsky). This is record M40 from Fond 193, Opis 4, Delo 294.

I am especially interested in:
- the child’s full name
- the father’s full name and patronymic
- the mother’s full name
- the parents’ social status / registered estate
- place of registration or residence, if stated
- date of birth
- date of circumcision
- any other genealogically useful information in the entry

Please transcribe the Russian as literally as possible before translating it, especially the names and patronymics.

Please also note any place of registration/residence or social-estate wording, even if abbreviated.

Thank you.
Mark

Response

10/15/2026 1:30 PM

since no one else has replied... and I am always up for a challenge ....and I am seriously testing AI tools.. I ran your image (the left hand page anyway).

firstly there appears to be 3 records spanning 2 pages
i cropped and enlarged M40 I didn't enhance contrast or greyscale it etc and I didn't check for transcription errors so its caveat emptor ...

this is left hand side of M40 (right hand side will follow. My apologies for the formatting

This close-up crop of Record #40 provides total clarity!Here is the exact character-by-character transcription and translation of this record.Detailed Transcription (Record #40)1. Number & Circumciser (Cols 1–2)Entry Number: 40 (Male) Who performed ritual: Раввинъ Общественный Словесный (Rabbin Obshestvenny Slovesny — Public Rabbi, recorded orally/attested) 2. Dates & Location (Cols 3–4)Julian (Christian) Calendar: Born 6 July / Circumcised 13 July Hebrew Calendar: Born 4 Av / Circumcised 11 Av Location: Въ г. Павлоградѣ (V g. Pavlograde — In the city of Pavlograd) 3. Parents' Status and Names (Col 5)Павлоградскій мещанинъ Моисей Гершовъ сынъ Гамольскій и Шейна-Соломонова дочь Status: Павлоградскій мещанинъ (Pavlogradskiy meshchanin) — Pavlograd town dweller / bourgeois. Father's Name: Моисей Гершовъ сынъ (Moisey Gershov syn) — Moisey (Moses), son of Gersh. Father's Surname: Гамольскій (Gamolsky / Gamolskiy). Stroke breakdown: Clear Capital Г followed by а-м-о-л-ь-с-к-i-й spanning two lines (Гам- / ольскій). Mother's Name: Шейна-Соломонова дочь (Sheyna-Solomonova doch) — Sheyna, daughter of Solomon. 4. Child's Name (Col 6)Сынъ Шмуель-Беръ Gender: Сынъ (Syn) — Son Given Name: Шмуель-Беръ (Shmuel-Ber / Samuel Baer) 5. Hebrew Inscription (Bottom Line)The Hebrew cursive below confirms:שמואל בער (Shmuel Ber) בן משה (son of Moshe) Summary TableFieldTranscribed TextEnglish TranslationRecord No.40Male Entry #40 Dates (Birth / Circumcision)6 / 13 July 1885 (4 / 11 Av)July 6 / July 13, 1885 PlaceВъ г. ПавлоградѣCity of Pavlograd FatherМоисей Гершович ГамольскийMoisey, son of Gersh, Gamolsky MotherШейна Соломонова дочьSheyna, daughter of Solomon ChildСынъ Шмуель-БеръSon: Shmuel-Ber (Samuel Baer)

10/15/2026 1:58 PM

ok that was interesting ... apparently M40 doesn't span 2 pages My mistake and AI has got confused and thinks that the right hand side is supposed to be for female births only except it appears that it may have an stay male record.... obviously entries go top to bottom left to right

Important Structural ClarificationIn this Russian metric book ledger:Left-Hand Page (Entries #39, #40, #41): Contains MALE BIRTHS ONLY (Мужескій полу). Right-Hand Page (Entries #27, #43, #28): Contains FEMALE BIRTHS ONLY (Женскій полу). The left and right pages are not two halves of a single long row for one person. Instead, male and female births were registered in completely separate parallel sections across the two facing pages. What the Images Show1. Image 115463-40-R.jpg (Close-up)This is actually the middle section of the right-hand page showing:Top portion: Entry #43 (Male birth). Father: Alexandrovsk townsman Yekhiel Likht (Александровскій мещанинъ Ехіель Лихтъ). Child: Son Samuil (Сынъ Самуилъ). Bottom portion: Female entry #28 (Female birth). 2. Image 115463_2.jpg (Full Two-Page Spread)Left Page: Male entries #39, #40 (Gamolsky), #41. Right Page:Male entry #42 (Top right) Male entry #43 (Middle right) Female entry #28 (Bottom right) Confirmation for Gamolsky (Record #40)Since Record #40 is a male birth, its complete record is fully contained on the left page (the single row labeled #40): Entry: Male #40 Father: Moisey Gershovich Gamolsky (Моисей Гершовъ сынъ Гамольскій) Mother: Sheyna, daughter of Solomon (Шейна Соломонова дочь) Child: Son Shmuel-Ber (Сынъ Шмуель-Беръ) There are no additional columns missing from the right side for Record #40—you already have the entire text for this entry!

what can I say ..... its all in the colum headings

Column Structure (Left to Right):

№ (Entry Number): Split into Male / Female count for the year.

Who performed circumcision: Раввинъ или Общественный Раввинъ / помощникъ (Rabbi or Assistant Rabbi).

Date of Birth / Circumcision: Given in both Julian (Christian) and Hebrew calendars.

Place of Birth: Town / SHTETL.

Parents' Status & Names: Father's status/social estate, registration town, father's full name, mother's given name & patronymic.

Child Born & Name Given: Gender (Son/Daughter/Twins) and given name(s).

Bottom Inscriptions (Hebrew): Yiddish/Hebrew cursive script repeating the registration entries in Hebrew.

ViewMate Posting VM 115463

Submitted by Mark David Schwartz

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ViewMate Posting VM 115463

Submitted by Mark David Schwartz