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Category: Translation - Russian
Approval Date: 10/1/2026 8:27 AM
Family Surname: Birger
Country: Belarus
Town: Grodno
Date of Image: 1905

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This is another document of the passport application for Sora Leah Birger, her baby daughter Dina and sister in law Brayna. Can someone please translate it for me? Kindly let me know if Sora Lea's parents are mentioned and what their first and last names were.Thank you.

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10/1/2026 1:44 PM

Дано это от Гродненского Городского полицейского управления, Гродненской мещанке Соре- Леи Абрамовне Ицковне Биргер, по представлению по принадлежности, на предмет получения заграничного паспорта, в том, что
Биргер 22 лет, муж её находится в Америке, а также сестра мужа её Брайна Симхелевна Биргер, 20 лет, под судом и следствием не состояли и не состоят и на выезд за границу препятствий со стороны Управления не имеют. Гербовый сбор уплачен. 9 июня 1905 года.
Полицеймейстер.
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Issued by the Grodno City Police Department to Sora-Leia Abramovna Itskovna Birger, a Grodno burgher—upon presentation of the required documentation for the purpose of obtaining a foreign passport—certifying that Birger (aged 22)—whose husband is in America—and her husband’s sister, Braina Simkhelevna Birger (aged 20), have not been and are not currently subject to trial or investigation, and face no impediments from the Department regarding travel abroad. Stamp duty paid.
July 9, 1905.
Police Chief.
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