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115591 Translation - Hungarian

10/14/2026 4:21 PM Hello, I would greatly appreciate it if someone could translate the record No. 680 for me. Thank you very much! View the post with its 1 response
115592 Translation - German

10/14/2026 4:21 PM The last entry - Reisel Golde Safier - has the name Goldstein in the information.
father - Liepe Safier, mother - Alte Stegman. Who is Goldstein??? a relative? whose? a rabbi?

Also see a Goldstein in the person detailed above Safier.

Thank you. 		View the post with its 2 responses
115593 Translation - Russian

10/14/2026 4:21 PM From Szukaj w Archiwach.

This image, and the image in the other Russian translation request I submitted at the same time as this one (VM115594), are 1900 birth records from Zaręby Kościelne, Łomza, Poland for 5 of my great-grandfather’s second-cousins. They were presumably registered on the same day, by the same family. I would be grateful if someone could translate one in full (or at least everything that isn’t the standard wording of a birth record) and confirm the children’s names and birth dates for the other records (assuming all other details are identical).

Names that I would expect to see in the records are:
- the children in Akta 93: Juśko & Matys;
- the child in Akta 94: Rywka;
- the child in Akta 95: Abram;
- the child in Akta 94: Golda;
- their father: Icek ROZENTAL;
- their mother: Beyla Pesla ZAREMBER.

Thanks so much! Hopefully the handwriting isn’t too hard to read. 		View the post with its 2 responses
115594 Translation - Russian

10/14/2026 4:21 PM Please see VM115593. View the post with its 2 responses
115582 Translation - Hungarian

10/14/2026 4:20 PM Hello, I would greatly appreciate it if someone could translate the record No. 84-93 for me.
Thank you very much! 		View the post with its 1 response
115583 Translation - Polish

10/14/2026 4:20 PM From Szukaj w Archiwach.

Aktas 225 & 226 are 1920 birth records from Zaręby Kościelne, Łomza, Poland for my great-grandfather’s second-cousins. I would be grateful if someone could translate them in full (or at least everything that isn’t the standard wording of a birth record).

Names that I would expect to see in the text are:
- the child in Akta 225: Rywka ZAREMBER;
- the child in Akta 226: Gitla ZAREMBER;
- their father: Abram ZAREMBER, son of Juśk & Zelda;
- their mother: Chawa Ita SZERENIEC.

Thanks so much! Hopefully the handwriting isn’t too hard to read. 		View the post with its 1 response
115584 Translation - Yiddish

10/14/2026 4:20 PM I'd appreciate a translation of the entire text. The words are writen at the back of a photo which might include my grandfather as a child with his family. Many thanks indeed. View the post with its 2 responses
115585 Translation - Russian

10/14/2026 4:20 PM I inherited a photo of a woman with Russian writing on the back. I think this might be my great grandmother as a young woman but do not know. I'd very much appreciate a translation of the complete text, Many thanks indeed. View the post with its 1 response
115586 Translation - Yiddish

10/14/2026 4:20 PM I would appreciate a translation of this message at the back of a photo taken in 1938. The photo is of two adults and six children who I think were members of my family. Many thanks for your help. View the post with its 2 responses
115561 Translation - Yiddish

10/14/2026 4:20 PM Handwritten Yiddish draft of a speech, page 1 of 5 (cursive, ballpoint on plain paper). Header, as I read it: Vayakhel, year letter unclear (5703 or 5708?), "motzei shabbos", and "banquet [?], Felshtin". We would like a full transcription and translation. Especially needed: the opening address and the names on lines 4-5 (possibly "Mr. Meyer Hoffman"); page 2 may have a line about "one of the founders" of a society. Pages 2-5 can follow if volunteers want to help. Thank you. View the post with its 1 response
115452 Translation - Polish

10/14/2026 4:19 PM birth record - names of child parents and witnesses please

Mark Schwartz 		View the post with its 1 response
115461 Translation - Polish

10/14/2026 4:19 PM Death of Ruchla Warszawiak View the post with its 2 responses
115302 Translation - Polish

10/14/2026 4:19 PM birth record translation please

markjschwartz@hotmail.com 		View the post with its 1 response
115580 Translation - Russian

10/11/2026 2:05 PM From Szukaj w Archiwach.

Akta 35 is an 1890 birth record from Zaręby Kościelne, Łomza, Poland for my great-grandfather’s second-cousin. I would be grateful if someone could translate it in full (or at least everything that isn’t the standard wording of a birth record).

Names that I would expect to see in the text are:
- the child: Ruchla ZAREMBER;
- her father: Herszko ZAREMBER, son of Juśk & Zelda;
- her mother: Shendlya DYNDA.

Other than the child’s name and date of birth, the details should be the same as VM115549.

Thanks so much! Hopefully the handwriting isn’t too hard to read. 		View the post with its 1 response
115581 Translation - Tombstone

10/11/2026 2:05 PM I'm most interested in the father's name of the deceased.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127431618/meyer-stelzer#view-photo=340082381

Thank you in advance for your help. 		View the post with its 2 responses
115571 Translation - Hebrew

10/11/2026 2:04 PM This document was provided by my grandmother, Irma Athene Katz Kustiner to the 1st edition of the Western States Jewish Historical Quarterly, dated October 1968. It is found within the memoirs of Marcus Katz, my great-great-grandfather. I was able to access the Quarterly using the last name of Kustiner in Family Search Books. I am looking for a complete translation of the document for genealogy purposes, and for my immediate family. View the post with its 2 responses
115572 Translation - Yiddish

10/11/2026 2:04 PM I would much appreciate a translation of these Yiddish signatures of Juda Josfowicz and Moszek Leybusiowicz. View the post with its 1 response
115573 Photo Identification

10/11/2026 2:04 PM This undated wedding photograph is from my family's collection.

The bride is Hilda Sara (Hilde) Baumann, born January 8, 1908, in Gemünden am Main, Germany. The groom is Berthold (Bert) Halberstadt, born December 24, 1906, in Nieder-Mockstadt, Germany. The wedding date and location are unknown though we think Frankfurt is a strong possibility.

I would appreciate help identifying the other guests. The woman at the far left, beside the bride, may be Hilda's mother, Barbara Baumann. The man immediately to the right of the groom may be Hilda's father, David Baumann. Both identifications are unconfirmed; positions are from the viewer's perspective.

Does anyone recognize this photograph or have a labeled copy? I would also welcome information about Hilda's parents or siblings. 		View the post with its 1 response
115574 Photo Identification

10/11/2026 2:04 PM This undated photograph from my family's collection shows Lina Rothschild (married surname Halberstadt, born 1874), seated with her children. Her husband was Elias Halberstadt (born 1877). The family had ties to Nieder-Mockstadt and Nidda, Germany, but the photograph's exact location is unknown.

We identify Recha (later Recha Simon, born 1905) as second from the left and Sara (later Sara Stern, born 1910) as the girl at the far right.

Our tentative identifications of the boys are: Berthold (born 1906) at the far left; Eduard (born 1903) standing behind and to the right of Lina; Leopold (born 1914) seated on Lina's lap; and Ludwig Eliezer second from the right. These identifications are unconfirmed. All positions are from the viewer's perspective.

Does anyone recognize this photograph or have family records that could help confirm the children's identities? Any information about this family would be appreciated. 		View the post with its 1 response
115575 Translation - German

10/11/2026 2:04 PM Hello,
This couple can be on of my ancestors I'm searching
I hope you can translate it

All the best
Neora Berl
neora.berl@gmail.com 		View the post with its 1 response
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