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115576 Translation - Russian

10/11/2026 2:04 PM I believe this documents the marriage between my Great Great Grandfathers sister (Elena/Helena Edelshteyn /Lait and her husband Nooson/Nathan Radzilovski.
I'm interested in confirming names of any family members. Especially interested in whether there are any others individuals with a last name of Lait (leijt/Lit) or Edelshteyn.


I apologies if this is not Russian, that was my best guess. I have attached the link below.


https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17529609?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=44

I found this record by searching for the surnames of both RADZILOWSKI and LAIT Phonetically. The record was located in Grajewo Births, Marriages, Deaths 1880 in the JewishGen - Poland area.

Thank you in advance

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115578 Translation - German

10/11/2026 2:04 PM German Kurrent reading: Ettinger family books 1256 and 298, Lviv

Please help transcribe and translate the names, relationships and transfer notes in these Lviv/Lemberg Jewish community family-book entries, especially the lower group on family 1256 and the corresponding entries on family 298. Does either page explicitly state a relationship between Moises/Moses Ettinger in family 1256 and Lipe or Brine Ettinger in family 298? Please distinguish clear readings from uncertain ones. I am seeking an independent reading, not confirmation of a proposed parentage.
Source: TsDIAL 701/2/27, family 1256, FamilySearch DGS 7804170, image 801; and TsDIAL 701/2/24, family 298, DGS 7804171, image 800. These are rolling community/tax records catalogued 1796-1850.
Thank you. 		View the post, there are no responses
115579 Translation - German

10/11/2026 2:04 PM German Kurrent reading: Ettinger family books 1256 and 298, Lviv

Please help transcribe and translate the names, relationships and transfer notes in these Lviv/Lemberg Jewish community family-book entries, especially the lower group on family 1256 and the corresponding entries on family 298. Does either page explicitly state a relationship between Moises/Moses Ettinger in family 1256 and Lipe or Brine Ettinger in family 298? Please distinguish clear readings from uncertain ones. I am seeking an independent reading, not confirmation of a proposed parentage.
Source: TsDIAL 701/2/27, family 1256, FamilySearch DGS 7804170, image 801; and TsDIAL 701/2/24, family 298, DGS 7804171, image 800. These are rolling community/tax records catalogued 1796-1850.
Thank you. 		View the post with its 2 responses
115570 Translation - Tombstone

10/11/2026 2:03 PM ViewMate translation request, Hebrew

I believe this is the gravestone of Miriam / Rebecca Sharshevich/Scher, born in Lithuania. I believe her father is Shimen. Her married name is Cinoman.

Does that agree with the information on this gravestone?

Thank you,

Ann 		View the post with its 2 responses
115568 Translation - Russian

10/11/2026 2:02 PM 1897 Russian Empire census, from the Latvian Government Archive.
I am trying to trace my family heritage, and I think this may be them, but ChatGPT is struggling to translate. I am asking for a literal Cyrillic transcription plus English translation, with uncertain letters marked.

Thanks 		View the post with its 1 response
115555 Translation - Hebrew

10/11/2026 2:02 PM I would love to know any and all names in Hebrew in this ketuba. I assume it is a wedding in the US or Western Europe because the witness names at the bottom are not in Hebrew script, but I cant make out the blurry official stamp which might be a clue.
The witness with surname Waterman might be a relative of my mother, but I have never heard of his first name.
Thanks to anyone who takes the trouble to look at this blurry image. 		View the post with its 2 responses
115557 Translation - Polish

10/11/2026 2:02 PM From Szukaj w Archiwach.

Akta 91 is a 1921 birth record from Zaręby Kościelne, Łomza, Poland for my grandmother’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: Bejla BERGMAN;
- her father: Icek BERGMAN;
- her mother: Tauba Leia GRZYBOWICZ.

For convenience, I note that this record should have identical details to VM115556, which I believe was a registration on the same day, except for the child’s name and date of birth.

Thanks so much! Hopefully the handwriting isn’t too hard to read. 		View the post with its 1 response
115544 Translation - Russian

10/11/2026 2:01 PM Attached is the birth record (akta 18) of my second great-uncle Pejsak Rzetelny, the son of Chaim Zyskind Rzetelny (whose name I believe I can decipher in the record) and Golda Chaja Rzetelna (nee Brzytwa).

Your assistance in the translation of the document will be much appreciated. Thank you. 		View the post with its 3 responses
115530 Translation - Russian

10/11/2026 2:01 PM Attached is 1/2 pages of a letter sent by my great-grandfather Dr. Abram Riskin to my great-grandmother Bronia Riskin-Levin. The page notes in Hebrew the settlements of Nahalal and, perhaps, Tel Yoseph. I recall Abram attempting to be employed as a doctor in Nahalal.

I would appreciate your assistance in the translation of the letter. Thank you. 		View the post with its 1 response
115531 Translation - Russian

10/11/2026 2:01 PM Attached is 2/2 pages of a letter sent by my great-grandfather Dr. Abram Riskin to my great-grandmother Bronia Riskin-Levin. The page notes in Hebrew the city of Safed, where Bronia was staying to recover from an illness.

I would appreciate your assistance in the translation of the document. Thank you. 		View the post with its 1 response
12896 Sharing Document

10/11/2026 2:00 PM looking to see if this is someones loved one. Picture taken during WW II. View the post, there are no responses
12897 Sharing Document

10/11/2026 2:00 PM looking to see if anyone knows this family. Picture taken during WW II. View the post, there are no responses
20655 Sharing Document

10/11/2026 2:00 PM Photo dated 21.7.41 in a town called Gorodok.
Taken by German war correspondent:Trautvetter part of the Wehrmacht PK unit.
I believe this town is in Belarus since the other pictures I have are from the same area.
Would like to find anyone who might know these people and give them a copy 		View the post with its 2 responses
20656 Sharing Document

10/11/2026 2:00 PM On the back of the photo it has Kamenka,
Russian Farmers. The name Jager is on the back he was a German war correspondent part of the Wehrmacht PK unit.
Would like to find anyone who know these people and give them a copy of picture. 		View the post, there are no responses
115563 Translation - Yiddish

10/7/2026 5:18 PM Postcard found in my grandmother’s files. I would love help translating the Yiddish cursive message. Thank you. View the post, there are no responses
115564 Translation - Yiddish

10/7/2026 5:18 PM This is an airmail letter sent by my grandfather Morris Mendell (originally Mendelovitz) from Plainfield, New Jersey to my cousin Ohad Golub's grandfather Shaie. My grandfather came to the US from eastern Europe after WW 1 View the post with its 1 response
115565 Translation - Tombstone

10/7/2026 5:18 PM I would like assistance translating the Hebrew portion of the tombstone for Nathan Hermann Hirsch Friedenfeld and his wife Josefa (nee Donat). View the post with its 1 response
115566 Translation - Russian

10/7/2026 5:18 PM Kindly translate the document for Dawidowicz - pertinent details; names, dates places please. View the post with its 3 responses
115562 Translation - Yiddish

10/7/2026 5:17 PM We believe this postcard was written by my maternal Grandfather Lazer Garfinkel, possibly to announce the birth of his son Israel. The reverse side has a floral design with the Hebrew word "Israel." Translation would help us with additional family history and will be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance. View the post with its 1 response
115558 Do you recognize?

10/7/2026 5:17 PM I am looking to identify the Polish Army Regiment by this uniform, my grandfather was a musician before leaving Poland for South Africa. View the post with its 1 response
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