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VM ID Category Image Date Approved Question Posts
115559 Do you recognize?

10/7/2026 5:17 PM I am trying to identify eh Polish Army regiment from this Miltary band phot, so that I can trace my granfather's Polis ancestry. View the post, there are no responses
115560 Translation - Yiddish

10/7/2026 5:17 PM Back of a studio photo postcard (Foto Select, str. Apeduc 45, Iasi), dated 1/12/1925, showing a young man playing the violin. The handwriting is in Yiddish. I would be grateful for a full transcription and translation of both sides of the card.

Left side: the dedication and the signature. I think it begins 'tsum eybikn ondenk...' and the signature may include the name LEHNER, but I am not sure.
Right side: the address. I think it reads 'Herrn ... Shmelke(?) ... Rezina', but I am not sure.

Background: my great-grandfather Shmil (Shmuel) SOLGANIK lived in Rezina, Bessarabia, in the 1920s. Another postcard from the same studio (25 October 1926) was sent to him 'from your nephews' Frima, Boris, Volf and Hana LEHNER(?). I would like to know who wrote this card and how he was related to Shmuel.

Thank you very much!
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115554 Translation - Russian

10/7/2026 5:17 PM Full translation requested, but four specific fields matter most:

The father's given name (line 3, before "Мстовский/Метовский"). I cannot resolve it. It is not Ejzyk — it has a long medial descender. A shape consistent with Юдка/Judka, but that is a guess.
The surname — Мстовский or Метовский? JRI-Poland indexes it "METOWSKY / MSTOWSKI?" with a question mark, and the book's own index reads Метовский. But the TOWN in lines 1 and 5 seems written the same way, so this may just be the clerk's spelling of "of Mstów."
The mother's maiden name (line ~8, after "урожденной"). I read ГАБЕЛЬМАН / Gabelman — confirmation or correction welcome.
The father's occupation — I read подрядчик (contractor). And his stated age.

Source: Archiwum Państwowe w Częstochowie, fond 8/92/0, unit /-/63 (Mstów duplicate register 1870), image 6; LDS film 1199703.
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115556 Translation - Polish

10/7/2026 5:16 PM From Szukaj w Archiwach.

Akta 90 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: Marjem BERGMAN;
- her father: Abram Iciek GRZYBOWICZ;
- her mother: Chaja Szyfra PIEKARZ.

Please also see the other Polish translation request posted at the same time as this one (VM115557) which I believe was a registration on the same day with identical details except for the child’s name and date of birth.

Thanks so much! Hopefully the handwriting isn’t too hard to read.
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115548 Translation - Russian

10/7/2026 5:16 PM Hello all, I'd be grateful for a translation of this document, particularly to know the father's name. it's been suggested this could be Srul or Froim, but i do not read Russian. Thank you! View the post with its 1 response
115549 Translation - Russian

10/7/2026 5:16 PM From Szukaj w Archiwach.

Akta 34 is an 1890 birth record from Zaręby Kościelne, Łomza, Poland for someone who might be 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: Dyna ZAREMBER;
- her father: Herszko ZAREMBER, son of Juśk & Zelda?

Thanks so much! Hopefully the handwriting isn’t too hard to read.
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115550 Photo Identification

10/7/2026 5:16 PM Family album Leah Vascovitz Marie,Alan,Mike and Esther Moskowitz View the post, there are no responses
115551 Translation - Tombstone

10/7/2026 5:16 PM Image 1 of 2 (detail). Would appreciate any information about this worn inscription. Research suggests this might be the marker for Abraham Shapiro, who died on 7 June 1891, but records are sparse and unclear. Thank you for considering. View the post with its 1 response
115552 Translation - Tombstone

10/7/2026 5:16 PM Image 2 of 2 (full marker). Would appreciate any information about this worn inscription. Research suggests this might be the marker for Abraham Shapiro, who died on 7 June 1891, but records are sparse and unclear. Thank you for considering. View the post with its 1 response
115471 Translation - German

10/7/2026 5:15 PM I would like to receive a translation of this document. It's my 3x great grand uncle.





Thank you, Elani Joseph
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115545 Translation - Tombstone

10/4/2026 4:23 PM Please translate to english View the post with its 2 responses
115546 Translation - Tombstone

10/4/2026 4:23 PM Please translate to English. Source: Find a Grave View the post with its 2 responses
115547 Translation - Polish

10/4/2026 4:23 PM From Szukaj w Archiwach.

Aktas 80 & 81 are 1921 birth records from Zaręby Kościelne, Łomza, Poland for my grandmother’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 80: Mirka GRZYBOWICZ;
- the child in Akta 81: Ester-Enia GRZYBOWICZ;
- their father: Abram Iciek GRZYBOWICZ;
- their mother: Chaja Szyfra PIEKARZ.

Thanks so much! Hopefully the handwriting isn’t too hard to read.
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115536 Translation - Polish

10/4/2026 4:23 PM Hi! Could you please do a transcription or a translation for me? Thanks! All the best View the post with its 1 response
115537 Translation - Hungarian

10/4/2026 4:23 PM This is the groom and his parents listed in an Hungarian Marriage Register. I can read some of the entry but not all. I think this reads groom is Izrael Biederman, born in Kosztyova Pasztely. His father is Wolf Biederman born Nagyberezna. Mother is Fani.

I can't make out any other names or words, and am looking for suggestions for the rest.Thank you.
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115527 Translation - Yiddish

10/4/2026 4:22 PM This is a photo of a photo. I don't have the original image. I'm hoping to get a translation of the text on the bottom and the single word on the top. I am posting a second image of only the text on the bottom in the hope it may be easier to read. I can't improve on this image so having any of the words translated would be very helpful. View the post with its 1 response
115528 Translation - Yiddish

10/4/2026 4:22 PM This is an isolation of the text on the image of the associated figure in costume. Hopefully this will be easier to read. View the post, there are no responses
115529 Translation - Russian

10/4/2026 4:22 PM Attached is the front side of an envelope used to send a letter from my great-grandfather Dr. Abram Riskin to my great-grandmother Bronia Riskin-Levin. The letter was sent from Haifa, where they resided, to Safed, where Bronia was staying to recover from an illness. The Hebrew reads: "To Mrs. Dr. Riskin, Main Hotel (Maiberg), Safed,"

I would appreciate your assistance in the translation of the document. Thank you.
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115532 Translation - Russian

10/4/2026 4:22 PM Looking for Russian/English translation for the following document:

Maryim Ruchla Barg 1882 Miedzyrzec Podlaski Poland birth register Akta 9.

She should be listed as the daughter of Jankel Meier Barg and Eva Lichtenstein Barg. Eva may be rendered as Cheva Nucha etc. She was later known as Rachel Barg, with an estimated bith year of 1882. As far as I know Rachel was the first of the children born to Meyer and Eva Barg.
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115533 Translation - Russian

10/4/2026 4:22 PM Looking for a Russian/English translation of the following:

1885 birth record of Leia Barg Miedzyrzec Podlaski Poland birth record Akta 116.

Leia was I believe the second child born to Jankel Meier Barg and wife Eva Lichtenstein Barg (also known as Cheva Nucha). There is some debate as to whether Leia Barg was later known as Sara L. Barg, with the "L" possibly standing in for "Leia."

There is also a Chaia Sura Barg born a couple of years later--it isn't known whether she was also a duaghter of Meier and Eva Barg, though Sura is a better inspiration for "Sara."
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