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115192 Translation - Other

8/23/2026 5:33 PM Two renderings of the same name, from the left and right of one document:
a 1928 duplicate of a 1903 Jewish community birth record, Zemaiciu
Naumiestis (Naishtot), Lithuania. Both fields name the mohel.

A - Lithuanian side: "M. KRAKA_ _ SKY" - I cannot resolve two or three
characters in the middle of the surname.

B - Hebrew/Yiddish side, same name, same clerk, written more fully.

Two questions:
1. Is the given name MENDEL?
2. Does the surname read Krakinovsky, Krakanovsky, or something else?
It is probably toponymic, from Krekenava (Yiddish Krakinove),
Kovno gubernia.

Note that B is a Hebrew-to-Hebrew copy while A is a transliteration of a
Russian-language 1903 register, so B may preserve the original spelling
more faithfully than A. 		View the post, there are no responses
115193 Translation - Yiddish

8/23/2026 5:33 PM Hebrew/Yiddish side - the right-hand page of a 1928 duplicate of a 1903
Jewish community birth record, Zemaiciu Naumiestis (Naishtot), Lithuania.

Four fields, top to bottom:
- parents' residence
- day and year of BIRTH in words, Hebrew date
- place of birth
- day and year of the BRIT in words, Hebrew date

Please read the two Hebrew dates. My reading is 28 Elul 5663 for the
birth and 6 Tishrei 5664 for the brit - eight days apart, which is what
the brit requires - but I am not confident of the month words.

Context: the Lithuanian side of the same document gives 7 September 1903
and 14 September 1903. If the Hebrew dates are as I read them, those civil
dates are Old Style (Julian) and the Gregorian equivalents are
20 and 27 September 1903. 		View the post with its 2 responses
115194 Translation - Polish

8/23/2026 5:33 PM Please extract all relevant information View the post with its 1 response
115195 Translation - Polish

8/23/2026 5:33 PM Please extract all relevant information View the post with its 1 response
115196 Translation - Polish

8/23/2026 5:33 PM Please extract all relevant information View the post with its 1 response
115197 Translation - Polish

8/23/2026 5:33 PM Please extract family information View the post with its 2 responses
115182 Translation - Hebrew

8/23/2026 5:32 PM This comes from an invoice from Wenig Monument Works in NYC for my grandfather's headstone. His Yiddish name was Herschel. I think the first word on the second line is Tsvi, his Hebrew name, which means the third and fourth words might be his father's name.

A translation would be much appreciated. :-) 		View the post with its 3 responses
115183 Translation - Russian

8/23/2026 5:32 PM I was told this is a marriage record for my great aunt Enja Burak. I Need the name of the groom, parents, dates, locations and witnesses if possible. Thank you

Mark Schwartz
markjschwartz@hotmail.com 		View the post with its 1 response
115184 Translation - Hebrew

8/23/2026 5:32 PM Rasha Shnipitsky was my 2nd great grandmother and was married to Lazar Wartelsky in Lithuania. I think her father was Shalom Shnipitsky. I would like to know if the translation gives any information about her family. View the post with its 1 response
115186 Translation - Russian

8/23/2026 5:32 PM marriage record - looking for translation

Mark Schwrtz
markjschwartz@hotmail.com 		View the post with its 1 response
115187 Translation - Russian

8/23/2026 5:32 PM Death record for Fajbus Burak. Need details

Mark Schwartz
markjschwartz@Hotmail.com 		View the post with its 1 response
115179 Translation - Polish

8/23/2026 5:31 PM #44 This appears to be a birth record of moszko Landa.

Is there any parental information here or anything else about the family or child?

Thanks! 		View the post with its 1 response
115180 Translation - Tombstone

8/23/2026 5:31 PM This is the gravestone of a cousin who died in WW1. I would like help translating the Hebrew text to see if it references others in his family such as his father or other information.

Thanks! 		View the post with its 1 response
115181 Translation - Yiddish

8/23/2026 5:31 PM Handwritten page, believed Yiddish and/or Hebrew, from a letter sent to
Alfred (Abel) Goldberg in Minnesota by his parents in Lithuania, some
time between 1923 and the mid-1930s. Page 6 of a longer letter or bundle.
Family name Goldberg; town Zemaiciu Naumiestis (Naishtot-Tavrig), Taurage
district. Any transcription or translation gratefully received, including
partial. I am particularly interested in any dates, place names, personal
names, and the signature. 		View the post with its 1 response
115176 Translation - Russian

8/23/2026 5:30 PM Hello,

Could anyone please help me transcribe and translate this Russian handwritten document?

The document dates from 1915 and is written in Russian cursive handwriting (pre-revolutionary Russian). I am particularly interested in obtaining an accurate transcription of the original Cyrillic text before translating it.

I would be very grateful if someone could provide:

1. A line-by-line transcription in the original Russian/Cyrillic, preserving the original spelling and pre-revolutionary orthography where possible.
2. A translation into English.
3. Please indicate with [?] or brackets any words that are uncertain rather than guessing.
4. The document contains the surname КОРЕНБЛУМЪ (Korenblum), which is important for my family history research.

I have already tried to read it myself, but some parts of the handwriting are very difficult to decipher.

Thank you very much for any help! 		View the post with its 1 response
115177 Translation - Polish

8/23/2026 5:30 PM Dear volunteer, I would be very grateful if you could help me. I would like to ask if you could check for me whether this translation made with AI is good, and if there are any errors, I would like to ask if it is appropriate to update me?

w tym miejscu.
niniejszym Świadectwo, iż znaleziono
w aktach Zeyścia, jako Starozakonny Marek
Lerner liczący lat sześc dziesiąt dwa umarł w
dniu osmym Sierpnia roku tysiąc ośmset dwa-
dziestego czwartego. — którego Zejście zapisane iest
w aktach Urzędnika Stanu cywilnego pod rokiem
1824. na karcie dwonastey w numerze dwadzie-
stym pierwszym Akcie spisanym na dniu 9 Sierp-
nia 1824

View the post with its 1 response
115178 Translation - Polish

8/23/2026 5:30 PM Dear volunteer, I would be very grateful if you could help me
I would like to ask if you could check for me whether this translation made by AI is good, and if there are any errors in it, I would like to ask if it is appropriate to update me?
The content of the translation from AI


Na żądanie Starozakonnego Abrahama Januara
Wydaje niniejszym Świadectwo Zejścia Starozakonney
Hany Walwowiczowey Matki Jego
który Akt Zejścia znayduie się w Oddzielney
księdze w roku 1815 na karcie 1wszey Numer 2
zapisany, iż dnia 11 Grudnia 1815 o godzinie
dziesiątey w nocy Zmarła, ktoren to Akt spisa-
ny na dniu 12 Grudnia 1815 r y przy Asystencyi
Kuracińskiego byłego Urzędnika Stanu Cywilnego
jest podpisany — Co aktach Zaświadczam
w Janowie d. 24 Kwietnia 1826 r
 View the post with its 1 response
115173 Translation - Russian

8/23/2026 5:24 PM This is a page from the 1878 census of Jewish agricultural settlements in Kiev Guberniya (GAKO 1-36-6338). List for the Romanovka settlement near Berdychiv. I'm interested in line 197 for Itsko Bentsin Shulimovich LEVIY, my 3xggf. Can someone make out the entry in the 7th column, a description of the farm? (The first word seems to be khozyaystvo, "farm.") Thanks View the post with its 1 response
115174 Translation - Russian

8/23/2026 5:24 PM This is a letter that was sent from a woman in Bialystok - possibly a non-Jew who formerly worked for her family - to Fania, a relative of mine who escaped during the war. I will upload the next two pages as well. I'm researching the Bialystok branch of my family and would love to find out what it says. View the post with its 1 response
115175 Translation - Russian

8/23/2026 5:24 PM This is a letter that was sent from a woman in Bialystok - possibly a non-Jew who formerly worked for her family - to Fania, a relative of mine who escaped during the war. I have also uploaded the first page. I'm researching the Bialystok branch of my family and would love to find out what it says. View the post with its 1 response
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