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115050 Translation - Yiddish

8/2/2026 5:12 PM This note is at the bottom of a 1946 letter written in Polish by a woman named Bela. I don't know if the note was written by the letter's author (seems unlikely) or added by a family member later. I also don't know if it's Hebrew or Yiddish. If anyone is able to tell me what it says I'd be extremely grateful. View the post with its 1 response
115051 Translation - Russian

8/2/2026 5:12 PM Attached is 1/6 pages of a 1934 letter sent by my great-grandfather Abram (Abrasha) Riskin, from Haifa, to my great-grandmother Bronya Levin, who may have been traveling in Europe with their daughter, Miryam Riskin. I would appreciate your assistance in the translation of the letter. Thank you. View the post with its 1 response
115052 Translation - Russian

8/2/2026 5:12 PM Attached is 2/6 pages of a 1934 letter sent by my great-grandfather Abram (Abrasha) Riskin, from Haifa, to my great-grandmother Bronya Levin, who may have been traveling in Europe with their daughter, Miryam Riskin. I would appreciate your assistance in the translation of the letter. Thank you. View the post with its 1 response
115053 Translation - Russian

8/2/2026 5:12 PM Attached is 3/6 pages of a 1934 letter sent by my great-grandfather Abram (Abrasha) Riskin, from Haifa, to my great-grandmother Bronya Levin, who may have been traveling in Europe with their daughter, Miryam Riskin. I would appreciate your assistance in the translation of the letter. Thank you. View the post with its 1 response
115054 Translation - Russian

8/2/2026 5:12 PM Attached is 4/6 pages of a 1934 letter sent by my great-grandfather Abram (Abrasha) Riskin, from Haifa, to my great-grandmother Bronya Levin, who may have been traveling in Europe with their daughter, Miryam Riskin. The page notes the city of Safed in Hebrew. I would appreciate your assistance in the translation of the letter. Thank you. View the post with its 1 response
115055 Translation - Russian

8/2/2026 5:12 PM Attached is 5/6 pages of a 1934 letter sent by my great-grandfather Abram (Abrasha) Riskin, from Haifa, to my great-grandmother Bronya Levin, who may have been traveling in Europe with their daughter, Miryam Riskin. I would appreciate your assistance in the translation of the letter. Thank you. View the post with its 1 response
115045 Translation - Hungarian

8/2/2026 5:11 PM I would appreciate a translation of this Hungarian death record for Joel Berger. I am unable to decipher his parents' name on the document Thank you so much. Ken Berger View the post with its 1 response
115047 Translation - Hungarian

8/2/2026 5:11 PM This is the second page of the Hungarian document. Thank you very much. View the post with its 1 response
115048 Translation - Polish

8/2/2026 5:11 PM I would appreciate help translating the names, especially of the mother’s parents. View the post with its 2 responses
115043 Translation - German

8/2/2026 5:10 PM I would be grateful for help with one word.

This is a Jewish birth register from Przemyslany, Galicia, 1908. The entry follows the register's usual formula: the mother's name, then "rit. an" and her partner's name, then a word or two, then "Tochter des" and her own parents.

My question is the word boxed in red. It seems to begin "Leinwand". Is it the surname Leinwand, or the start of a trade, such as Leinwandhaendler or Leinwandfabrikant?

I should say that the image is poor - the leaf is torn, the contrast is low, and the page is slightly tilted. I have put a clear "Leinwand" from elsewhere in the same register beside it for comparison.

Any reading, even a partial or uncertain one, would help. Thank you. 		View the post with its 2 responses
115044 Translation - German

8/2/2026 5:10 PM I would be grateful for a second opinion on one word.

This is a Jewish birth register from Przemyslany, Galicia, 1905. In a single cell the clerk writes a man's first name, and then a few words later writes a second word, which I have been reading as an abbreviated occupation, "Handl."

Both are marked on the image. My question is simply this: are they the same word, or two different ones?

This follows on from an earlier question of mine, in which a kind responder suggested that the second word might be a name rather than a trade. I would rather not say which way I lean.

Thank you. 		View the post with its 3 responses
115040 Translation - Tombstone

8/2/2026 5:08 PM We have some relatives that were buried at Mt Carmel Cemetery in Sioux City, Iowa. My grandparents and great grandparents along with some aunts and uncles.

This image I discovered the other day and need help with the translation with the letters on the headstone. We thought our great grandfather George was the first decedent in the United states from Russia. Now we don't know. 		View the post with its 3 responses
115037 Translation - Yiddish

8/2/2026 5:07 PM This is a letter to my grandmother from her sister in Russia. I don't even know if it's upside down.:) Thank you for any help!
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115019 Translation - Yiddish

8/2/2026 5:07 PM UPDATED REQUEST:
Hi! Turns out this is in 3 languages:

Hebrew, Lithuanian, and Yiddish.

This death record is for Ethel/Estera Rogalsky, my G.G. grandmother. Original is in LVIA: https://eais.archyvai.lt/repo-ext/view/284004664

Since there are some date and name discrepancies between the three language, I'm seeking help translating the full text, all fields, from all three languages. If you can help with any of that, it would be so appreciated.

(Also, the gravestone that seems likely to be hers was also uploaded to ViewMate recently, with a Hebrew date corresponding to Feb 2 1922. I visited it last week, and it was so exciting to find and uncover the date!)

Thanks!
Rahel 		View the post with its 2 responses
115028 Translation - Russian

8/2/2026 5:07 PM Hello! I’m looking for help translating an 1873 death record, held by the Polish State Archive (https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/14210796, scan 23 of 33, record #6 on bottom right). Indexed by LitvakSIG, I originally found it via JewishGen, where info shows as: Name of deceased Girsh KOVENSKI, parents Iudel & Ienta. Died at age 65.

Town of SEIRIJAI, in modern-day Lithuania. I think in 1873 this was part of the Russian Empire, and that record is in Russian.

I believe this Girsh is my G.G.G grand-parent.

I’d like help translating the full record. I previously found that a record we thought was our direct ancestor had text that read “died without descendants”, which would mean they couldn't be our direct ancestor. So I’m seeking a *full* translation, if possible, not just the names/dates.

Thank you!
Rahel 		View the post with its 2 responses
115031 Translation - Tombstone

8/2/2026 5:07 PM Would very much appreciate a translation of the Hebrew on this tombstone, especially any information identifying Eva Cohen's parents, and whether Eva Cohen was known by another name. Thank you! View the post with its 1 response
114417 Translation - German

8/2/2026 5:06 PM Birth act from the child of Simon Elias: can you help to translate ? Thanks View the post with its 3 responses
115039 Translation - German

7/29/2026 4:26 PM Four crops from one Jewish birth register, same clerk throughout. Panel A is a known, undisputed SALZ. Panels B and C are the mother's maiden surname in two acts of the same family — act 128 of 1903 and act 107 of 1905 — reading "Reisel geb. [?] rituell an Menasche Mandel, Handl. Tochter des Simmer a. der Feige, Händler in Bóbrka." Panel D gives the whole of column 7 for context.

My question is narrow: in panels B and C, is the maiden surname the same word as panel A — that is, is it SALZ? If not, what do you read?

I would much rather have "cannot be determined" than a confident guess — this bears on a citizenship application and the reading needs to be reliable.

Source: AGAD zespół 300, sygn. 1/300/0/-/2667, Przemyślany, scans 21, 51 and 129. Freely viewable at szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl. 		View the post with its 6 responses
115032 Translation - Polish

7/29/2026 4:25 PM This is the death record of Zacharjas Josef GOLDMAN, recorded in Lublin on August 21, 1936. I'm trying to find his date of death. I see October 1st (which makes no sense) and then I can't translate the next four words and then I see the word "year".
Can someone please help?
Thank you. 		View the post with its 1 response
115033 Translation - Polish

7/29/2026 4:25 PM Praga (Warsaw) civil register, 1828, Akt 117 — a death record that is related to my family. I'm currently investigating it and would greatly appreciate a full transcription and translation of the entire entry. Thank you so much for your time! View the post with its 1 response
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