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| 115600 |
Translation - Polish
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10/21/2026 3:59 PM
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Birth of Tobe Sonabend |
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| 115633 |
Translation - Russian
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10/18/2026 5:29 PM
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Back of a photo card given to my grandfather Moisei (Morris) FERDMAN in Rovno in 1922, when he left for America. Source: the original card, in my family's possession.
I can read the main text: "For good and eternal remembrance to my unchanging friend Moisei Ferdman from an unchanging friend ... on the day of your departure for America. Shmaya Bukhman."
Please help with:
1. The note written sideways in the left margin. I partly read "...your brother who remained here after your departure... land of grief and torment(?)..."
2. The date at the end of that note ("19 1?/V 22"): is it 13 or 17 May 1922?
3. The signer's name: Shmaya Bukhman?
A brother stayed behind (listed as "A. Ferdman" on Morris's 1922 ship manifest), so any name or detail about him would be very helpful. Thank you! |
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| 115634 |
Translation - Yiddish
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10/18/2026 5:29 PM
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Back of a Rosh Hashanah portrait card of my grandmother Rivka (Rebeka) KESTENBAUM, later Ruth Ferdman (b. Brody 1905). It is the only writing in her own hand. Source: Polkes family, Israel; this is a scan of the original.
My tentative reading:
צו מיין ליבער / עלטערן און געשוויסטער / צום אייביגן אנדענקען / פון מיר אייער טאָכטער / און שוועסטער / רבקה / ראָוונע 19 ?/IX 23
"To my dear parents and siblings, as an eternal remembrance, from me your daughter and sister, Rivka. Rovne, ? Sept 1923."
Could you confirm or correct this, especially:
1. Line 2: is it "עלטערן" (parents)?
2. The day in the date at the bottom.
Thank you very much! |
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| 115635 |
Translation - Russian
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10/18/2026 5:29 PM
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Kowal (Poland) death record, 1893, akt 36: Abram Jankiel LEWKOWICZ, died September 1893, born in Kowal, a discharged soldier, about 57. He left a widow, Golda, and three children, Fiszel, Ryfka and Gitla.
I need help reading the parents' names in the marked line. My best reading is "son of JOZEF (Iosifa) and Gitla nee NASIELSKA" but a second reader got "son of ICEK and Gitla nee K...". Which is it - the father's given name (Jozef or Icek?) and Gitla's maiden name (does it start with N or K, and what is the full name?).
A full Russian transcription is welcome, but these two names are the priority. Thank you! |
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| 115636 |
Translation - Russian
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10/18/2026 5:29 PM
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Kowal (Poland) death record, 1893, akt 36: Abram Jankiel LEWKOWICZ, died September 1893, born in Kowal, a discharged soldier, about 57. He left a widow, Golda, and three children, Fiszel, Ryfka and Gitla.
I need help reading the parents' names in the marked line. My best reading is "son of JOZEF (Iosifa) and Gitla nee NASIELSKA" but a second reader got "son of ICEK and Gitla nee K...". Which is it - the father's given name (Jozef or Icek?) and Gitla's maiden name (does it start with N or K, and what is the full name?).
A full Russian transcription is welcome, but these two names are the priority. Thank you! |
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| 115637 |
Translation - Hungarian
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10/18/2026 5:29 PM
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Hi, please fully translate the Weiszberger family (the first five peolpe).
Thanks
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK8-DSM9-8?cat=koha%3A385993&view=explore&lang=en&groupId=TH-909-71442-52548-19 |
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| 115631 |
Translation - Russian
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10/18/2026 5:28 PM
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This image is from the 1850 revision list found on JewishGen - I'm pretty sure it's in Russian but I could be wrong. There are things in the document not listed in the translation and I would like to know all of what's written. There are only 2 revision lists for this family and no other records survive so everything is helpful. Thank you! |
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| 115632 |
Translation - Hebrew
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10/18/2026 5:28 PM
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Ketubah of my grandparents, Holocaust survivors in a DP community: groom Chaim Aryeh son of Naftali Yosef (IGIEL), bride Leah daughter of Avraham Mordechai (POLIWODA). I believe it was written in Weiden, Germany, in Tishrei 5706 (autumn 1945). Source: the original, in my family's possession.
The standard text is fine. I only need these details:
1. The day of the month (the word before "ועשרים"). I think 25 Tishrei = Tuesday 2 Oct 1945.
2. The place name after "למנין שאנו מונין כאן".
3. Both witnesses' names at the bottom (one may be "Nachum ben ... Shlomo"), plus anything written in the corners.
4. Any surnames that appear anywhere.
Thank you very much! |
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| 115619 |
Translation - Hungarian
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10/18/2026 5:28 PM
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Attached is the marriage record of Samuel Deutsch and Katalin Silbermann (akta 38). Your assistance in the translation of the document will be much appreciated. Thank you.
Link to original FS scan: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6V9N-J8LF?lang=en |
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| 115620 |
Translation - Hungarian
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10/18/2026 5:28 PM
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Attached is the death record of Samuel Deutsch (akta 1043), the son of Bernat and Maria. Your assistance in the translation of the document will be much appreciated. Thank you.
Link to original FS scan: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZVW-B8LQ?lang=en |
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| 115621 |
Translation - Yiddish
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10/18/2026 5:28 PM
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Hello, I would be grateful for help with a handwritten postcard in Yiddish (Hebrew letters), possibly from the 1930s. My family comes from the Lipno area in Poland.
It seems to open with "Liber Bruder" (dear brother). I am looking for a line by line transcription in the original Yiddish and a translation into English, or Hebrew if you can.
Please mark any word you are not sure about. Names, places and dates matter most to me.
Thank you very much. |
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| 115618 |
Translation - Hebrew
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10/18/2026 5:27 PM
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Please translate from Yiddish to Hebrew for me. |
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| 115627 |
Translation - Russian
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10/18/2026 5:27 PM
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From Szukaj w Archiwach.
Akta 2 is an 1871 death record from Dobrzyń nad Drwęcą, Rypin, Płock, Poland for a Dawid LONDON, who is hopefully my fourth-great-grandfather.
I would be grateful if someone could translate it in full (or at least everything that isn’t the standard wording of a death record).
Thanks so much! Hopefully the handwriting isn’t too hard to read. |
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| 115628 |
Translation - Tombstone
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10/18/2026 5:27 PM
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Tombstone, Jewish cemetery of Oleszyce (Halshitz), Lubaczów county, Poland — please read the father's name.
A man who died 22 Heshvan 5691 (13 Nov 1930). What we read:
נפטר כ״ב לחודש חשון תרצ״א / איש תם וישר הלך בדרך תמים מתפרנס מיגיע כפו ביושר / ה״ה מוה׳ יצחק בן מוה׳ אברהם [...]
The father's line (bottom of the stone; enlarged on the right of the image) is worn. Which word follows אברהם? We wonder about פישל, הירש or אביש. A full transcription and translation would also be very welcome.
Source: photo taken in September 2026 by the municipal library of Oleszyce (Miejsko-Gminna Biblioteka Publiczna) for our cemetery documentation project, https://oleszyce-cemetery.vercel.app (stone 001). Left: whole stone; right: enlarged, contrast-enhanced crop of the lower lines. |
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| 115629 |
Translation - Tombstone
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10/18/2026 5:27 PM
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Tombstone in the Jewish cemetery of Oleszyce (Halshitz), Poland: PHOTO No. 268, bottom right of this page. Possibly my ancestor.
We read: לאה אסתר בת אשר זעליג, and the year as תרפ״ט (1928/29). Please help with:
1. The year: is the last letter ט (תרפ״ט) or א (תרפ״א)? Also the day and month, if visible.
2. Is the name really לאה אסתר בת אשר זעליג? Any other lines (eulogy, a husband's name)?
Background: Lea Kessler née Buchholz, daughter of Uscher Selig Buchholz, wife of Isak Eisig Kessler of Oleszyce; her death date is unknown and no death register survives for 1925-39.
Source (page shown unchanged): "Karta cmentarza" Oleszyce, P. Mrowca, September 1987, page 49 – Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa, zabytek.pl, document PL.1.9.ZIPOZ.NID_N_18_EN.42380 (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 PL). Project: https://oleszyce-cemetery.vercel.app |
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| 115630 |
Translation - Russian
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10/18/2026 5:27 PM
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1896 Eckert and Torunczyk Marriage Sierpc PSA Births, Marriages, Deaths 1886-1903 Akta 2
Dear Translators, this Marriage document may bring together the history of two families. All the details are of interest, especially the names, places, and dates. Are the dates Julian or Gregorian calendar? Many thanks! |
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| 115617 |
Translation - Polish
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10/18/2026 5:26 PM
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Attached is the birth record of my second great-grandfather Chaim Zyskind Rzetelny (akta 103), not to be confused with another Chaim Rzetelny in previous generations of the same family. He was the son of Majer and Rojza.
Your assistance in the translation of the document will be much appreciated. Thank you. |
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| 115610 |
Translation - Yiddish
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10/18/2026 5:26 PM
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I would very much appreciate a translation of the writing next to each photo. I believe these were written in 1926, perhaps by the people in the photos? The one at the bottom is my grandmother Rose (Rasia Beila). Thanks so much. |
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| 115611 |
Translation - Yiddish
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10/18/2026 5:26 PM
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I would very much appreciate a translation of the writing next to each photo. I believe this was written in 1926 when the family left Lithuania. Thanks so much. |
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| 115612 |
Translation - Russian
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10/18/2026 5:26 PM
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I've had this translated, but the translator wasn't sure about Elia's patronymic. If any native Russian speakers can make out the name, I'd be very grateful. Translation below:
This happened in the town of Szczuczyn on September 22nd (September 10, Julian), 1875 at 10 A.M. Elia Anisimowicz* Karabanow presented himself, age 30, a non-commissioned officer in the 6th Gluchow Dragoon regiment quartered in the town of Szczuczyn, in the presence of Herszk Tetenbaum, a merchant, age 40 and Szolim Zajdenberg, a sexton, age 63, living in the town of Szczuczyn, and showed us a child of male gender, stating that he was born here in the town of Szczuczyn on September 14th (September 2, Julian) of the current year at 10 P.M. to his lawful wife, Ryfka Dawidowna, age 19. This child, at circumcision was given the name Semion Isaak**. This record was read aloud to the declarant and witnesses and then we and those present signed.
* Patronym hard to read, but this is best guess.
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