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Category: Translation - Polish
Approval Date: 1/21/2026 3:42 PM
Family Surname: Safier
Country: Poland
Town: Rawa Ruska
Date of Image: 1911

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I would like a translation of the comments in blue ink for line 71 (the birth record for Jenta). I can read the name of the parents Perla Susser and Josef Safier and also the grandmother Sary but cannot make out the name of the grandfather which looks to begin with an S.

Grateful for any help.

Response

1/22/2026 7:46 PM

Hello,
First, the maternal grandfather’s name is Szama. (Also, the grandmother’s name is Sara, but it is written as “Sary" following Polish declension rules.)

The note at the right of the page involves legitimacy. The first four lines reference legal decrees from 1937 and are difficult to interpret. However, the lines below that clearly state that a man named Józef PRIWNER declared paternity of the child.

The rest of the note states that PRIWNER had legally married the mother of the child in Lwów on 20 August 1915, as recorded in the marriage register from Lwów for 1915, volume IV, page 71, entry 1188. As a result of the marriage and the declaration, the child was legitimized.

Out of curiosity, I located a copy of the marriage record from 1915, digitized through AGAD (http://agadd2.home.net.pl/metrykalia/300_new/album/3470/slides/1_300_0_0_3470_0071.jpg). This record indicates that Józef PRIWNER was probably the same person as the Josef SAFIER originally listed as the child’s father.

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