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Category: Translation - Polish
Approval Date: 2/22/2026 4:32 PM
Family Surname: Herszkowicz, Wajntrob
Country: Poland
Town: Zareby Koscielne
Date of Image: 1818

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From Geneteka.

I believe Akta 32 is my great-great-great-grandmother’s sister’s 1818 death record from Zaręby Kościelne, Łomża, Poland. I would like it translated in full (or at least everything that isn’t the standard wording of a death record).

Names that I would expect to see in the text are:

- the deceased’s name: Dwora Gitla HERSZKOWICZ (the family later adopted the surname WAYNTROB/WAJNTROB);
- her father: Abraham/Abram, son of Herszko;
- her mother: Mirka, daughter of Idzko and Zelda.

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

Response

2/22/2026 7:23 PM

Hello,
Here is all the relevant information. To be clear, “Herszkowicz” probably wasn’t really a proper surname (hence I don’t put in in all-caps)—it was just a traditional patronymic meaning “son of Herszko.” So if there are records of Abra(a)m’s father Herszko, his “surname” would perhaps be derived from his own father’s name.

No. 32 — Zaręby Kościelne

Registration of Death: Zaręby Kościelne (Ostrołęka District, Płock Voivodeship [territorial divisions at the time]), 30 December 1818, 2 p.m. [14:00]

Death: In house No. 27 [Zaręby Kościelne], 29 December 1818, 2 p.m. [14:00]

 Deceased: Dwora Gitla, 2 years old, daughter of Abraam Herszkowicz and Mirka Idzkowna, residing in Zaręby Kościelne

Witnesses: Peysiak Dawidowicz, 48 years old; and Jankiel Izraelowicz, 53 years old; both synagogue sextons residing in Zaręby Kościelne

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