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Submitted by Keith Earl Jacobson

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Category: Translation - Yiddish Approval Date: 3/4/2026 8:30 PM Family Surname: Schapiro Country: USA Town: Radautz, Romania Date of Image: 1902-1904	Click the picture to enlarge	I need this letter translated please. It was written from my great grandmother to her mother in Romania. I believe it's talking about her safe arrival in the US. Thanks

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3/6/2026 1:46 PM

Yesteday I again received bad news from my brother Shmul from ---- that our devoted mother died on 16 December 1909 sad new to loose mother and brother within 30 days. I am like Moses [?] --- and can not write you much about it because there aren't many mothers like that write me whether you've written our brother about Yankl's death I have to close my writing because my hand is trembling with the pain of these tidings I greet you with the children special greetings to you from my wife and children from me your brother in law J. Schapiro

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