ViewMate - Image Archive, Image 114156 - Translation - Polish - Poland - Zareby Koscielne - Wajntrob, Zarember


	The Genealogical Research Division of

About Mission Our Team Get Involved Learn more about our organizational leadership, mission, and values. There are numerous opportunities to get involved yourself! Research Search All Records Country & Topical Databases Holocaust Database Burial Registry (JOWBR) Cemetery Discovery Project Memorial & Plaques Database Shul Records America Family Trees (FTJP) Sephardic Text Search Search millions of records from around the globe, including more than 4 million records related to the Holocaust, and more than 4.2 million burial records. Records are continually added each month - check back often for new information! Discover Blog Town Finder (Communities Database) Yizkor Books KehilaLinks Regional/Topical Research Divisions JewishGen Press Publications Discover your ancestral town, explore geographic/regional based sections of the JewishGen site (Research Divisions), and explore what daily life was like for your ancestors - and what we can learn from them today. Learn Online Classes Search Methodologies & Research Advice Student Program in Poland Peter and Mary Kalikow Center Enhance your research with online classes and dozens of helpful articles. University students can apply for the Bennett & Robin Greenspan L'dor V'dor Legacy Program, and those "out of school" can help preserve Jewish Heritage in Poland with unique study & volunteer experiences. Connect Family Finder Discussion Group Jewish Genealogy Portal ViewMate Success Stories Yahrzeit reminders Connect with tens of thousands of other JewishGen members via the Family Finder, Discussion Group, Facebook Group, and ViewMate. It's a great way to share success, ask questions, and stay informed of the happenings throughout the Jewish genealogical community. Donate General Support Specific Projects Planned Giving Wall of Honor The JewishGen site is offered as a free public resource. However, it costs a lot of money to maintain and expand our services. If you are in a position to do so, please consider a contribution today - your support will make a difference!

Information

Picture

Question

Category: Translation - Polish
Approval Date: 4/8/2026 4:02 PM
Family Surname: Wajntrob, Zarember
Country: Poland
Town: Zareby Koscielne
Date of Image: 1847

Click the picture to enlarge

From Szukaj w Archiwach.

Akta 11 is my great-great-great-grandmother’s sister’s 1847 marriage 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 marriage record).

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

- the bride’s name: Zelda WAJNTROB/WANTROB.
- her father: Abram WAJNTROB/WANTROB, son of Herszko;
- her mother: Mirka, daughter of Idzko & Zelda;
- the groom’s name: Josk ZAREMBER.

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

Response

4/8/2026 7:22 PM

Hello,
Here is all the useful information:

(Just a note: The image you posted is very pixelated and therefore difficult to read. I was fortunately able to locate the original, full-resolution image on Szukaj w Archiwach; but in the future, please try to make sure you are uploading the highest-quality image possible, as you have in past translation requests. Thank you!)

No. 11 — Zaręby Kościelne

Registration of Marriage: Kosuty (Zaręby Kościelne District), 18 (6 [Julian calendar]) October 1847, 1 p.m. [13:00]

Religious Marriage: Zaręby Kościelne, 14 (2) October 1847, 7 p.m. [19:00]; performed by Rabbi Owszy[?] Boruchowicz BINON

Groom: Josk Szmulowicz ZAREMBER, unmarried, 18 years old, with his father, son of Szmul Zelkowicz and Gołda (deceased) ZAREMBER [no residence mentioned, but the family must be local, as otherwise there would have been banns published in another town in addition to Zaręby Kościelne]

Bride: Zelda Abramówna WAŃTROB, unmarried, 22 years old, residing with both parents in Zaręby Kościelne, daughter of Abram Herszkowicz and Mirka WAŃTROB

Witnesses: Abram BLATMAN, 48 years old; and Jośk[?] Łachmanowicz RACHMAN, 54 years old; [both] house owners in Zaręby Kościelne

Marriage Banns (Announcements): At the synagogue in Zaręby Kościelne on 16 (4), 23 (11), and 30 (18) September 1847

The newlyweds declared that they did not conclude any prenuptial agreement.

——

As a side note, I imagine the groom’s surname (ZAREMBER aka ZARĘBER) is simply derived from his hometown of Zaręby. Toponymic surnames were common among Polish Jews at the time.

As another side note, this record spends a long time (even longer than usual!) listing the date and place of registration, so long that the first four lines serve wholly this purpose. If it is of interest to you, the the first section literally reads as follows:

“So happened at the Chancellery of the Registrar of Civil Status of Non-Christian Faiths of the District of Zaręby Kościelne, in Kosuty on the sixth (eighteenth) day of October of the one thousand eight hundred and forty-seventh year in the first hour of the afternoon.”

It is in large part because of wording like this that these records get so long!

ViewMate Posting VM 114156

Submitted by Jeremy Thomas London

Learn more about our organizational leadership, mission, and values. There are numerous opportunities to get involved yourself!

Search millions of records from around the globe, including more than 4 million records related to the Holocaust, and more than 4.2 million burial records. Records are continually added each month - check back often for new information!

Discover your ancestral town, explore geographic/regional based sections of the JewishGen site (Research Divisions), and explore what daily life was like for your ancestors - and what we can learn from them today.

Enhance your research with online classes and dozens of helpful articles. University students can apply for the Bennett & Robin Greenspan L'dor V'dor Legacy Program, and those "out of school" can help preserve Jewish Heritage in Poland with unique study & volunteer experiences.

Connect with tens of thousands of other JewishGen members via the Family Finder, Discussion Group, Facebook Group, and ViewMate. It's a great way to share success, ask questions, and stay informed of the happenings throughout the Jewish genealogical community.

The JewishGen site is offered as a free public resource. However, it costs a lot of money to maintain and expand our services. If you are in a position to do so, please consider a contribution today - your support will make a difference!

ViewMate Posting VM 114156

Submitted by Jeremy Thomas London