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Category: Translation - Romanian
Approval Date: 4/15/2026 4:05 PM
Family Surname: Rosenstein
Country: Romania
Town: Iasi
Date of Image: 1891

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I can't believe I found this!! Would someone be willing to translate the entire document for me line by line? This is the first romanian birth record I've seen and I want to understand how the document the births. This is my great grandmother

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4/15/2026 4:47 PM

Hello,
Here is a translation. I’ve tried to translate as literally as possible and add line breaks to represent where they would be in the Romanian.

Register of Civil Status
For Births

No. 765
Ghitla Rosenștein

Act of Birth

In the year 1891 / month of July, day 13 at 3 o’clock in the / afternoon. Act of birth of the female child Ghitla, of / female sex, of Jewish religion, born on 10 / July at 6 p.m. in the city of Iași / at her parents’ residence at Strada Sf. Stefan / No. 41, daughter of Mr. Gavril Rosenștein, 36 / years old, servant, and of Mrs. Leea Rosenștein, / 35 years old, residing in division II / per the declaration of the father, who / showed us the female child. Witnesses were Mr. Apostol / Mincu, 70 years old, without profession, residing in / division IV, and Mr. Iancu sin Iosub, 51 / years old, shoemaker, residing in division III, who / signed this act after it was read, along / with us and with the declarant. Certified by / law by us, Constantin Macedon, assistant / of the mayor and registrar of civil status of the commune of Iași. / The declarant and the second witness are illiterate.

Declarant [signature]

Witnesses [signatures]

Registrar of Civil Status [signature]

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