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Category: Translation - Russian
Approval Date: 8/2/2026 5:07 PM
Family Surname: Kovensky
Country: Lithuania
Town: Seirijai
Date of Image: 1873

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Hello! I’m looking for help translating an 1873 death record, held by the Polish State Archive (https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/14210796, scan 23 of 33, record #6 on bottom right). Indexed by LitvakSIG, I originally found it via JewishGen, where info shows as: Name of deceased Girsh KOVENSKI, parents Iudel & Ienta. Died at age 65.

Town of SEIRIJAI, in modern-day Lithuania. I think in 1873 this was part of the Russian Empire, and that record is in Russian.

I believe this Girsh is my G.G.G grand-parent.

I’d like help translating the full record. I previously found that a record we thought was our direct ancestor had text that read “died without descendants”, which would mean they couldn't be our direct ancestor. So I’m seeking a *full* translation, if possible, not just the names/dates.

Thank you!
Rahel

Response

8/7/2026 9:19 AM

N 6
Серее
Состоялось в посаде Серее мая второго дня тысяча восемьсот семьдесят третьего года в семь часов утра, явились лично чернорабочие Гирш Кнойля сорока пяти лет и Абрам Тенбейль шестидесяти девяти лет жительствующие в посаде Серее, и объявили, что вчерашнего числа в два часа утра умер в посаде Серее чернорабочий Гирш Ковенский шестидесяти пяти лет от роду сын Юделя и Енты в неживых, по личному удостоверению о смерти Гирша Каневского. Акт сей по прочтении только ними подписан, так как свидетели не грамотные.
Чиновник гражданского состояния......... (подпись)

8/9/2026 11:59 PM

Update: Thanks to someone from another list who translated. (Disclosed as translated with help from AI; the translator also speaks Russian so was able to add human perspective to the AI translation.)

No. 6. Seirijai (Serei)
Took place in the town of Serei on the second day of May, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-Three, at seven o'clock in the morning. There appeared in person day-laborers Girsh Yankelev [son of Yankel], forty-five years of age, and Abram Mendelev [son of Mendel], sixty-nine years of age, residing in the town of Serei, and declared that yesterday at two o'clock in the morning died in the town of Serei day-laborer Girsh Kovensky, sixty-five years of age, son of Iudel and Ienta, [both] deceased, upon personal verification of the death of Girsh Kovensky. — This record, after being read, was signed by us only, as the witnesses are illiterate.
Civil Registrar: [Signature]

Much gratitude to those who helped!
Rahel

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