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Category: Translation - Russian
Approval Date: 8/23/2026 5:19 PM
Family Surname: Korenblum
Country: Poland
Town: Varsovia
Date of Image: 1910

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Hello,

Could anyone please help me transcribe and translate this Russian handwritten document?

The document dates from 1915 and is written in Russian cursive handwriting (pre-revolutionary Russian). I am particularly interested in obtaining an accurate transcription of the original Cyrillic text before translating it.

I would be very grateful if someone could provide:

1. A line-by-line transcription in the original Russian/Cyrillic, preserving the original spelling and pre-revolutionary orthography where possible.
2. A translation into English.
3. Please indicate with [?] or brackets any words that are uncertain rather than guessing.
4. The document contains the surname КОРЕНБЛУМЪ (Korenblum), which is important for my family history research.

I have already tried to read it myself, but some parts of the handwriting are very difficult to decipher.

Thank you very much for any help!

Response

9/4/2026 3:16 AM

Hi - I ran your image past a couple of AI tools. here is one of their responses..The other is similar, happy to send/post if you want

Literal Polish-Russian Administrative Translation

• **436.**
• Took place in Warsaw in the Office of the Civil Status Official of Non-Christian Confessions, fifth Powązki district, on the twenty-seventh of April / tenth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifteen at eleven o'clock in the morning.
• There appeared personally the father, **Mendel Kornblum**, thirty-six years [of age], a coachman/drayman, residing in Warsaw in the house under number nine hundred and ninety, letter G, and in the presence of adult witnesses, **[?] Finderling** residing at house number ten, and **Avram Goldfeld** residing at house number seven on Dzielna Street in Warsaw, private scribes, [he] presented a male infant, declaring that the same was born on the fifteenth / twenty-eighth of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and ten in the house where the declarant resides, of his father, the declarant, and his unmarried mother **Chaia-Leya Stolowicz**, thirty-eight
years [of age].
• To this child was given the name **Chafiter** [or *Khafiter* / *Chaim-Fiter*].
• This act, delayed through the fault of the parents, was read to those present, and signed by Us and the witnesses.
• Civil Status Official of Non-Christian Confessions
• *[Signature / Sub-Lieutenant Zaitsev]*
• *[Signature / Mendel Kornblum]*

Prosopographical Breakdown

Explicit Document Content (Directly Stated)

• Document Type & Date of Registration: Delayed Civil Birth Registration recorded on **10 May 1915** (27 April O.S.) at 11:00 AM.
• Jurisdiction: Office of the Civil Status Official for Non-Christian Confessions, 5th Powązki District, Warsaw.
• Child: Male infant born on 28 April 1910 (15 April O.S.) in house No. 990G, Warsaw. Named **Хафитръ** (*Chafiter* / *Khafiter*).
• Father / Declarant: Mendel Kornblum. Age in 1915: 36 years old (calculated birth ca. 1879). Occupation: Coachman / Drayman (*извощикъ*). Residence: House No. 990G, Warsaw.
• Mother: Chaia-Leya Stolowicz (*Хая-Лея Столовичъ*). Age in 1915: 38 years old (calculated birth ca. 1777/1877). Civil Status: Explicitly listed as **unmarried** (*незамужняя*).
• Witnesses:
- [?] Finderling, adult, residing at Dzielna Street No. 10, Warsaw; private scribe (*частный писецъ*).
- *Avram Goldfeld, adult, residing at Dzielna Street No. 7, Warsaw; private scribe (*частный писецъ*).

Administrative Notes: Registration was formally noted as delayed (*опозданный*) due to the parents' fault (*по винѣ родителей*). Recorded 5 years after the child's birth.

Genealogical Inferences & Historical Context

◦ Marital Status vs. Religious Reality: Although the Russian Imperial civil authority explicitly labels the mother as "unmarried" (*незамужняя*), this was extremely common among Polish Jewish families who had a religious marriage (Chuppah) registered solely with a Rabbi without fulfilling the formal, cost-incurring Russian/Polish civil registration requirements. genealogically, Mendel and
Chaia-Leya operated as a married couple, but civilly, the child was registered under illegitimacy rules or delayed recognition.
◦ Naming Variations: The given name recorded (*Хафитръ*) is an unusual phonetic transliteration, likely a legal clerk's attempt at a Yiddish double/compound name (such as *Chaim-Fitel*, *Chaim-Feiter*, or *Khaim Fiter*).
◦ Witness Occupations: Both witnesses are recorded as *частные писцы* (private scribes/clerks) living on Dzielna Street. In Warsaw vital record registration at this time, neighborhood scribes often acted as professional standard witnesses at civil registries for non-literate or working-class families

9/4/2026 3:20 AM

and here is the

Diplomatic Transcription (Pre-1917 Russian Orthodox Orthography)

• **436.**
• Состоялось въ Варшавѣ въ Канцеляріи Чиновника Гражданскаго Состоянія Нехристі
• анскихъ Исповѣданій, пятаго Повонзковскаго участка двадцать седьмаго Апрѣля / Десята
• го Мая тысяча девятъ сотъ пятнадцатаго года въ одиннадцать часовъ утра. Явился
• лично отецъ Мендель Корнблюмъ, тридцати шести лѣтъ изво
• щикъ, въ Варшавѣ въ домѣ подъ номеромъ девятьсотъ девяносто буква Г
• проживающій и въ присутствіи совершеннолѣтнихъ свидѣтелей Финдерлинга [?]
• лини подъ номеромъ десятымъ и Аврама Гольдфельда подъ номеромъ седьмымъ
• по Дзельной улицѣ въ Варшавѣ проживающихъ, частныхъ писцовъ предъявилъ младен
• ца мужескаго пола объявивъ, что таковой родился пятнадцатаго / двадцать восьма
• го Апрѣля тысяча девятъ сотъ десятаго года въ домѣ гдѣ заявляющій прожива
• етъ, отъ отца его заявляющаго и матери незамужней Хаи-Леи Столовичъ
• тридцати восьми лѣтъ. Ребенку этому дано имя **Хафитръ**. Актъ
• сей, опозданный по винѣ родителей, присутствующимъ прочитанъ, Нами и свидетель
• цами подписанъ. —
• Чиновникъ Гражданскаго Состоянія
• Нехристіанскихъ Исповѣданій
• *[Подпоручикъ Зайцевъ]*
• *[Mendel Kornblum]*

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