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Question

Category: Translation - Polish
Approval Date: 9/6/2026 6:00 PM
Family Surname: Gutman
Country: Poland
Town: Bedzin
Date of Image: 1825

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Please extract all relevant information including witness names

Response

9/12/2026 5:45 PM

AI generated breakdown : NB recommend independent verification !!

**Prosopographical Breakdown**

**1. Directly Stated Entities & Attributes**

* **Record Details**
* **Entry Number:** 27
* **Date of Registration:** August 5, 1825 (*dnia piątego miesiąca Sierpnia*), 6:00 PM (*o godzinie szóstej po południu*).
* **Location of Registration:** Będzin (*Gminy Miasta Będzin, Powiatu Olkuskiego w Woiewództwie Krakowskiem*).
* **Officiant:** Wawrzyniec Kakulski, Priest and Civil Registrar (*Pleban i Urzędnik Stanu Cywilnego Gminy Miasta Będzin*).

* **Reporting Party / Accoucheuse (Midwife)**
* **Name:** Anna Wolińska
* **Age:** 56 years old (*lat pięćdziesiąt sześć licząca*)
* **Occupation:** Midwife (*Akuszerka*)
* **Residence:** Będzin
* **Literacy / Execution Status:** Declared unable to write (*Akszerka zaś wspomniona pisać nie umiejąca*).

* **Mother**
* **Name:** Ryfka Guttmanova Rozenblatowa [Rozenblat]
* **Age:** 40 years old (*lat czterdzieści licząca*)
* **Marital Status:** Widow (*Wdowa*)
* **Occupation:** Day laborer (*Wyrobnica*)
* **Residence:** Będzin
* **Religion/Community Category:** Jewish (Marginal annotation column: *Starozak:* [Starozakonnych / Old Covenant]).

* **Child (Newborn)**
* **Sex:** Male (*płci męskiej*)
* **Date & Time of Birth:** August 3, 1825 (*dnia trzeciego sierpnia roku bieżącego*), 3:00 AM / midnight (*o godzinie trzeciej po północy*).
* **Place of Birth:** Będzin, house number 84 (*pod Numerem ośmdziesiątym czwartym*).
* **Given Name Received:** Abraam
* **Status:** Presented live to the registrar during the act (*pokazuiąc i wyrażaiąc iż mu nadaie Imię... Po uczynieniu powyższego oświadczenia i okazaniu Dziecięca*).

* **Witness 1**
* **Name:** Markiel [Markus] Krüller [Kryller]
* **Age:** 56 years old (*lat pięćdziesiąt sześć liczącego*)
* **Occupation:** Schoolmaster / Jewish Teacher (*Szkolnik*)
* **Residence:** Będzin

* **Witness 2**
* **Name:** Mydla Ferst
* **Age:** 36 years old (*lat trzydzieści sześć liczącego*)
* **Occupation:** Day laborer (*Wyrobnica* / *Wyrobnik*)
* **Residence:** Będzin

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**2. Genealogical Inferences**

* **Father's Status:** The record lists the mother as a widow (*Wdowa*) named *Ryfka Guttmanova Rozenblatowa* and omits a father appearing to declare the child. This indicates the biological father (presumably surname *Rozenblat*) was deceased prior to August 1825, or the child was born posthumously.
* **Ethnic / Religious Identity:** Although registered in the Roman Catholic parish book acting as the civil registry office (*Urząd Stanu Cywilnego*), the names (*Ryfka, Abraam, Markiel, Mydla*), the marginal entry (*Starozak:*), and the witness title (*Szkolnik* — synagogue sexton/schoolmaster) confirm this is a Jewish birth record.
* **Socioeconomic Context:** Both the mother and Witness 2 are classified as *Wyrobnica / Wyrobnik* (unskilled daily labor), indicating an impoverished urban background in the Będzin ghetto/community area (house #84).

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**3. Uncertain, Illegible, or Unclear Items**

* **Line 1 (Top Margin):**
* **Item:** Marginal number `27.`
* **Uncertainty Level:** Low.
* **Reason:** Clear, but standard numerical registry entry header rather than body script.

* **Line 5:**
* **Item:** Mother's surname string `Ryfka Guttmanowa Rozenblatowa` / insert caret `znowu`.
* **Uncertainty Level:** Moderate.
* **Reason:** Heavy patronymic/matronymic inflection (-owa endings) with a scribal correction in the right margin (`znowu` or similar interlinear insert) indicating her maiden vs. married name arrangement.

* **Line 6 (Marginalia):**
* **Item:** Inverted vertical script in the right margin column (`Starozak:`, `Ata?`, `Rendzin`).
* **Uncertainty Level:** Moderate-High.
* **Reason:** Written vertically perpendicular to the main body; partially trimmed at the binder/edge.

* **Line 10:**
* **Item:** First witness surname `Krüller` / `Kryller` / `Müller`.
* **Uncertainty Level:** Moderate.
* **Reason:** The initial letter uses an ornate, fluid 19th-century cursive cap (`K` vs `M`) combined with Yiddish/German-to-Polish transcription phonetics.

* **Line 11:**
* **Item:** Second witness surname `Ferst` / `Fürst`.
* **Uncertainty Level:** Low-Moderate.
* **Reason:** Vowel loop is compressed between the `F` and `r`.

* **Bottom Line (Line 15 - Officiant Signature Area):**
* **Item:** Flourished tail text below the signatures (`Verso ...` / registry code).
* **Uncertainty Level:** High.
* **Reason:** Consists of official administrative shorthand/flourishes (*paraf*) used by Civil Registrars to prevent additional text insertion.

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