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Category: Translation - Polish
Approval Date: 9/20/2026 2:59 PM
Family Surname: Zarember
Country: Poland
Town: Zareby Koscielne
Date of Image: 1861

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From Szukaj w Archiwach.

Akta 9 is my great-great-grandfather’s first-cousin’s 1861 birth record from Zaręby Kościelne, Łomza, Poland. I would be grateful if someone could translate it in full (or at least everything that isn’t the standard wording of a birth record).

Names that I would expect to see in the text are:
- the child: Chaim ZARĘBER;
- his father: Juśk, son of Szmul ZARĘBER & Golda Chajmowna;
- his mother: Zelda, daughter of Abraham WAJNTROB & Mirka Idźkowicz.

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

Response

9/20/2026 4:10 PM

Hello,
Here is all the relevant information.

No. 9 — Zaręby Kościelne

Registration of Birth: Kosuty, 28 (16) January 1861, 3 p.m. [15:00]

Birth: Zaręby Kościelne, 20 (8) January 1861, 3 a.m. [03:00]

Child: Haim Iciek [one child, two names]

Sex: Male

Father (Declarant): Josko Szmulowicz ZAREMBER, 33 years old, stall-keeper, residing in Zaręby Kościelne

Mother (Wife of Declarant): Zelda Abramowna, 33 years old

9/26/2026 8:04 AM

Hi I took the liberty of running Art 9 past an AI engine tasked to do "deep" name analysis/verification check I am testing AI routines: here is the output if you are interested : extraction continues on next post

---

### **1. Joszko Szmulowicz**

* **Personal & Family Name:** Joszko Szmulowicz
* **Language of Name:** Polish (Yiddish origin)
* **Type of Name:** Formal / Patronymic
* **Person's Role:** Father (Declarant)
* **Confidence Score (1-5):** **5**
* **Alternative Transcriptions / Translations:**
1. Joszek Szmulowicz
2. Jozko Szmulowicz
3. Iosko Szmulowicz
4. Yosko Szmulowicz
5. Szmulowic

---

### **2. Szmul**

* **Personal & Family Name:** Szmul
* **Language of Name:** Yiddish / Hebrew
* **Type of Name:** Root patronymic base
* **Person's Role:** Paternal Grandfather
* **Confidence Score (1-5):** **5**
* **Alternative Transcriptions / Translations:**
1. Shmul
2. Samuel
3. Shmulek
4. Szmulko

---

### **3. Berek Leybowicz**

* **Personal & Family Name:** Berek Leybowicz
* **Language of Name:** Polish (Yiddish origin)
* **Type of Name:** Formal / Patronymic
* **Person's Role:** Witness 1
* **Confidence Score (1-5):** **5**
* **Alternative Transcriptions / Translations:**
1. Berek Leybowic
2. Berek Leibowicz
3. Berek Lejbowicz
4. Berko Leybowicz

---

### **4. Leyb**

* **Personal & Family Name:** Leyb
* **Language of Name:** Yiddish
* **Type of Name:** Root patronymic base
* **Person's Role:** Witness 1's Father
* **Confidence Score (1-5):** **5**
* **Alternative Transcriptions / Translations:**
1. Leib
2. Lejb
3. Leiba
4. Lewi

---

### **5. Josel Maciejowicz Wayngort**

* **Personal & Family Name:** Josel Maciejowicz Wayngort
* **Language of Name:** Polish (Yiddish/German origin)
* **Type of Name:** Formal / Patronymic + Surname
* **Person's Role:** Witness 2
* **Confidence Score (1-5):** **4**
* **Alternative Transcriptions / Translations:**
1. Josel Maciejowic Wayngort
2. Josel Matysowicz Wayngort
3. Josel Maciejowicz Weingort
4. Iosel Maciejowicz Wayngort
5. Josel Maciejowicz Veingort

---

### **6. Maciej**

* **Personal & Family Name:** Maciej
* **Language of Name:** Polish
* **Type of Name:** Root patronymic base
* **Person's Role:** Witness 2's Father
* **Confidence Score (1-5):** **4**
* **Alternative Transcriptions / Translations:**
1. Matys
2. Maciejek
3. Mates
4. Motel

---

### **7. Laja Abramowna**

* **Personal & Family Name:** Laja Abramowna
* **Language of Name:** Polish (Yiddish origin)
* **Type of Name:** Formal / Patronymic
* **Person's Role:** Mother
* **Confidence Score (1-5):** **5**
* **Alternative Transcriptions / Translations:**
1. Golda Abramowna *(marginal/unlikely reading)*
2. Laya Abramowna
3. Lea Abramowna
4. Laja Abramowa

---

### **8. Abram**

* **Personal & Family Name:** Abram
* **Language of Name:** Yiddish / Hebrew
* **Type of Name:** Root patronymic base
* **Person's Role:** Maternal Grandfather
* **Confidence Score (1-5):** **5**
* **Alternative Transcriptions / Translations:**
1. Abraham
2. Avram
3. Abramko

---

### **9. Haim**

* **Personal & Family Name:** Haim
* **Language of Name:** Yiddish / Hebrew
* **Type of Name:** Formal given name
* **Person's Role:** Newborn Child (First given name)
* **Confidence Score (1-5):** **5**
* **Alternative Transcriptions / Translations:**
1. Chaim
2. Khaim
3. Haimko

---

9/26/2026 8:09 AM

post continues

### **10. Icek**

* **Personal & Family Name:** Icek
* **Language of Name:** Polish (Yiddish origin)
* **Type of Name:** Formal given name
* **Person's Role:** Newborn Child (Second given name)
* **Confidence Score (1-5):** **5**
* **Alternative Transcriptions / Translations:**
1. Yitzchak
2. Itsek
3. Isaac
4. Icchok

---

### **11. [B.] Maciewski**

* **Personal & Family Name:** [B.] Maciewski
* **Language of Name:** Polish
* **Type of Name:** Formal surname
* **Person's Role:** Civil Registrar (Official)
* **Confidence Score (1-5):** **4**
* **Alternative Transcriptions / Translations:**
1. Maciewski
2. Maciejewski
3. Maciszewski
4. Maciuk

FYI I have never seen a witnesses father listed before unless they were in some way related to principals ?? I will leave that for you to consider but there may be an error.....

The AI also belted out the following

### **Structural Text & Context Analysis**

* **Record Type & Location:** Civil Registration Act (*Akto urodzenia*) from Zaręby Kościelne.

* **Date of Registration:** 16/28 January 1861 *(Dual Julian/Gregorian date indicated in the margin and main text)*.

* **Child's Date of Birth:** 20 January 1861 at 3:00 AM.

* **Key Text Snippets:**
* *Declarant Father:* "...Stawił się Starozakonny Josko Szmulowicz..." (Appeared the Jew/Follower of the Old Covenant Josko Szmulowicz, aged 33).

* *Witnesses:* "...Starozakonnych Bereka Leybowicza... i Joska Maciejowicza Wayngort..." (In the presence of witnesses, the Jews Berek Leybowicz, aged 60, and Josel Maciejowicz Wayngort, aged 56).

* *Mother:* "...jego Goldy/Laji Abramowny..." (his wife Laja Abramowna, aged 33).

* *Child:* "...nadane zostały Imiona Haim Icek..." (given the names Haim Icek)..

enjoy

9/26/2026 11:07 AM

I owe you an apology ... So wrapped up in testing the AI capabilities I didn't read your request submission properly and therefore did not ask the AI engine the obvious question.... still ....better late than never....

I now asked whether the submitted image contained any of the following family names etc ZARĘBER; Chajmowna; WAJNTROB or Idźkowicz.

Response was :

None of those four specific family or patronymic surnames appear in this birth record.

Here is how each of those names compares to what is actually written in the document:

ZARĘBER: Not present. (The place name Zaręby Kościelne is written repeatedly, but not as a person's surname).

Chajmowna: Not present. (The mother's patronymic is written as Abramowna, meaning "daughter of Abram").

WAJNTROB: Not present. (The surname of the second witness, Josel, is Wayngort / Weingort).

Idźkowicz: Not present. (The patronymics in the record are Szmulowicz, Leybowicz, and Maciejowicz).

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