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Submitted by Edward M Shapiro

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Category: Translation - Yiddish Approval Date: 8/29/2021 12:30 PM Family Surname: Country: Lithuania Date of Image: 1895 and 1894	Click the picture to enlarge	These are death records of siblings. The top record (# 304) is from 1895. The bottom record (# 547) is from 1894. Please help with the translations. Thank you very much. Ed edsbonebed@hotmail.com

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8/29/2021 10:52 PM	Female infant (less than 30 days old) by Podberezki Peretz and his wife Rachel Shapira 30 Sivan / June 10 Wilno 304 Stillbirth (female) by Podberezki Peretz son of Shimon Shapira 7 Cheshven / October 25 Wilno 547
8/30/2021 9:47 AM	To the best of my knowledge, the word נפל that appears on the first record means an abortus. They are describing a miscarriage, they could identify it was a female. This was neither a birth nor an infant. The second record literally says: "[she] was born dead". The verb has the female declension.
8/30/2021 9:48 AM	By the way, these are Hebrew texts, not Yiddish. נפל - is pronounced "neffel" in this case.

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