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115718 Translation - Polish

11/1/2026 5:49 PM I believe line 25 is the birth record of my grandfather Nathan Klausner born Chaim Nusen. I would like to have the column heading and info in row 25 translated from Polish to English.

Thanks kindly. 		View the post with its 1 response
115720 Translation - Polish

11/1/2026 5:49 PM I believe this is the birth record for my Great Aunt and Great Uncle, Freida and Natan Yakob Klausner. I believe they were twins. I would like to have the column headings and information on rows 10 and 11 translated from Polish to English.

Thanks kindly. 		View the post with its 1 response
115721 Translation - Polish

11/1/2026 5:49 PM help with translating record #5 View the post with its 2 responses
115712 Translation - Russian

11/1/2026 5:48 PM Birth record for Gudya Dvoyra Shmerenzon; Want to know if Cyrillic record contains any additional information View the post with its 1 response
115713 Translation - Russian

11/1/2026 5:48 PM 1875 revision list for Duvid Shmerenzon. Want to know if Cyrillic image has any additional information. View the post with its 1 response
115714 Translation - Russian

11/1/2026 5:48 PM Please translate this entire handwritten Russian-language Jewish birth record from
Polaniec into English. Please identify the child’s full name and exact birth date, both parents’ full names (including
the mother’s maiden surname), ages, occupations, residence, witnesses, and any additional genealogically
useful information. Please include original name spellings or transliterations where possible. I am investigating
Landgarten family connections

Arcival source: State Archive in Sandomierz, Jewish Civil Registration Records of Polaniec, 1893, Act No. 33, register 69, page 17. 		View the post with its 1 response
115715 Translation - Russian

11/1/2026 5:48 PM Please independently transcribe the child’s name written in the margin and translate the full
handwritten Russian-language record. I am particularly interested in the exact birth date, both parents’ full names
and mother’s maiden surname, parents’ ages, occupations and residence, witnesses, and any additional
identifying details. Previous tentative readings of the name have not been verified. I am investigating Landgarten
family connections.

Arcival source: State Archive in Sandomierz, Jewish Civil Registration Records of Polaniec, 1895, Act No. 17, register 71, page 9. 		View the post with its 1 response
115716 Translation - Russian

11/1/2026 5:48 PM Please independently transcribe the child’s name in the margin and translate the complete
handwritten Russian-language record. Please identify the exact birth date, both parents’ full names (including
mother’s maiden surname), their ages, occupations and residence, witnesses, and any other genealogically
relevant information. I am investigating whether this record and two other Polaniec birth records from 1893 and
1895 belong to the same Landgarten household.

Arcival source: State Archive in Sandomierz, Jewish Civil Registration Records of Polaniec, 1897, Act No. 47, register 75, page 24. 		View the post with its 1 response
115717 Sharing Document

11/1/2026 5:48 PM I am not sure this is in Russia or in the Belarus area. Most of the pictures posted by me are from what was the Russian front. View the post, there are no responses
115709 Translation - Yiddish

11/1/2026 5:47 PM This is a handwritten letter in Yiddish that we found in my grandfather's closet after he died. It appears to be a letter from someone from Lomza, Poland, which is the town he grew up in. He was a Holocaust survivor and survived the concentration camps. I wish I knew what it said! I want to know more about his family in Poland. His name was Irving Bernstein, and his brother's name was Jacob (Jack) Bernstein. View the post with its 2 responses
115710 Translation - Other

11/1/2026 5:47 PM This was written on the back of my grandmother's internal passport (which was issued in 1911). She lived in Kobryn but apparently traveled to Warsaw to work for an uncle. I believe this document contains some Russian text as well as text written in at least one other language. I am hoping someone can tell me in what language(s) the text is written and translate as much as possible into English. The hand writing is quite beautiful! View the post with its 3 responses
115711 Do you recognize?

11/1/2026 5:47 PM I'm interested in which town this is - it is the birthplace of the first person from my family to immigrate to the United States. I'm thinking it may be Ostrołęka in Poland. View the post, there are no responses
115697 Translation - Polish

11/1/2026 5:46 PM Attached is the birth record of Haia Ides Rzetelna (akta #23), the daughter of Ick and Sima Rzetelny of Kaluszyn.

Your assistance in the translation of the record will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. 		View the post with its 2 responses
115698 Translation - Russian

11/1/2026 5:46 PM This is the 1878 Kedainiai (Keidan) Jewish birth register, male record 23 (LVIA 1226/1/1521, FamilySearch film 2289447, image 304). I read it as Izrael, son of Zusman Abelovich Kamber and Mere Itskhokovna Smilg, of the Keidan community. I'd like help with two things:
1. Can you confirm the mother's surname is Smilg (Смильгъ), and read the rest of the entry, including the date?
2. The same Mere Kamber's 1930 Kedainiai death record names her parents as Itsik Krost and Feige Male, which matches the 1874 household of Itsyk Krost and Feyga Malka. Why might a woman appear as Smilg in one record and Krost in another? Could it be a first husband's name, a step-family, or a clerk's error? I'd also welcome any pointers to Keidan records that might settle it.
Thank you! 		View the post with its 1 response
115699 Translation - Polish

11/1/2026 5:46 PM Can I please get translation to English. Thank you! View the post with its 1 response
115700 Translation - Russian

11/1/2026 5:46 PM Can I please get record 99 Translated to English. Thank you! View the post with its 1 response
115703 Translation - Russian

11/1/2026 5:46 PM Can I please get record 92 translated to English. Thank you! View the post with its 1 response
115706 Translation - Yiddish

11/1/2026 5:46 PM Abram Bron testimony which may have key details that help in discovery of our family history. Total of 3 pages.. This is from his testimony View the post, there are no responses
115707 Translation - Yiddish

11/1/2026 5:46 PM Abram Bron testimony which may have key details that help in discovery of our family history. Total of 3 pages.. This is from his testimony View the post, there are no responses
115708 Translation - Yiddish

11/1/2026 5:46 PM Abram Bron testimony which may have key details that help in discovery of our family history. Total of 3 pages.. This is from his testimony View the post, there are no responses
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