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115217 Translation - Tombstone

8/26/2026 4:56 PM (downloaded from billiongraves)
I would be thankful for a translation of the Hebrew and help with the German, where I‘m not sure…
This should be the grave of Dori Hirsch, my grandmothers grandmother in Šafov/ Schaffa in Czechia near the Austrian border.
Thank you very much. 		View the post with its 2 responses
115218 Translation - Russian

8/26/2026 4:56 PM I'd like to have full names of the decedent, I think it's Gershek Blank, and his parents, his age, and residence for him and parents.
Thank you
 View the post with its 1 response
115219 Translation - Hebrew

8/26/2026 4:56 PM Signature block from a Jewish marriage record, Ciepielow (Radom gubernia), 1844, act 5. Source: AP Kielce, Ciepielow Jewish civil registers, via GenBaza.

Four men signed in Hebrew. The Polish text names them, in this order: Jewel Rappoport (deputy rabbi); Lejbus Honigsberg (the groom's father, of Konskowola, Lublin gubernia); Judka Kuperman (the bride's father); Josek Echt (witness).

I would be grateful for a reading of all four lines, but especially the SECOND line - Lejbus Honigsberg, my direct ancestor. It appears to have three elements and I cannot make out the middle one.

Two questions in particular:
1. Does the middle word read ha-Levi, ha-Kohen, or something else (e.g. an abbreviation such as b"r)?
2. If a patronymic appears, what is his father's name? The 1847 civil death record does not name his father, so this signature may be the only surviving evidence of that generation.

Any reading, even partial or uncertain, would be a great help. Thank you. 		View the post with its 1 response
115220 Translation - German

8/26/2026 4:56 PM Hello,
Philipp was the father of my G.G.G mother from my mother's Fraenkel side of the family.I know they lived in Breslau and later in Berlin. I hope you can translate the document for me.

Best regards
Neora Berl
neora.berl@gmail.com 		View the post with its 1 response
115221 Translation - Russian

8/26/2026 4:56 PM This is a Jewish birth record for Rakov, Belarus, from 1889. I think it may include the surname Danishefsky, and would like to know what the full record says.
Please email me if any questions, yehudazevrubin@gmail.com. Thanks in advance! 		View the post with its 1 response
115210 Translation - Polish

8/26/2026 4:55 PM Please assist me to understand the name of the children’s mother, as well as the name of the grandmother. Thanks. View the post with its 1 response
115211 Translation - Russian

8/26/2026 4:55 PM I would be grateful for a translation of the birth name (Mojta Krul) and her birth date in the B522 birth certificate and of the parents if this is possible. Thank you in advance. View the post with its 1 response
115212 Translation - Russian

8/26/2026 4:55 PM I would be grateful for the translation of three Krul birth names and their birth dates for 523, 524 and 525. I believe the birth names are Ruchla Laia (523) Szymon (524) and Frymeta Gitlia (525) all registered in 1895. View the post with its 1 response
115213 Translation - Russian

8/26/2026 4:55 PM I would be grateful to learn the translation of the marriage certificate between Uszer Lewkowicz and Zelda Tryling 1894 Akta 462 and the date of their marriage. Many thanks View the post with its 1 response
115214 Translation - Polish

8/26/2026 4:55 PM From Skanoteka via Geneteka.

I believe Akta 44 is my great-great-great-grandmother’s sister’s 1819 birth record from Zaręby Kościelne, Płock, Poland. I would like it translated 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’s name: Tema Chaja;
- her father: Abraham, son of Herszko (the family later
adopted the surname WAJNTROB);
- her mother: Mirka, daughter of Idzko and Zelda.

Thanks so much! 		View the post with its 1 response
115215 Photo Identification

8/26/2026 4:55 PM I would like to know the approximate date this photo would have been taken. I believe it is a school photo and one of the children may have been my great-uncle. There is some text on the top of this photo which I believe is the name 'Yosel'. I am posting a second photo with the text on the back of this photo. I believe the text is in yiddish but am not sure. View the post with its 7 responses
115216 Translation - Yiddish

8/26/2026 4:55 PM I am not sure if the text on this photo, which is on the back of the previous school photo I posted, is in yiddish or Hebrew. I hope it is possible to get some translation. I believe it was written by my great-uncle. View the post with its 1 response
115205 Translation - Russian

8/26/2026 4:52 PM I'm looking for a transcription of this record from the 1858 revision list, clarifying or confirming family relationships - see also associated image of males page. View the post with its 1 response
115206 Translation - German

8/26/2026 4:52 PM Composite image I made from the Hamburg passenger departure list for the S.S. Rugia, June 1887 (Hamburg Direct Lists, Band 58, image 395 of image group 008907929, FamilySearch).

Four of my family appear together as Moser: Bunye (44), Chaje (19), Basche (17) and Lebel (4). All four share a single bracketed entry in the Wohnort column: one short place name followed by "Russ." Column 6 (Im Staate oder in der Provinz) was left blank, so this bracketed word is my only clue to their town of origin.

I have read it as Poethof, Pochhof, Bochhof or Poelhof - it seems to begin with P or B and end in -of or -hof, but I cannot settle it. I have placed the word beside other examples of the same clerk's handwriting from elsewhere on the page so the letterforms can be compared directly.

Can anyone read this word with confidence, or suggest what town it might be? Many thanks. 		View the post, there are no responses
115207 Translation - German

8/26/2026 4:52 PM Close-up of the bracketed entry in the Wohnort (residence) column of the Hamburg passenger departure list for the S.S. Rugia, June 1887 (Hamburg Direct Lists, Band 58, image 395 of image group 008907929, FamilySearch).

The bracket covers four members of my family, listed as Moser: Bunye (44), Chaje (19), Basche (17) and Lebel (4). The entry is one short place name followed by "Russ." (Russland). Column 6 (Im Staate oder in der Provinz) was left blank on this line, so this single word is my only record of the town they came from.

My own readings have been Poethof, Pochhof, Bochhof and Poelhof - it appears to begin with P or B and to end in -of or -hof - but I cannot settle it.

Can anyone read this word, or suggest a town in the Russian Empire that would fit? Many thanks. 		View the post with its 1 response
115208 Translation - German

8/26/2026 4:52 PM The four rows for my family on the Hamburg passenger departure list for the S.S. Rugia, June 1887 (Hamburg Direct Lists, Band 58, image 395 of image group 008907929, FamilySearch).

They are listed as Moser: Bunye (44, Beruf given as Frau), Chaje (19), Basche (17) and Lebel (4). They travelled together and share one bracketed entry in the Wohnort column. The same four appear consecutively on the New York arrival manifest for the Rugia (NARA M237, film 508).

I would be grateful for a full reading of these four rows - every column, including the ages, the Beruf entries and anything written in the columns to the right - as I have only been able to make out part of it. I am especially interested in any detail that might point to where in the Russian Empire they came from, since the Staat/Provinz column was left blank.

Thank you very much. 		View the post with its 1 response
115209 Translation - German

8/26/2026 4:52 PM The cause of death is hand-written in lighter blue and in German. What does the cause of death translate to in English please? This is information about a death written by Nazis in Poland. Thank you. View the post, there are no responses
115120 Translation - Polish

8/26/2026 4:51 PM Please can someone help me translate the entry number 27 on the image. It is the marriage record of Zecharje Gottlieb and Lana Berger. I am specifically looking to clarify if his mother Serel Gottlieb was still alive at this date but also grateful for all the information contained. Thank you, Jamie Romer View the post with its 1 response
115204 Translation - Russian

8/26/2026 4:51 PM Please could you give me a transcription of this family entry from the 1858 revision list (see associated image for the females page). The transcription at JewishGen has Itsyk listed as a grandson but with father as Yankel, and I'm wondering what the original document says. View the post with its 1 response
115035 Translation - Russian

8/26/2026 4:51 PM I would be grateful for a full English translation of the marriage certificate of Uszer Lewkowitz. View the post with its 1 response
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