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115458 Translation - Polish

10/1/2026 8:26 AM Birth or Ela Warszawiak, parents Fajbel and Gela nee Sonabend View the post with its 1 response
115407 Translation - Russian

10/1/2026 8:26 AM Correction: the image attached to this request is act 194, not Chana Wajnryb's 1882 act 99. Please do not translate this image as Chana's record. The correct act 99 has now been located, and this image mapping should not be used as evidence about Chana or her parents. View the post, there are no responses
115430 Translation - Polish

10/1/2026 8:26 AM Please translate this 1861 Jewish birth record from Krasnobrod, act 3 (top entry, in Polish). I would like all names, ages, occupations and dates, especially the father's name and age, the mother's name and age (and maiden name if given), the child's name, the birth date, and the witnesses. Source: Archiwum Panstwowe w Zamosciu, Krasnobrod Jewish civil records 1861 (szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl). Thank you. View the post with its 1 response
89847 Translation - Polish

10/1/2026 8:25 AM Baby in carriage, possibly born in Paris View the post with its 2 responses
115453 Translation - Yiddish

9/27/2026 4:40 PM This is a postcard sent by my grandfather Louis Garfinkel (Gorfinkel) to his wife Sarah. It was sent from New York City to Pinsk, Poland, postmarked April 22, 1925. It is in densely written Yiddish, he was challenged to see how much he could get on one postcard. I hope that if you zoom the image the writing will be sufficiently magnified to be readable. I am hoping it contains information that will help us understand his time in New York while he was preparing to bring his wife and children to the USA. Thanks. View the post with its 1 response
115441 Translation - Yiddish

9/27/2026 4:40 PM This was a letter from my great grandfather to my grandfather Leonard Caplan in Yiddish. My grandfather came to the US in 1920. His parent and two brothers and sister "stayed behind." They were massacred in their village.

I have additional images which I am also sharing in another file. 		View the post with its 1 response
115442 Translation - Yiddish

9/27/2026 4:40 PM More of this letter... View the post, there are no responses
115443 Translation - Polish

9/27/2026 4:40 PM I would be very grateful for the extraction of names, dates and places in this marriage registration. I do not require a word by word translation.
Three different AI translators have made a hash of this so I am presuming the handwriting is difficult. Could I please request human eyes and expertise?

Many thanks, Robyn 		View the post with its 4 responses
115444 Translation - Yiddish

9/27/2026 4:40 PM Please translate. The card is the back of a photo showing a man in his 60s. It may come from Austrian/Polish Galicia or Bessarabia. View the post with its 1 response
115448 Translation - Russian

9/27/2026 4:40 PM (1902 Warszawa Marriage)
**please open the image in a new window for a clearer picture**
GOAL: A full translation of this record would be incredible — but at the very least, identifying the names/occupations/ages/relationships of the people, any locations, and all other event-specific information would be ideal.

- I believe I may be related to the bride, but understanding the other details mentioned in this document could help me be sure one way or the other.
- I found this searching the JRI-Poland index for the surname “Zozovskiy” (Phonetic Matches), but had to contact the archives to provide me with this scan of the document.

Thank you SO much!! 		View the post with its 3 responses
115449 Translation - Polish

9/27/2026 4:40 PM Attached is the death record (akta #47) of my fourth great-uncle Perec Rzetelny, who unfortunately passed away in the year of his birth, possibly shortly thereafter. He was the son of Ick and Sima. I would appreciate your assistance in translation. Thank you; happy Sukkot holiday!

Link to scan: https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/6088712 (scan #53) 		View the post with its 1 response
115451 Translation - Russian

9/27/2026 4:40 PM Please provide a full transcription and English translation of this Jewish birth record from Pavlograd, Ekaterinoslav Province, 1885.

The surname appears to be Гамольский (Gamolsky). This is record M75 from Fond 193, Opis 4, Delo 294.

I am especially interested in:
- the child’s full name
- the father’s full name and patronymic
- the mother’s full name
- the parents’ social status / registered estate
- place of registration or residence, if stated
- date of birth
- date of circumcision
- any other genealogically useful information in the entry

Please transcribe the Russian as literally as possible before translating it, especially the names and patronymics.

Please also note any place of registration/residence or social-estate wording, even if abbreviated.

Thank you.
Mark 		View the post with its 1 response
115434 Translation - Yiddish

9/27/2026 4:39 PM I'd like a translation of the text. I'm most interested in figuring out who the people are. The watermark says "LOMZA" faintly. Looks like a studio photo.

I found this in my grandmother's box of photos. My Great Grandmother emigrated to the US in 1921, but her husband was here in 1912, so that is probably not them, since the photo looks like the 1920s.

Any names would be helpful! Thanks! 		View the post with its 5 responses
115437 Translation - Russian

9/27/2026 4:39 PM Could someone transcribe and translate act 202 (male row) from this 1883 Bialystok birth register? I especially need the parents' column - the status/occupation word, the father's name and patronymic, the mother's name - and the exact dates. Column headings attached. Thank you! Part of the text may be Polish rather than Russian. View the post with its 1 response
115438 Translation - German

9/27/2026 4:39 PM Hi! Could you please translate or transcribe this for me? Thanks! All the best. View the post with its 1 response
115439 Translation - Hebrew

9/27/2026 4:39 PM Hebrew half of the 1897 birth register, Starokonstantinov (DAKhmO 277-1-143, p. 599). Please translate entries F94 and F95 (girls, born July 1897): the child's name, and the father's and mother's names with their fathers' names, and the surname. We are looking for a daughter of Meir Blumberg (Brumbarg) and Ester-Malka. View the post with its 1 response
115440 Translation - Yiddish

9/27/2026 4:39 PM This was a letter from my great grandfather to my grandfather Leonard Caplan in Yiddish. My grandfather came to the US in 1920. His parent and two brothers and sister "stayed behind." They were massacred in their village.

I have the full letter which I am also sharing in another file. 		View the post, there are no responses
115431 Translation - Tombstone

9/27/2026 4:38 PM Would appreciate any help with very worn inscription. Appears to say FATHER at top. Surrounding graves are for those who died between 1897 and 1902. Thank you very much for considering. View the post with its 1 response
115432 Translation - Russian

9/27/2026 4:38 PM This is a screenshot of a record of my 2nd great-grandfather, Berko Olvovskiy in the Yelizavetgrad notary. I think it says something along the lines of Berko putting down some money for a property. My Russian is very elementary, so I'm not exactly sure of the details. It'd be great if someone could translate this for me so I could find the property my great-grandmother lived in with her family before they immigrated. View the post with its 1 response
115433 Translation - Russian

9/27/2026 4:38 PM 1891 Jewish marriage record from Przasnysz, act no. 8: Gedalia KREDA and Sura Brana MARCHEW. Written in Russian. I don't need a full translation - just the groom's details: his age, where he was born and lived, and his parents' names (including his mother's maiden name). The bride's details would help too if easy. Thank you!

Source: Przasnysz Jewish civil records, 1891 marriages, act 8 (scan via JRI-Poland, Pultusk branch of the State Archive).

- R.C. 		View the post with its 1 response
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