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115275 Translation - Tombstone

9/2/2026 7:05 PM I would like to know the full name of Abraham; I cannot quite figure out what his middle name is.
I believe his English name was Abraham Zavel which is almost, but not quite, how I am reading this middle name. Thank you in advance for any suggestions. Barb London 		View the post with its 3 responses
115269 Translation - Other

9/2/2026 7:04 PM A line in Arabic script, written in pencil with what looks like a flourish drawn across it, on the flyleaf of a printed book in Arabic that has come down in my family. Below it, on the same page, there is a separate line in Hebrew cursive. I would be grateful for a transcription, and for your view on whether this is a personal signature rather than a note, and whether a name can be read from it. As with any signature, I would rather not say what I expect it to say. Please transcribe what you see. The book belonged to a Jewish family that lived in Ottoman Palestine and later in Egypt, roughly 1870 to 1920. View the post, there are no responses
115265 Translation - Polish

9/2/2026 7:04 PM Marriage akt 6 can anyone read the polish and the yiddish text? I want to get all info what is written, Thanks View the post, there are no responses
115257 Translation - Yiddish

9/2/2026 7:03 PM This is a personal letter dated 12 June 1936, apparently written in Yiddish and addressed to my father, Meir Erteschik. I would be particularly grateful for a transcription of the original Yiddish, rather than only an English translation. Please indicate any words, personal names, or place names whose reading is uncertain. I would also very much like to identify the writer; I believe his first name may have been Moshe, but I am not certain. View the post with its 3 responses
115258 Translation - Hebrew

9/2/2026 7:03 PM Our family would be grateful for any help in translating the Hebrew cursive script in the blanks of this 100-year-old tena'im. View the post with its 1 response
115259 Translation - Russian

9/2/2026 7:03 PM (1898 Warszawa Marriage)
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), between 1880-1910. Image is from archive website.

Archive website info:
Reference code: 72/200/0/-/32
Digital image #: 61
LINK to image: [https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/12482407?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=61]

Thank you so much! 		View the post with its 2 responses
115260 Translation - Russian

9/2/2026 7:03 PM Can you please translate as much as possible? We would like to know as much info as possible. Thank you very much for your extremely kind deed! View the post with its 1 response
115252 Translation - Russian

9/2/2026 7:02 PM If I can get a full transcription and translation for this Death Record, thank you View the post with its 1 response
115253 Translation - Russian

9/2/2026 7:02 PM Records 262 and 263 I think are birth records for the same family. Translation appreciated.

Mark Schwartz
markjschwartz@Hotmail.com 		View the post with its 2 responses
115254 Translation - Russian

9/2/2026 7:02 PM BIrth record of Abram Bad. Translation appreciated.

Mark Schwartz
markjschwartz@Hotmail.com 		View the post with its 1 response
115255 Translation - Russian

9/2/2026 7:02 PM Sura Bad birth record. Translation please.

Thanks!

Mark Schwartz
markjschwartz@Hotmail.com 		View the post with its 1 response
115256 Translation - Polish

9/2/2026 7:02 PM #15 I’m looking for any information contained here. It’s a death certificate of someone landau. Not sure the name. Any mention of parents or other towns…
Thanks 		View the post with its 3 responses
113819 Translation - Russian

9/2/2026 7:01 PM (Page 6 in military booklet of Гершъ Зозовскій - booklet in personal collection)

GOAL: a translation of the HANDWRITTEN text on page 6 (or as much of it as is legible). And if you recognize the significance of the stamp at the bottom, please do let me know.

Further Context:
- Gersh[ko] was a private (Рябовой) in Alexander III’s infantry. I believe he & his family was from Lyubar, in modern Ukraine.
- I know almost nothing about his time serving in the Army; which is why I’d like as complete of a translation as possible, please.
- I know he ultimately fled the empire with his family before he was to be re-conscripted in 1902 (that’s the story told in our family, at least); and he was living in NYC by the year 1900 — so I’m trying to learn as much as possible about his life in the decades prior to arriving in the US.

Thank you very much for any help!! 		View the post with its 1 response
113820 Translation - Russian

8/30/2026 9:48 PM (Page 7 in military booklet of Гершъ Зозовскій - booklet in personal collection)

GOAL: a translation of the HANDWRITTEN text on page 7 (or as much of it as is legible). I’m most interested in the longer word written in the 3rd line, that appears to begin with a “D”.

Further Context:
- Gersh[ko] was a private (Рябовой) in Alexander III’s infantry. I believe he & his family was from Lyubar, in modern Ukraine.
- I know almost nothing about his time serving in the Army; which is why I’d like as complete of a translation as possible, please.
- I know he ultimately fled the empire with his family before he was to be re-conscripted in 1902 (that’s the story told in our family, at least); and he was living in NYC by the year 1900 — so I’m trying to learn as much as possible about his life in the decades prior to arriving in the US.

Thank you very much for any help!! 		View the post with its 1 response
113821 Translation - Russian

8/30/2026 9:48 PM (Pages 8-9 in military booklet of Гершъ Зозовскій - booklet in personal collection)

GOAL: a translation of the HANDWRITTEN text on pages 8-9 (or as much of it as is legible). And any info you might know about the circular stamp at the bottom would be great too.

Further Context:
- Gersh[ko] was a private in Alexander III’s infantry. I believe he & his family was from Lyubar, in modern Ukraine.
- I know almost nothing about his time serving in the Army; which is why I’d like as complete of a translation as possible, please.
- I know he ultimately fled the empire with his family before he was to be re-conscripted in 1902 (that’s the story told in our family, at least); and he was living in NYC by the year 1900 — so I’m trying to learn as much as possible about his life in the decades prior to arriving in the US.

Thank you very much for any help!! 		View the post with its 3 responses
113815 Translation - Russian

8/30/2026 9:48 PM (Pages 2-3 in military booklet of Гершъ Зозовскій - booklet in personal

GOAL: translation of the HANDWRITTEN text on pages 2 & 3 (or as much of it as is legible) — I’m MOST interested in what’s written in sections (4.) and (12.)

Further context:
- Gersh was a private in Alexander III’s infantry. I believe he & his family was from Lyubar, in modern Ukraine.
- I know almost nothing about his time serving in the Imperial Army; which is why I’d ultimately like as complete of a translation as possible, please.
- I know he ultimately fled the empire with his family before he was to be re-conscripted in 1902; and he was living in NYC by the year 1900 — so I’m trying to learn as much as possible about his life in the decades prior to arriving in the US.
Thank you very much for any help!! 		View the post with its 1 response
115235 Translation - Russian

8/30/2026 8:22 PM Please transcribe this 1886 Russian-language Jewish birth record as fully as possible, preserving uncertain readings as [unclear], and provide an English translation. Please identify the exact birth and registration dates; the child’s full name; both parents’ full names (including the mother’s maiden surname), ages, occupations, residence and birthplaces; and all witnesses, declarants and marginal notes. Preliminary, unconfirmed reading may involve Wolf Gitman and Idesa Tuchsznajder. Please say whether this household matches the 1885 act submitted separately, and note any death or late-registration wording. Source: Polish State Archives, Archiwum Państwowe w Lublinie, Biskupice Jewish birth register, fonds 35/1614/0/2.21/96, act 13, 1886, unit 298419. View the post with its 1 response
115234 Translation - Russian

8/30/2026 8:21 PM Please transcribe this 1885 Russian-language Jewish birth record as fully as possible, preserving uncertain readings as [unclear], and provide an English translation. Please identify the exact birth and registration dates; the child’s full name; both parents’ full names (including the mother’s maiden surname), ages, occupations, residence and birthplaces; and all witnesses, declarants and marginal notes. Preliminary, unconfirmed reading may involve Wolf Gitman and Idesa Tuchsznajder. Please say whether this household matches the 1886 act submitted separately. Source: Polish State Archives, Archiwum Państwowe w Lublinie, Biskupice Jewish birth register, fonds 35/1614/0/2.21/95, act 2, 1885, unit 298418. View the post with its 1 response
115233 Translation - Russian

8/30/2026 8:19 PM Please transcribe this 1883 Russian-language Jewish birth record as fully as possible, preserving uncertain readings as [unclear], and provide an English translation. Please identify the exact birth and registration dates; the child’s full name; both parents’ full names (including the mother’s maiden surname), ages, occupations, residence and birthplaces; and all witnesses, declarants and marginal notes. Does the child have a second name corresponding to Srul/Israel? Source: Polish State Archives, Archiwum Państwowe w Lublinie, Biskupice Jewish birth register, fonds 35/1614/0/2.21/93, act 13, 1883, unit 298416. Family research concerns Chaim Srul Gitman, later father of Judko/Judka Gitman. View the post with its 1 response
115247 Translation - Russian

8/30/2026 8:16 PM This is one page of the alphabetical index to Jewish birth records for Kalisz in 1891, from the State Archive in Kalisz, fonds 11/693/0, unit 90.

I am trying to identify every male child on this page whose given name could represent the Jewish name Yaakov/Jacob, including Russian, Polish or Yiddish forms such as Yakov, Jakob, Jakub, Jankiel or other contemporary equivalents.

Please give, for every possible candidate:

surname;
given name exactly as written;
transliteration;
act/record number.

Please do not restrict the search to any surname. The family's surname before migration is uncertain.

I have the original birth acts and can retrieve candidate records once their act numbers are identified.

Source: Archiwum Państwowe w Kaliszu, 11/693/0/-/90. 		View the post with its 1 response
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