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Category: Translation - Russian
Approval Date: 10/1/2026 8:27 AM
Family Surname: Wajnryb (Weinrib); Goldstejn (Goldstein)
Country: Poland
Town: Piotrkow Trybunalski
Date of Image: 1874

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Please translate the complete Russian Jewish marriage act no. 27 of Pinkus Zelik Wajnryb and Maria Goldstejn, Piotrkow 1874. Please identify the exact marriage and registration dates; bride and groom's full names, ages, occupations and residences; each one's parents (including mothers' maiden names, whether living or deceased); witnesses and signatures; any marginal notes. Please preserve uncertain spellings. Source: Piotrkow State Archive, Jewish civil marriage register, unit 48/333/0/-/12, original scan supplied Sept. 28, 2026, case O-III.6342.1018.2026.

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10/7/2026 4:58 AM

Hi a limited response to your questions

I am testing AI routines and in particular reviewing accuracy (or otherwise) of name transcriptions from handwritten pre 1917 Russian cursive script and I took the liberty of using your image (I hope you don't mind):

Since I have "done" it ..I thought I would share..(at least the non technical bits)

FYI the AI did 2 passes

1) tested whether the names you gave were in the document and then extracted from document; It converted handwritten pre 1917 script in the ledger to pre 1917 Russian Block capital Letters. Imagine a Russian clerk in 1874 typing up the written names.

2) A blind test to find names based on role and similarly extract from document. There were various checks to prevent confirmation bias etc and hallucinations ie pulling in of random unrelated data from memory totally unrelated to the document

Bear in mind what the clerk wrote in russian in the ledger was his interpretation of what the declarant had said (in yiddish, polish, russian) and it had to conform with prevailing imperial naming standards. I will let you work out what the declarant actually said...

### 1. Extracted Names (Pre-1917 Russian Block Capitals)

Below are the exact character-by-character transcriptions of the Groom and Bride names as written in the document text:

* **GROOM (Groom's Given Name & Family Name)**:
* Given Name: **ГИЛЯРІЙ** (or **ГИЛЯРIЙ**)
* Surname: **ВАЙНРАЙХЪ**
* *Contextual record details*: Son of Abron/Avrum (Абронъ) and Fajna born Mencion (Файна урожденная Менціонъ).

* **BRIDE (Bride's Given Name & Family Name)**:
* Given Name: **МАРІЯ** (or **МАРIЯ**)
* Surname: **ГОЛЬДШТАЙНЪ**
* *Contextual record details*: Daughter of deceased Szymon (Шимонъ) and Laja born Szpero (Лая урожденная Шперо).

### 1. Transcribed Names (Pre-1917 Russian Block Capitals)

The cursive text inflects names according to Russian grammatical declension (Instrumental case after `между` / `съ`). The character-by-character transcription below reflects the exact names in both their **as-written inflected block form** and their **nominative dictionary block form**:

#### **GROOM**

* **As Written in Text (Instrumental Case)**:
* Given Name: **ГИЛЯРІЕМЪ** (or **ГИЛЯРIЕМЪ**)
* Family Name: **ВАЙНРАЙХОМЪ**
* **Nominative Base Form (Pre-1917 Block Capitals)**:
* Given Name: **ГИЛЯРІЙ**
* Family Name: **ВАЙНРАЙХЪ**

#### **BRIDE**

* **As Written in Text (Instrumental Case)**:
* Given Name: **МАРІЕЮ** (or **МАРIЕЮ**)
* Family Name: **ГОЛЬДШТАЙНЪ**
* **Nominative Base Form (Pre-1917 Block Capitals)**:
* Given Name: **МАРІЯ**
* Family Name: **ГОЛЬДШТАЙНЪ**

enjoy !!

10/7/2026 2:09 PM

№27.
Город Петроков. 21 мая 1874 года в 6 часов вечера.
Раввин Божничного Округа : Борух Герш Розенблюм.
Свидетели: Даниля Вигдорович, школьник, 77 лет и Уцык Литвяк, рабочий,57 лет.
21 мая 1874 года в 5,5 вечера заключен религиозный брачный союз между:
Пинкус Зелька Вайнрыб, холостой, 19 лет, уроженец города Петроков, сын Абрама и жены его умершей Хаи Файги, урождённой Метиль, торговец, живущий в городе Петроков, имеющий жительство при отце и
Мария Гольштейн, девица, родившаяся в городе Петроков, дочь умерших Шимона и Лаи, урождённой Штеро, родившаяся и проживающая при родственниках в городе Петроков, 20 лет

Акт подписан всеми, кроме новобрачных (по неграмотности).
Чиновник Гражданского Состояния. Президент.
=============
No. 27. City of Piotrków. May 21, 1874, at 6:00 PM.
Rabbi of the Synagogue District: Boruch Gersh Rozenblum.
Witnesses: Danilya Vigdorovich, synagogue attendant, 77 years old, and Utsyk Litvyak, laborer, 57 years old.

On May 21, 1874, at 5:30 PM, a religious marriage union was solemnized between:

Pinkus Zelka Vainryb, bachelor, 19 years old, native of the city of Piotrków, son of Abram and his late wife Khaia Faiga (née Metil), merchant, residing in the city of Piotrków and living with his father; and

Maria Golshtein, maiden, born in the city of Piotrków, daughter of the late Shimon and Laia (née Shtero), born and residing with relatives in the city of Piotrków, 20 years old.

The document is signed by all parties except the newlyweds (due to illiteracy).

Civil Registrar. President.
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