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Category: Translation - Russian
Approval Date: 10/7/2026 5:17 PM
Family Surname: Stavsky/Mstowski
Country: Poland
Date of Image: 1870

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Full translation requested, but four specific fields matter most:

The father's given name (line 3, before "Мстовский/Метовский"). I cannot resolve it. It is not Ejzyk — it has a long medial descender. A shape consistent with Юдка/Judka, but that is a guess.
The surname — Мстовский or Метовский? JRI-Poland indexes it "METOWSKY / MSTOWSKI?" with a question mark, and the book's own index reads Метовский. But the TOWN in lines 1 and 5 seems written the same way, so this may just be the clerk's spelling of "of Mstów."
The mother's maiden name (line ~8, after "урожденной"). I read ГАБЕЛЬМАН / Gabelman — confirmation or correction welcome.
The father's occupation — I read подрядчик (contractor). And his stated age.

Source: Archiwum Państwowe w Częstochowie, fond 8/92/0, unit /-/63 (Mstów duplicate register 1870), image 6; LDS film 1199703.

Response

10/8/2026 3:50 PM

Акт № 6. Состоялось в городе Мстов 18/30 марта 1870 года.
Явился лично Ицык Крауз, подёнщик, двадцати (?)/ Июде Мстовский , подёнщик, 43 года, в городе Мстов живущий. В присутствии свидетелей Иудка Фаинер Розак, 65 лет и Вендора Свезтор, школьник, 43 лет, в городе Мстов живущих и объявили нам Младенца (ребенка) Мужского пола, объявляя, что он родился в здешнем городе 11/23 марта текущего года (1870 года) в 7 часов вечера от законной его жены: Темера, урождённая Ставская, 42 лет. Младенцу этому при обрезании дано имя Гершлик.
Отец неграмотен.
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Act No. 6. Drawn up in the town of Mstov on March 18/30, 1870. Personally appeared Itsyk Krauz, a day laborer, aged 43, residing in the town of Mstov. In the presence of witnesses Iudka Fainer Rozak, aged 65, and Vendora Sveztor, a *shkolnik* [synagogue attendant], aged 43, both residing in the town of Mstov, they presented to us a male infant, declaring that he was born in this town on March 11/23 of the current year (1870) at 7 o'clock in the evening to his lawful wife, Temera, née Stavskaya, aged 42. Upon circumcision, this infant was given the name Gershlik. The father is illiterate.
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