ViewMate - Image Archive, Image 115656 - Translation - Polish - Poland - KALISZ - PARCZENCZEW-KATZ


	The Genealogical Research Division of

About Mission Our Team Get Involved Learn more about our organizational leadership, mission, and values. There are numerous opportunities to get involved yourself! Research Search All Records Country & Topical Databases Holocaust Database Burial Registry (JOWBR) Cemetery Discovery Project Memorial & Plaques Database Shul Records America Family Trees (FTJP) Sephardic Text Search Search millions of records from around the globe, including more than 4 million records related to the Holocaust, and more than 4.2 million burial records. Records are continually added each month - check back often for new information! Discover Blog Town Finder (Communities Database) Yizkor Books KehilaLinks Regional/Topical Research Divisions JewishGen Press Publications Discover your ancestral town, explore geographic/regional based sections of the JewishGen site (Research Divisions), and explore what daily life was like for your ancestors - and what we can learn from them today. Learn Online Classes Search Methodologies & Research Advice Student Program in Poland Peter and Mary Kalikow Center Enhance your research with online classes and dozens of helpful articles. University students can apply for the Bennett & Robin Greenspan L'dor V'dor Legacy Program, and those "out of school" can help preserve Jewish Heritage in Poland with unique study & volunteer experiences. Connect Family Finder Discussion Group Jewish Genealogy Portal ViewMate Success Stories Yahrzeit reminders Connect with tens of thousands of other JewishGen members via the Family Finder, Discussion Group, Facebook Group, and ViewMate. It's a great way to share success, ask questions, and stay informed of the happenings throughout the Jewish genealogical community. Donate General Support Specific Projects Planned Giving Wall of Honor The JewishGen site is offered as a free public resource. However, it costs a lot of money to maintain and expand our services. If you are in a position to do so, please consider a contribution today - your support will make a difference!

Information

Picture

Question

Category: Translation - Polish
Approval Date: 11/4/2026 8:35 PM
Family Surname: PARCZENCZEW-KATZ
Country: Poland
Town: KALISZ
Date of Image: 1834

Click the picture to enlarge

Full translation please. I think the vital info is:
Icek ?? Katz, young Kalisz merchant age 23, in presence of Zalek ?? glazier age 64 and Chaim Markus Kot? furrier age 30 both of Kalisz, presented male baby pronounced born here in Kalisz 1st May 3pm from his wife Trane nee Kot? age 26, named by the circumcision Moshe Meir Katz. Read before the registrer and witnesses and signed by same and registrar.

Response

11/6/2026 6:16 PM

These records mostly follow a standard format, and the 'verbiage' is usually standard.
If you look at this link, you'll see what it says, although you've pretty much got it all already:

https://forum.jri-poland.org/t/how-can-i-read-polish-language-birth-marriage-and-death-records/13581

Here are the main details somewhat corrected:
Birth registered in Kalisz on 9 May 1834 by father, Icek PARNOCZOWSKI (this seems to be the way PARENCZOW, which is his surname in his marriage record, has been recorded) KATZ, stallholder aged 23, residing in Kalisz.

Witnesses to the registration: Icek SZYLEM, glazier aged 44 and Haiman Markus KOTT, furrier aged 30, residing in Kalisz.

Male child born in Kalisz on 1 May 1834 at 3 o'clock in the afternoon to his spouse Trana (née KOTT) KATZ aged 26. At the circumcision the child was named Mosiek Majer.

An interesting side note: The marriage was between Icek PARENCZOW and Trana KATZ, so I'm not sure where KOTT comes from in the birth record. Possibly the clerk was confused by the witness surname?

ViewMate Posting VM 115656

Submitted by Naftali Zvi Dembitzer

Learn more about our organizational leadership, mission, and values. There are numerous opportunities to get involved yourself!

Search millions of records from around the globe, including more than 4 million records related to the Holocaust, and more than 4.2 million burial records. Records are continually added each month - check back often for new information!

Discover your ancestral town, explore geographic/regional based sections of the JewishGen site (Research Divisions), and explore what daily life was like for your ancestors - and what we can learn from them today.

Enhance your research with online classes and dozens of helpful articles. University students can apply for the Bennett & Robin Greenspan L'dor V'dor Legacy Program, and those "out of school" can help preserve Jewish Heritage in Poland with unique study & volunteer experiences.

Connect with tens of thousands of other JewishGen members via the Family Finder, Discussion Group, Facebook Group, and ViewMate. It's a great way to share success, ask questions, and stay informed of the happenings throughout the Jewish genealogical community.

The JewishGen site is offered as a free public resource. However, it costs a lot of money to maintain and expand our services. If you are in a position to do so, please consider a contribution today - your support will make a difference!

ViewMate Posting VM 115656

Submitted by Naftali Zvi Dembitzer