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115268 Translation - Hebrew

9/9/2026 4:43 PM Hebrew ownership inscription on the flyleaf of a printed book in Arabic that has come down in my family. On the same page, above this line, there is a second line in Arabic script. I would be grateful for a transcription of the Hebrew, letter by letter where the letters allow it, and for your view on two questions. Is this an ownership inscription, or something else? And does the hand read as the owner writing in his own book, or as a later note written by someone else about a previous owner? That distinction matters a great deal to me. I would rather not say what I think the name is, because I want a reading that is independent of my expectation. Please transcribe what you actually see, and mark any letter you are unsure of. The family lived in Safed and Tiberias and later in Egypt, and read and wrote Arabic. The likely period is roughly 1870 to 1920. The hand is Sephardic cursive. View the post with its 1 response
115298 Translation - Hebrew

9/6/2026 6:05 PM I am looking for a complete translation of this ketubah from Hebrew/Aramaic into English, including both the printed text and all handwritten additions. In particular, I would appreciate help deciphering the names, dates, places, and amounts written by hand. If possible, I would also like an explanation of the different clauses. I am particularly interested in finding someone with experience reading and translating ketubot or historical Jewish documents. I'm from Argentina, and this Ketubah most likely corresponds to the marriage between my great grandfather and great grandmother, and i'm not quite certain if it took place in Buenos Aires- Argentina, or in Poland before they came here. Thank you very much for your help. View the post with its 6 responses
115300 Translation - Hungarian

9/6/2026 6:05 PM Please fully translate family #10.
Thanks 		View the post with its 1 response
115301 Do you recognize?

9/6/2026 6:05 PM My cousin sent me this picture but can't identify the people in it. I believe this is in New Haven, Connecticut. This family immigrated from Suwalki, Poland around 1888. They settled in Manhattan. One son, Charles Goldstein (changed name to Golden) settled in Connecticut around 1900.I would like to know the identity of these people. View the post, there are no responses
115296 Translation - Tombstone

9/6/2026 6:04 PM This is gravestone of my paternal grandmother who died at age 27, when my father was two years old. I'd appreciate a translation of the Hebrew inscription, and if possible, the meaning of the design at the top. View the post with its 1 response
115292 Translation - Yiddish

9/6/2026 6:04 PM Translation. This is page 3 of a letter from Jacob Cederbaum whom I believe to be my grandfather’s brother. View the post with its 1 response
115293 Translation - Yiddish

9/6/2026 6:04 PM Translation into English. This is the 4th and final page of the letter sent to (I presume) my mother’s father Kalman Cederbaum from his brother Jacob Cederbaum. I had no idea that he had any surviving relatives after the Shoah View the post with its 1 response
115294 Translation - Yiddish

9/6/2026 6:04 PM Translation into English. This is page 1 of a two page letter from 1959 but identical paper and very similar handwriting as the 1951 letter also uploaded here above
This letter is signed Jacob Cederbaum (in English script) on page 2 		View the post with its 1 response
115285 Translation - Russian

9/6/2026 6:03 PM Source is JRI Poland. A translation of the narrative would be appreciated. This is a birth record. View the post with its 2 responses
115286 Translation - Russian

9/6/2026 6:03 PM JRI Poland birth certificate. Would like translation please. View the post with its 2 responses
115287 Translation - Russian

9/6/2026 6:03 PM JRI Poland birth certificate of my grandfather. Would appreciate full translation. View the post with its 2 responses
115288 Translation - Russian

9/6/2026 6:03 PM JRI Poland birth certificate. Translation would be appreciated. View the post with its 2 responses
115289 Translation - Russian

9/6/2026 6:03 PM JRI Poland birth certificate. Request translation. View the post with its 2 responses
115290 Translation - Yiddish

9/6/2026 6:03 PM Translation and any insights or context. I believe it was written by my grandfather’s brother JACOB CEDERBAUM. I have 3 more pages of this letter and a second two-page letter signed by him (same paper and similar/same writing dates 1959) which I plan to upload weekly.
My grandfather’s name was Kalman Cederbaum and my mum always said he was from Lublin and Pinsk. 		View the post with its 2 responses
115291 Translation - Yiddish

9/6/2026 6:03 PM Translation. This is page 2 of letter from Jacob Cederbaum. I just discovered it today in a collection of old family photographs and letters that belonged to my mother. View the post with its 2 responses
115281 Translation - Yiddish

9/6/2026 6:02 PM Guessing this is a US card. It's embroidered, but a commercial card. Anyone know time frame? Please translate the Yiddish on the back. Thanks View the post with its 1 response
115282 Photo Identification

9/6/2026 6:02 PM Any idea of the date View the post with its 1 response
115283 Translation - Other

9/6/2026 6:02 PM This is on the back of the photo I uploaded. Not sure if it’s Hebrew, Yiddish or something else View the post with its 2 responses
115284 Translation - Polish

9/6/2026 6:02 PM From Szukaj w Archiwach.

Akta 32 is my great-great-grandfather’s first-cousin’s 1853 birth record from Zaręby Kościelne, Łomza, Poland. I would be grateful if someone could translate it in full (or at least everything that isn’t the standard wording of a birth record).

Names that I would expect to see in the text are:
- the child: Herszko ZARĘBER;
- his father: Juśk, son of Szmul ZARĘBER & Golda Chajmowna;
- his mother: Zelda, daughter of Abraham WAJNTROB & Mirka Idźkowicz.

Thanks so much! Hopefully the handwriting isn’t too hard to read. 		View the post with its 1 response
115280 Translation - Russian

9/6/2026 6:01 PM This is my great grandfather's birth certificate - Dawid Jonas Sokolow. I managed to decipher the names in the document, nothing else. Would appreciate a translation. As far as I know he was born in 1885. I don't know the exact date. Does the document state where each of his parents (Icek & Chaya-Sura)came from? Thanks a lot. View the post with its 1 response
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