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115245 Translation - Polish

8/30/2026 8:15 PM Please me to better understand Beile's record.

It seems Beile's mother was Mareim.
However I'm not clear on Mariem's mother. I was expecting Chana Basie, but I'm not sure that is what's there.
In addition, I was told that Mariem's grandfather is stated (syna).
However I was not able to read it.

Thank you very much.
Daniel Mann 		View the post with its 1 response
115238 Translation - Tombstone

8/30/2026 8:14 PM Looking for an English translation. Also, I wish to determine whether the Hebrew death date can be read precisely, as that may help independently confirm the accuracy of the English death date. Also, in English we know the person who died in English as Nathan, but this suggests the Hebrew name as Abraham with a second name of Nathan. Would love to confirm this as well. View the post with its 3 responses
115227 Translation - Russian

8/30/2026 8:14 PM This is PART 3 of a letter that was sent from a woman in Bialystok - possibly a non-Jew who formerly worked for her family - to Fania, a relative of mine who escaped during the war. I have also uploaded the other scans. I'm researching the Bialystok branch of my family and would love to find out what it says. View the post with its 1 response
115228 Translation - Russian

8/30/2026 8:14 PM This is a PART 4 of a letter that was sent from a woman in Bialystok - possibly a non-Jew who formerly worked for her family - to Fania, a relative of mine who escaped during the war. I have also uploaded the other parts. I'm researching the Bialystok branch of my family and would love to find out what it says. View the post with its 1 response
115229 Translation - Russian

8/30/2026 8:14 PM This is a PART 5 of a letter that was sent from a woman in Bialystok - possibly a non-Jew who formerly worked for her family - to Fania, a relative of mine who escaped during the war. I have also uploaded the other parts. I'm researching the Bialystok branch of my family and would love to find out what it says. View the post with its 1 response
115230 Translation - Russian

8/30/2026 8:14 PM This is a PART 6 of a letter that was sent from a woman in Bialystok - possibly a non-Jew who formerly worked for her family - to Fania, a relative of mine who escaped during the war. I have also uploaded the other parts. I'm researching the Bialystok branch of my family and would love to find out what it says. View the post with its 1 response
115225 Translation - Hebrew

8/30/2026 8:13 PM Two witness signatures from two ketubot written in Safed 26 days apart, both in the Benjamin Zucker Family Ketubah Collection at the University of Pennsylvania. A (upper): 13 Adar 5642 = 1882, ketubah KET Z38, the right-hand of two witnesses. This is the same crop I posted separately as ViewMate 115222. B (lower): 10 Nisan 5642 = 1882, ketubah KET Z39, the only witness signature on that document. Written 26 days later, in the same town, but by a different scribe and in a different format. Both are dense Sephardi monogram flourishes drawn inside a frame, and I cannot read either one. Two questions: 1. Is this one and the same signer, or two different men? 2. What do the signatures say? A letter by letter reading, as far as it can be pushed, would be ideal. I would rather not say what I am hoping to find, so that any reading stays independent. Both images are at the highest resolution the originals allow. Thank you very much. View the post, there are no responses
115226 Translation - Russian

8/30/2026 8:13 PM I believe this is a Polish birth certificate for my great-great grandfather born in Opoczno (the first entry - No 52).

What I'm expecting to see is that his name is Mendel Mortkowicz, and was born on 28 Jul 1896, but I understand this may not necessarily be the case.

If someone could translate entry No 52 (the first one), that would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance! 		View the post with its 1 response
115201 Translation - Polish

8/30/2026 8:13 PM Please extract all family information View the post with its 1 response
115202 Translation - Polish

8/30/2026 8:13 PM Please extract all family information View the post with its 2 responses
115198 Translation - Polish

8/30/2026 8:12 PM Please extract all family information View the post with its 1 response
115199 Translation - Polish

8/30/2026 8:12 PM Please extract all family information View the post with its 1 response
115200 Translation - Polish

8/30/2026 8:12 PM Please extract all family information View the post with its 1 response
115164 Translation - Russian

8/30/2026 8:12 PM https://legacy.jri-poland.org/imagedata/GRODZISK_ARCHIVES/NOWY_DWOR/NOWY_DWOR_MOJ/1890/019.JPG
Akta 68
This Chaim may be the future husband of my great grandfather's niece. All the names, dates, places and incidental details are of great interest. Many thanks to all the translators! 		View the post with its 1 response
113663 Translation - Yiddish

8/30/2026 8:10 PM This is a postcard sent by Grune Birenbaum back to relatives in Poland. A full translation would be great, or even just relevant genealogical details. Thank you! View the post with its 1 response
115222 Translation - Hebrew

8/26/2026 4:57 PM This is a sharper, enlarged crop of the right-hand witness signature from an illuminated ketubah written in Safed, 13 Adar 5642 = 1882 (National Library of Israel record 990003034930205171, original Zucker Family collection, New York). The full lower band with both signatures was posted earlier as ViewMate 115081; a respondent there could read words in the left-hand signature, so this right-hand one is the one I most need help with now. It is a dense Sephardi monogram flourish and I cannot read it myself. I would be very grateful if someone could simply transcribe what the signature says, letter by letter as far as possible, without assuming a particular name.

Thank you very much 		View the post, there are no responses
115217 Translation - Tombstone

8/26/2026 4:56 PM (downloaded from billiongraves)
I would be thankful for a translation of the Hebrew and help with the German, where I‘m not sure…
This should be the grave of Dori Hirsch, my grandmothers grandmother in Šafov/ Schaffa in Czechia near the Austrian border.
Thank you very much. 		View the post with its 2 responses
115218 Translation - Russian

8/26/2026 4:56 PM I'd like to have full names of the decedent, I think it's Gershek Blank, and his parents, his age, and residence for him and parents.
Thank you
 View the post with its 1 response
115219 Translation - Hebrew

8/26/2026 4:56 PM Signature block from a Jewish marriage record, Ciepielow (Radom gubernia), 1844, act 5. Source: AP Kielce, Ciepielow Jewish civil registers, via GenBaza.

Four men signed in Hebrew. The Polish text names them, in this order: Jewel Rappoport (deputy rabbi); Lejbus Honigsberg (the groom's father, of Konskowola, Lublin gubernia); Judka Kuperman (the bride's father); Josek Echt (witness).

I would be grateful for a reading of all four lines, but especially the SECOND line - Lejbus Honigsberg, my direct ancestor. It appears to have three elements and I cannot make out the middle one.

Two questions in particular:
1. Does the middle word read ha-Levi, ha-Kohen, or something else (e.g. an abbreviation such as b"r)?
2. If a patronymic appears, what is his father's name? The 1847 civil death record does not name his father, so this signature may be the only surviving evidence of that generation.

Any reading, even partial or uncertain, would be a great help. Thank you. 		View the post with its 1 response
115220 Translation - German

8/26/2026 4:56 PM Hello,
Philipp was the father of my G.G.G mother from my mother's Fraenkel side of the family.I know they lived in Breslau and later in Berlin. I hope you can translate the document for me.

Best regards
Neora Berl
neora.berl@gmail.com 		View the post with its 1 response
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