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Category: Translation - Russian
Approval Date: 8/30/2026 8:19 PM
Family Surname: Gitman, Hitman
Country: Poland
Town: Biskupice
Date of Image: 1883

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Please transcribe this 1883 Russian-language Jewish birth record as fully as possible, preserving uncertain readings as [unclear], and provide an English translation. Please identify the exact birth and registration dates; the child’s full name; both parents’ full names (including the mother’s maiden surname), ages, occupations, residence and birthplaces; and all witnesses, declarants and marginal notes. Does the child have a second name corresponding to Srul/Israel? Source: Polish State Archives, Archiwum Państwowe w Lublinie, Biskupice Jewish birth register, fonds 35/1614/0/2.21/93, act 13, 1883, unit 298416. Family research concerns Chaim Srul Gitman, later father of Judko/Judka Gitman.

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8/31/2026 1:16 PM

Акт 13. Хаим Гитман. Посад Бискупице.
Состоялось в посаде Бискупице 9/21 июня 1883 года в 9 часов утра. Явился лично отец ребенка Гершек Гитман, портной, 40 лет, живущий в посаде Бискупице, и в присутствии свидетелей старозаконных Иосель Гольдман, кахальник (слово «кагальник» в значении «человек из кагала», «член общинного самоуправления» ),68 лет и Янкель Гольдбург, школьника,46 лет, оба два в посаде Бискупице живущих, и предъявили нам младенца мужского пола, объявляя ,что он родился в посаде Бискупице 2/14 июня текущего года (1883 года) в 6 часов утра от его жены Файги из Сусманов (девичья фамилия :Сусман), супругов Гитманов,41 год. Младенцу этому при обрезании дано имя Хаим Гитман. Акт этот присутствующему и свидетелям прочитан, нами и ими подписан. Отец объявил, что писать не умеет.
Чиновник Гражданского состояния.
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Act 13. Haim Gitman. The settlement of Biskupice. Took place in the settlement of Biskupice on June 9/21, 1883, at 9 a.m. The child's father, Gershek Gitman, a tailor, 40 years old, who lives in Biskupice Posad, appeared personally, and in the presence of old-law witnesses, Yosel Goldman, a kahalnik (the word "kagalnik" means "a man from kagal", "a member of the communal self-government"), 68 years old, and Yankel Goldburg, a schoolboy, 46 years old, both two in They lived in Biskupice Posad, and presented us with a male baby, announcing that he was born in Biskupice Posad on June 2/14 of this year (1883) at 6 a.m. from his wife Fayga from Susmanov (maiden name :Susman), the Gitmans, 41 years old. This infant was given the name Chaim Gitman at the time of circumcision. This document was read to those present and to the witnesses, and it was signed by us and by them. The father declared that he could not write. Civil Registry Office official.
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