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Submitted by David Fletcher

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Category: Translation - Russian
Approval Date: 10/4/2026 4:22 PM
Family Surname: Barg Lichtenstein
Town: Miedzyrzec Podlaski
Date of Image: 1882
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Looking for Russian/English translation for the following document:

Maryim Ruchla Barg 1882 Miedzyrzec Podlaski Poland birth register Akta 9.

She should be listed as the daughter of Jankel Meier Barg and Eva Lichtenstein Barg. Eva may be rendered as Cheva Nucha etc. She was later known as Rachel Barg, with an estimated bith year of 1882. As far as I know Rachel was the first of the children born to Meyer and Eva Barg.

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10/7/2026 3:59 PM Акт № 9. Город Межиречье .21 ноября 1882 года в 9 часов утра.
Явился Янкель Меер Барг, плотник, 26 лет, в присутствии свидетелей Берко Фельман , 43 лет и Гершко Тривакса, 54 лет, обоих школьников, и объявили, что 15 марта прошлого года (1881 года) в 10 часов ночью родилась от законной жены: Хава Неха Лихтенштейн, 22 лет, девочка, которой при совершении обряда Моисеева даны имена Марем Рухля. Отец объявил, что по случаю отлучки с предъявлением младенца опоздал.
Отец не грамотный.
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Record No. 9. Town of Mezhirechi, November 21, 1882, at 9:00 a.m.
Yankel Meer Barg, a carpenter aged 26, appeared in the presence of witnesses Berko Felman (aged 43) and Gershko Trivaks (aged 54)—both *shkolniks* [synagogue attendants]—and declared that
on March 15 of last year (1881), at 10:00 p.m., a daughter was born to his lawful wife, Khavia Nekha Likhtenshteyn (aged 22);
upon the performance of the Mosaic rite, the child was given the names Marem Rukhlya.
The father stated that he had delayed presenting the infant due to his absence.
The father is illiterate.
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10/10/2026 6:35 AM so been doing some AI work and took the liberty of using your image.. hope you don't mind. Have been analysing the registration process in 1882 ie jewish decalarant tells russian/polish scribe names in (yiddish/hebrew/polish etc). Scribe phonetically transcribes as "he"heard and russifies names to comply with imperial naming standards. handwrites in pre 1917 russian cusive script according to personal handwriting style. Along comes AI which reads degraded copy of document and transcribes to pre 1917 russian block capitals (as if a russian clerk had typed up handwritten notes the week after registration on an ancient russian typewriter. So many potential points for introducing errors !! Anyway purpose of my test was to roll back what was apparently written to what declarant might conceivably have said...

I though I would share...

| REF | Role | Transcribed Name (Pre-1917 Russian Block Capitals) | First Cut | Yiddish / Hebrew Anthroponyms | Polish Toponyms / Surnames | Hebrew/Yiddish (Modern) | Polish (Modern) | English (Modern) |
| 1 | Child (Given) | МАРЕМЪ БУХИЛЬ | Marem Buchil / Miriam Buchla ("БУХИЛЬ" vs "БУХЛЯ"): **(*БУХИЛЬ* — Yiddish /Hebrew feminine name Buchil). (*БУХЛЯ* — Buchla) | Miriam (מרים) / Bukhel | — | Miriam Bukhel | Miriam Buchil | Miriam Bukhel |
| 2 | Father (Given) | ЯНКЕЛЬ МЕЕРЪ | Jankiel Mejer / Yaakov Meir | Yankel (Yakov) / Meir | — | Yankel Meir | Janek Meir | Yankel Meir |
| 3 | Father (Surname) | БАРХЪ | ("БАРХЪ" vs "БАРКЪ"):** (*БАРХЪ* — Barch). (*БАРКЪ* — Bark). | — | Bark / Barkowski | — | Bark | Bark |
| 4 | Mother (Given) | ХАВИ НЕХИ | Chawi Nechi / Chava Necha | Chava / Nechi (Nechama) | — | Chava Nechi | Chawa Nechi | Chava Nechi |
| 5 | Mother (Surname) | ЛИФШТЕЙНЪ | Lifsztejn / Lifschitz | Lifshitz / Lifstein | — | Lifstein | Lifstein | Lifstein |
| 6 | Witness 1 (Given) | БЕРКО | Berko / Berek | Ber / Berkov | — | Berko | Berko | Berko |
| 7 | Witness 1 (Surname) | ФРЕЛЬМАНА | Frelman / Frojlman | — | Freilman / Freilmann | — | Freilman | Freilman |
| 8 | Witness 2 (Given) | ГЕРШКА | Gershko / Herszko | Gershon / Gershka | — | Gershka | Gierszka | Gershka |
| 10 | Witness 2 (Surname) | ТР ИВАКСА | Triwaks / Trywaks | — | Trywaks / Trywaksa | — | Trywaks | Trivaks |
| 11 | Civil Registrar (Official) | ФАМЕЛЕВСКІЙ | Famelewski | — | Familewski | — | Familewski | Familewski |

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