As always, many very generous Genners took the time to respond to my query
and I am very grateful.

For those who might be interested:
The language is Czech.
Rabinat is Office of a Rabbi
Matricni Urad v Podivin is Register Office of Vital Records in Podivin, a
town in the Czech Republic.

Various sites were suggested and >from them I learned about the town of
Podivin; I received translation sites and a site which guesses languages,
quite rapidly and quite accurately I might add.

Once again, thank you one and all.

Sally Goodman
Palm Springs/LA, CA
sbgoody@...