Deborah - I note your interest in Heiser. My great great grandfather was Abraham Heiser who was born c 1826 in Kempen, Prussia and emigrated to London in the late 1840s. What are the origins of your Heiser connection?

With all good wishes - Howard Lewis (London UK) 

VM89170

In Russian:

 

#34

Город Ново-Минск

Состоялось в городе Ново-Минске 18-го июня (1-го июля) 1902 года в 10 часов утра.  Явился лично житель города Ново-Минск Хаим-Ицек Берг, 25 лет, торговец и рабочий,  и в присутствии свидетелей: Нахмана Аронзона, 58-и лет и Менделя Бергера, 35-и лет, оба- учителив городе Ново-Минск и преявили нам мальчика, объявляя что он родился в городе Ново-Минск 13 (26-го) июня текущего года  в 2 часа ночи, от него и его законной жены Фрайдли-Мириам, урожденной Мыццнер, 28 лет.  Мальчику этому при обрезании было дано имя Нута.  Акт сей объявляющему и свидетелям прочитан и ими и нами подписан.

Нахман Аронзон

Мендель Бергер

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Translated into English:

 

# 34

 

Novo-Minsk city

 

It took place in the city of Novo-Minsk on June 18 (July 1) 1902 at 10 o'clock in the morning. A resident of the city of Novo-Minsk, Chaim-Itsek Berg, 25 years old, a merchant and a worker, personally appeared, and in the presence of witnesses: Nakhman Aronzon, 58 years old and Mendel Berger, 35 years old, both teachers in the city of Novo-Minsk and showed us boy, announcing that he was born in the city of Novo-Minsk on June 13 (26) of this year at 2 a.m., from him and his legal wife Fridlya-Miriam, nee Mytsner, 28 years old. This boy, when circumcised, was given the name Nuta. This act was read to the announcer and to the witnesses, and they and us signed.

 

Nachman Aronzon

 

Mendel Berger

 

Civil Status Official Signature

 

Comment:

In my previous translation (VM89169), name of a mother Freida-Miriam, nee Agzitsner (possibly) was not clear write in Russian cursive.  In VM89170 it is clear:  Fridlya-Miriam, nee Mytsner.

Also VM89168 has 4 records to translate.  Do you interested to translate all of it?

 

Michael Ryabinky
Columbus, OH

Harold - I have a similar problem in that one of my great grandfathers assumed the name Davis Smith when he arrived in UK and his naturalisation papers, while disclosing the forenames of his parents and his town of origin, did not reveal the original family name.

I recommend that you research the records for Annie Lipschitz. If you find her marriage certificate, it should show Aaron’s details. Bialystok covers a wide area but I would focus on the Lipschitz name first. Hope this helps! With all good wishes for 2021 - Howard Lewis (London, UK)  

VM89169

In Russian:

 

#143

Ново-Минск

Состоялось в городе Ново-Минске 20-го июля (2-го августа) 1915 года в 10 часов утра.  Явился лично житель города Ново-Минск Ицек Берг, 38 лет, торговец,  и в присутствии свидетелей: Вульфа Зильберберга, помошника равина, 43-х лет и Якова Богатого, учителя, 54-х лет, жителей города Ново-Минск и преявили нам мальчика, объявляя что он родился в городе Ново-Минск 15 (28-го) сентября 1910 года  в 8 часов вечера, от него и его законной жены Фрейды-Мириам, урожденной Ажицнер (возможно), 40 лет.  Мальчику этому при обрезании было дано имя Зыскинд.  Несвоевременное заявление сего акта последовало по оплошности отца.  Акт сей объявляющему и свидетелям прочитан и ими и нами подписан.

Вульф Зильберберг

Яков Богатый

Чиновник гражданского состояния        Подпись

 

Translated into English:

 

# 143

 

Novo-Minsk

 

It took place in the city of Novo-Minsk on July 20 (August 2) 1915 at 10 am. A resident of the city of Novo-Minsk, Itsek Berg, 38 years old, a merchant, personally appeared, and in the presence of witnesses: Wolf Zilberberg, an assistant rabbi, 43 years old, and Yakov Bogaty, a teacher, 54 years old, residents of the city of Novo-Minsk, and presented us with a boy , announcing that he was born in the city of Novo-Minsk on September 15 (28), 1910 at 8 o'clock in the evening, from him and his legal wife Freida-Miriam, nee Agzitsner (possibly), 40 years old. This boy was given the name Zyskind during circumcision. The untimely declaration of this act was followed by an oversight of the father. This act was read to the announcer and to the witnesses, and they and us signed.

 

Wolf Zilberberg

 

Yakov Bogaty

 

Civil Status Official Signature

Translated by Michael Ryabinky
Columbus, OH

Hi Sherri,

Thanks for your interest.

Yes, I have that.

As you may have gathered, she is a lady of some mystery and I'm trying to discover who she was before she became "Davis" and her origins.
Mike Coleman

 

Can you advise what you definitely know - arrival, departure and dates?

Ancestry often provides transcriptions so such info. would enable a search.....

Mike Coleman

I've posted  vital records in Russian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following addresses:

https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM89168
https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM89169
https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM89170
https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM89171
https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM89172

Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page.

Thank you very much

Aviv Yahav

Dear children Bob and Babra
Live happily with your dear children and your dear parents I thank you for your gift for my ... God should give you health and life, what you do for your old grandma children God will pay you for your good heart: send regards to my grandchildren I don't have who should write for me in English be well with all your beloved ones from me your old grandma Missis Bekof 

To my dear grandchildren Bob and Babra 
Be happy with your children I thank you nicely for your gift to me God will pay you for what you give me health and long life with your love I can't write English I write my language I just spoke to pap and mama they are alright and they told me to write in Yiddish my dear children be well with your children from me your old grandma Ella Bakof
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Yitschok Margareten

Go to familysearch.com and enter the last name Snayde, Wurcelman or Ianchel (do no set the exact option, leave it open) and restrict documents to Brazil (set the exact option). There are lots of documents on them. The documents are in Portuguese and you can upload them the get them translated. If you need further help send me a private message. Good luck.
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Angel Kosfiszer

Richardson, Texas

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Hal Bookbinder, Oak Park, CA
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Hi all:
The following is taken from a death registration:
"It took place in Warsaw, in the Povenkovsky fifth precinct, in the office of an official of the civil status of non-Christian confessions on March 11 (24), 1916."
I would appreciate help in clarifying  "Povenkovsky".
I have not come across that location name before. 

Many thanks in advance.

Best,

Jacqueline GRUSZECKI
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Researching GRUSZECKA/GRUSZECKI
From Warszawa, and possibly Kotłówka, Zelechow

Dear fellow members,
I Need assistance in obtaining copies of 1913 and 1920's birth certificate in Bodrogkerestur, Zemplen county Hungary .Is there anywhere to order copy of  records online? If  not , can you suggest a local  researcher that can get them for me?
Thank you for your kind assistance,
R. Malik

My grandfather's application for naturalisation at the Cape Colony, South Africa, in 1899 gives his name as Harris Arnott, his birthplace as "Kurshan, Government of Kovno, Russia" (which is Kursenai, Kaunas, Lithuania), his age next birthday as 36 (which means he was born in 1863 or 1864) and that he had resided in the Colony for 4 years. Arnott is most unlikely to be the name with which he was born, but searches in JewishGen for similar names have failed to find anything.
Arnott was probably a name he adopted or was given to him on his arrival in the United Kingdom between 1881 and 1891. I assume his arrival in the UK between these dates because in the Scottish census of 5 April 1891 he appears under the name of Harris Arnott, born in Russia, as a boarder in a Glasgow household, but he is not listed in the previous census of 1881.
In 1892 in Glasgow he married my grandmother, who according to family tradition came from Bialystok, Poland. The marriage register gives his father's name and occupation as Aaron Arnott, Teacher of Hebrew, and his mother's name as Annie Arnott (maiden name Lipschitz). Unlike my grandmother's parents, they are not described as deceased at this date. The marriage authorisation from the synagogue yields no further information.
On his tombstone in South Africa, my grandfather's father's name is given in Hebrew as "Aharon". Searches for Hebrew Teachers in Kursenai, with first name Aaron or the like, have been fruitless. Can anyone suggest how I might find the family name?
Thanks,
Harold.
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Harold Luntz AO
Melbourne, Australia
hluntz@gmail.com

Hello,  You may find this answers some of your questions:   https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/traits/twins/

Best regards

Shelly Levin
Genetic Counselor
Northern California

I would love if someone could translate the following death and marriage certificates. The first two are known family members. I am trying to figure out if the second two are, also. Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page. 

ViewMate - Image 89194 - Translation - Polish - Poland - Lodz - Sztern - 1929 (jewishgen.org)

ViewMate - Image 89195 - Translation - Polish - Poland - Lodz - Sztern - 1921 (jewishgen.org)

ViewMate - Image 89196 - Translation - Polish - Poland - Lasman (jewishgen.org)

ViewMate - Image 89197 - Translation - Polish - Poland - Sztern (jewishgen.org)

Thank you in advance!

Sharon L Stern
Seminole, Florida

SZTERN - Lodz, Poland
LASMAN - Lodz, Poland
EDELSBURG - Poland
LEVINE/LEWIN - Poland, Lithuania (?)
SZLAMIAKOW - Poland

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you should be able to see these records from the main Slutsk page https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/community.php?usbgn=-1949730 by click on the first Search button "the JewishGen Belarus Database for Slutsk."   From there you need to click on the button next to "Belarus Revision Lists".

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