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Death Records - Chișinău, Moldova - 1899

Below is an example of a page of Jewish death records in a column/table format. This document is from the city of Chișinău, which is the capital of Moldova today.

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Below are a Russian transcription and an English translation of this death record. The page written in Hebrew will not be translated here, as it repeats the same information listed in Russian. Click on any image on this page to open it in a new tab where you can zoom in and take a closer look. To see common column headings, review frequently used vocabulary, and learn more about death records in general, go to the Death Records Overview page of this tutorial.

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Translation

  • Document: "Молдова метрические книги, 1811-1936," images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 13 April 2023), Jewish death records, Kishinev, Kishinev, Bessarabia, Russian Empire, DGS no. 5610475, image no. 138 of 1124.
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