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Research in Other Countries => Europe => Topic started by: rkive82 on Monday 06 October 25 19:25 BST (UK)
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We would dearly love to get a copy of the birth certificate for Morris Sand Zandt born supposedly on 3rd March 1905 in Poland (probably Warsaw).
I have attached pages and a photo from the Polish Passport issues to Morris.
Does a birth record for that time frame still exist?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks. Richard
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Front page of Polish Passport
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Details of Morris Zandt Sand
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Photo of Morris Zandt Sand.
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Please note that this passport issued in 1920 was under the authority of the Second Polish Republic which started in 1918. In 1905 Poland was partitioned between Austria, Prussia and Russia. Warsaw came under Russian Imperial power and any records may be in Russian and using the Julian calendar, or both Russian and Polish.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Polish_Republic
Tony
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It might help to name his parents: Solomon Sand and Szeba Gans
Source:
I believe that this is his 1933 Manhattan marriage cert: https://a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc.gov/view/9904746
There are more persons with similar names, but this guy's occupation is the same as in his 1920’s naturalization file: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89HF-S7SG?i=39
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His first name on the passport in both Polish and French translates as Moses.
Tony
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Thanks very much for your help.
The birth certificate for Morris (Moses) Sand Zandt may be elusive, but getting a certified copy of the marriage between Morris and Naomi (known in the family as Emma) will be a boon. We will continue to look for the birth certificate/record of course.
Family records have the parents of Morris as Solomon Sand Zandt and Sheba Gosherowski who apparently remained in Poland and died in 1938 and 1934 respectively.
Morris died on 26th December 1984 in Broward, Florida, USA. Emma (Naomi) died on 22nd May 2003 in Calistoga, California, USA.
Richard
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https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/12482477#odsylacz_opis
Civil registration of births Warsaw 1905, in Cyrillic, there is a partial index at the end but it looks like C (Russian for S) is missing. I don't read enough Russian to search through for the correct entry.
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Thanks for your reply. I don't read Russian either, unfortunately.
If the family name was ZANDT, would we still bee looking for a Russian C (for Sand) or the Russian letter that sounds like "TS?"
The link took me to 386 pages. I could not see how to "search vital records." Can anybody help?
Richard
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The 386 pages cover the whole year 1905.
For all vital records, use
https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/strona_glowna
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The letter that represents the "z" sound in the Russian alphabet is З, known as Ze, which looks like a number 3 but is pronounced like the "z" in "zoo".