Help with Ottoman Turkish birth records ..

[azardaryan]

Hi everybody, this is my first time posting. I need some help translating an old document that I found with my grandmother's papers. It looks like it is written in Ottoman Turkish using Arabic letters, and it may be her identification document. I am hoping it has dates and place names for my nene and her parents, but I have no way to be certain. You can see on the bottom is a seal and some stamps (and unfortunately some ink stains) along with what appears to be scribe's signatures. On the back at the top of the page someone wrote a few words and what looks like "1895" (in Hayaren?) but I can't make it out. So grateful I found this forum, I sincerely appreciate it if anyone can help. Thank you! Abel



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[azardaryan]

Just a correction.. a friend noticed at the top of the back page where someone wrote a few words with "1895" might be Greek, if it helps. There was a rumor that my grandmother had some Greek blood in there somewhere. Interesting if it is.. Thanks. Abel

[etemtezcan]

pls send scanned docs to
etem.tezcan@gmail.com

[etemtezcan]

found some history grad student.
although she cannot decipher everything,
she said following
name sofia (not sure)
birthplace (derseadet, istanbul)
religion: christian (traditional sect of armenian, Apostolic, this excludes catholic or protestants, )

will visit her teacher afterwards for more reading

[azardaryan]

Thank you Etem. Yes, my grandmother's name was Sofia. Can't wait to learn more. So grateful to you and the grad student.. I can't begin to tell you how much this means.

Regards, Abel

[etemtezcan]

Some more progress

Name: Sofia
Father Name: Lazari
Mother Name: Despina
Birth place: Dersaadet (İstanbul)
Registry Place(place where you registered): Dersaadet
Religion: Christian

in Turkey, when a woman marries, her registry place is transferred to her husband's place. Since Sofia's both places same, she either married a person in Istanbul or this id was before her marriage.

There is also some address resembling part saying cobancarsı (Shepherd bazaar).
I cannot find any cobancarsi in istanbul via internet, never heard it.

Sofia's father name is Lazari. (I am sure there is a letter "i" at the end, i can read that much). This name Lazari probably comes from the guy Jesus has raised from death.
Sofia's mother name Despina sound very Greek although a brief interet search reveals some Armenian Despinas.
Sofia's father Lazari may also be Greek origin. Armenians as I know of use name Lazar instead, a quick internet search revealed many Greek Lazaris. (all of them I saw are surnames though)

Also pls send date section to my e-mail, I can read arabic numbers, no problem.

I hope it helped ya.

[azardaryan]

Thank you Etem.

[umairaraza100]

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