This is off topic, but I need help from the forum.
I volunteer doing photo restoration for a historical society. The attached photo is about 100 years old; the inscription is in German, but the script is too elaborate for AI translation.
My mother reads:
âFĂźr Magdalena Theis
Liebes Kind Leni hier komme ich als Stellvertreterin als Mutter auf dem Bild.
Seit alle fielmals
herzlich gegrĂźĂt fon
Uns und Tochter und Mann
Anton Max Winigerâ
with deep-translator:
âFor Magdalena Theis
Dear child Leni here I come as a substitute as a mother on the picture.
Greetings to all
warm greetings from
Us and daughter and husband
Anton Max Winigerâ
Thank you all for your assistance. Youâve helped me fill in some family history.
Magdalena (Lena) Theis was my wifeâs grandmother. She immigrated from Bogorosch, Romania to Philadelphia, PA in 1908 with an uncle at age 15. There are two mysteries: First, why did she immigrate without parents? What were the circumstances that you would send your children away with the knowledge youâd probably never see them again? And second, while not clear, the context of the inscription suggests the photo is of her mother; my wifeâs great grandmother.