# Narrative backfill — status & queue (handoff) Live working doc for the ## Narrative backfill campaign. Rules are in the vault **CLAUDE.md** ('Narrative biographies' section) + memory [[narrative-bio-rule]]. **Biography drop is gated on `bio_migrated: true` (2026-07-06):** `build_vault.py` omits the generated `### Biography — from MyHeritage` block ONLY for profiles whose frontmatter has **`bio_migrated: true`** — which you set by hand once you've verified that BOTH the bio's **facts** AND its **scan links** are incorporated into the ## Narrative/footnotes. (A mechanical link-only check is *not* enough — a prose fact with no link would slip through — so the drop is never guessed.) Workflow per profile: read the MH bio → migrate every fact + scan link into the narrative/footnotes → add `bio_migrated: true` → the raw bio drops on rebuild. Un-flagged profiles keep their bio. The stripped bios can always be regenerated from the GEDCOM notes (`_source/*.ged`). Standing rules: render **each record as STORY** (no over-compression); **footnotes REQUIRED** in every narrative (model [[Zelik Mendelsberg (b.1783)]]/[[Raca (b.1744)]]); **READ THE ACTUAL RECORDS** (don't synthesize summaries) — flag genuinely-gated sources instead of padding; run `date +%F` before any dated write; keep to-do/unread in ## Open questions, never in the narrative; never write 'AUTO'; don't label our people 'Jewish' unless a record's interfaith dynamic is the substance. ## Deep-read methods (how to READ each source) - **szukajwarchiwach**: `/skan/-/skan/{HASH}` → hash is in the URL; `jednostka?...cur=N` → get hash from the page DOM (`img[src*=photos.szukajwarchiwach]`). Fetch full-res IN-BROWSER (curl returns a stub): `javascript_tool` → `fetch('https://photos.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/'+HASH+'_max',{credentials:'include'}).then(r=>r.blob()).then(b=>{const a=document.createElement('a');a.href=URL.createObjectURL(b);a.download='x.jpg';a.click()})` → file lands in the OneDrive Downloads folder → Read it. - **skanoteka.genealodzy.pl**: plain `curl` the viewer URL (`index.php?op=pg&id=…&plik=NNN.jpg`) → HTML; grep out `https://metbox…/metryka_get.php?op=download&dir=…&znak=…&plik=NNN.jpg` (decode `&`→`&`), then `curl` that token URL (with a `-e https://skanoteka.genealodzy.pl/` referer) → full-res JPG. (This replaces the old `scratchpad/fetch_scan.py`, which lives in a session scratchpad and gets cleared.) - **hebrewbooks**: page-images ARE curl-pullable at `https://beta.hebrewbooks.org/reader/pagepngs/{book}_{page}_2400_0.png` (no 403, hi-res). The pagefeed PDF + takepic.ashx are 403 to curl → browser only. - **FamilySearch**: login-walled; the user's browser is signed in — read film images via the authenticated browser (screenshot+zoom). WARNING: MyHeritage 'film img N-M' citations are often page-RANGES, not image indices, and can point at the WRONG (Christian) register — verify what the image actually shows. - **Google Books** (Hebrew rabbinic works): often limited/snippet-view even signed in — read what renders, flag the rest. - **Chrome download folder = `C:\Users\OzzyBernstein\OneDrive - Ideal Vitamins\Downloads\Claude Geni`** (set 2026-07-06; the in-browser `_max` blob downloads land in this `Claude Geni` subfolder — NOT the plain Downloads, and NOT the parent OneDrive Downloads). - **Browser concurrency: run only 1–2 browser agents at once** (3+ causes tab-hijacking that degrades reads). Text-only rewrites can run many in parallel. - Reproduce this queue: `scratchpad/find_bio_queue.py` → bio_queue.json (>4 links OR >2 paragraphs of MH bio); the scan below is the current not-yet-done set. ## Remaining queue (substantial MH bio, no narrative yet) — direct ancestors first ``` REMAINING (substantial MH bio, no narrative yet): ~170 (0 DIRECT ancestors — all direct-line done 2026-07-06; remainder is collateral kin) — DONE 2026-07-06 (deep-read): Issakhar Berisz Segal (b.1690); Nusyn Barbanel (b.1798); PLACEHOLDER Michel Barbanel; Yehoshua Segal (d.1732); Chaim Winer (b.1775). Plus (not in this list — thin bios, direct spine): Szyia Segal (b.1740); Shmuel Segal (b.1650); Manas Winer (b.1807); Moszek Lejb Winer (b.1836). Winer + Segal direct spines now fully narrated. — — DONE 2026-07-06 (Łęczna vol VIII record-intake, not MH-bio backfill): Lejzor Fajn (b.1802) & Leyzor Blusztajn (b.1822) — first narratives written from newly deep-read 1840–41 Łęczna town-fiscal records (bio: full). Not counted in the 217 (they had no substantial MH bio). — — DONE 2026-07-06 (Łęczna vol IX record-intake): Lejbus Edelsztajn (b.1817) — first narrative written from the 1852–56 Łęczna brickworks-lease records (bio: full). Not in the MH-bio queue. — — DONE 2026-07-06 (deep-read): Abram Stajnzalc (b.1804); Icek Hochman (b.1755); Manas Zelik (stub). — — DONE 2026-07-06 (resume, bio_migrated:true): Icek Balter (b.1771); Chana (d.1841)+Herszek (d.1818) (stubs); Izrael Josef Friedman (b.1820); Josef Mendelsberg (b.1812); Azriel Yosef Barbanel (b.1907); Moszek Mortko Hamerman (b.1881); Judka Frenk (b.1796). — — DONE 2026-07-06 (resume, bio_migrated:true): Bajla Felyat (b.1800); Shlomo Zalman Horowitz (b.1825); Yosef Goldfischer (b.1899); Mordko Majer Kaufman (b.1791); Nuchym Mittelman (b.1758); Josef Tuchsznajder (b.1775); Brana (b.1749); Wolf Lax (b.1750); Hersz Frajnd (b.1817); Maryia Grynblat (b.1876); Shalom Goldfischer (b.1878). — [DONE 2026-07-06 deep-read] Ryfka Brenman (b.1814) — 1884 Łęczna death act no.55 (day-laborer widow, Witaniów) [DONE 2026-07-06 deep-read] Ita (b.1741) — 1824 Łęczna death act no.20 ("Esterka Rubinowa," wid., House #215; name-puzzle) [DONE 2026-07-06 deep-read] Szol Balter (b.1800) — 1857 death act (wyrobnik) + 1841 notarial act 132 (house sale) [DONE 2026-07-06 deep-read] Frajda Edelsztajn (b.1785) — 1813 Łęczna death act no.51 ("Frejda Rubinowa," 28, House #230) [DONE 2026-07-06 deep-read] Baila Yachet Yocheved Friedman (b.1908) — 1946 survivor card (Lublin) + 1950 General Sturgis emigration manifest [DONE 2026-07-06 deep-read] Bajla Frenk (b.1857) — 1857 birth act no.18 + 1919 death act no.29 (⚠️ death month Nov not Jan) [DONE 2026-07-06 deep-read] Chaim Grynblat (b.1812) — 1877 Łęczna death act no.32 (Rozkopaczew; died at son-in-law Dawid Frenk's) [DONE 2026-07-06 deep-read] Yosef Iserov (b.1841) — 1841 Novokostyantyniv birth register ДАХмО 227-1-3831 (RU+HE pages) [DONE 2026-07-06 deep-read] Chwula Tuchsznajder (b.1818) — 1880 Łęczna death act no.25 (Chula Grynblat, widow, of Rozkopaczew) [DONE 2026-07-06 deep-read] Noach Veksler (b.1864) — Iași birth + 1907 Hashkafah + 1921 IGRA (memuneh ha-kollel) + gravestone [DONE 2026-07-06 deep-read] Yona Hamerman (b.1911) — 1911 birth act + 1946 survivor card (ZSRR) + Kujbyszew→Rychbach repatriation list [DONE 2026-07-06 deep-read] Gittel Balter (b.1911) — 1911/1921 birth act no.50 + 1946 Rychbach survivor card (ZSRR) [DONE 2026-07-06 deep-read] Laja Frajdla Mendelsberg (b.1849) — 1849 Żółkiewka birth act no.32 (dau. of Josef Mendelsberg, handlarz) [DONE 2026-07-06 deep-read] Maryim Rivka Perlman (b.1845) — 1899 Dombó Hungarian death register no.100 (Rachel Perlmann, b. Munkács) [DONE 2026-07-06 deep-read] Aron Bernstein (b.1919) — 1919 birth register + ITS/Arolsen tracing file T/D 849354 (survivor; Dörnhau; →Israel→USA) [DONE 2026-07-06 deep-read] Menachem Mendel Bernstein (b.1868) — 1868 birth register (reg.1927) + 1921 census (Hrabovnice #59) [DONE 2026-07-06 deep-read] Shmuel Friedman (b.1756) — Kušnica gravestone (son of R' Shlomo Zalman) + 1795 Máramaros Jewish census [DONE 2026-07-06 deep-read] Srul Abram Friedman (b.1881) — 1881 Głusk birth act no.11 (elder twin) + 1914 Głusk death act no.10 (d.33) [DONE 2026-07-06 deep-read] Szajma Hersz Friedman (b.1859) — 1880 Głusk marriage act no.3 + 1886 Głusk death act no.2 (d.27, b. Wieniawa) [DONE 2026-07-06 deep-read] Chysza Ajdla Goldberg (b.1844) — 1897 Głusk death act no.3 (Barbanel née Goldberg, b. Ostrów, d. Ćmiłów) [DONE 2026-07-06 stub] Lejbus Grynblat (b.1780) — vitals-only stub; attested only via son Chaim's 1877 death act (bio: stub) [DONE 2026-07-06] Nachman Horodenker (b.1772) = REBBE NACHMAN OF BRESLOV — narrative from historical record; descent claim flagged [DONE 2026-07-06] Israel Isserles (b.1698) = the BAAL SHEM TOV — narrative from historical record; "Isserles" surname + descent flagged [DONE 2026-07-06 deep-read] Chaim Ber Spitz (b.1852) — 1873 Rejowiec marriage act no.9 (of Stróżka; +1900 Chełm re-reg) — father-name puzzle [DONE 2026-07-06 deep-read] David Hers Simonovitz (b.1840) — 1913 Berezovo death record (kisbírtokos) + eroded tombstone; father Yehuda/Jozsef unresolved *** ALL DIRECT ANCESTORS IN THIS QUEUE NOW NARRATED (2026-07-06). Remaining below are collateral kin (grand-uncles/aunts, cousins, in-laws). *** 10L 5p Harry Barbanel (b.1891) [1st cousin 3x removed] 9L 5p Louis Barbanel (b.1863) [2x great-grand-uncle] 6L 2p Yehoshua Yehezkiel Feivel Frankel-Teomim (b.1735) [spouse of 6x great-grand-aunt] 5L 6p Nusyn Barbanel (b.1873) [2x great-grand-uncle] 5L 2p Nowak Blufogel (b.1769) [5x great-grand-uncle] 4L 4p Josef Mordko Barbanel (b.1865) [2x great-grand-uncle] 3L 5p Joseph Barbanel (b.1884) [1st cousin 3x removed] 3L 4p Abram Josef Balter (b.1845) [1st cousin 5x removed] 3L 4p Moshe Leizer Iserov (b.1839) [4x great-grand-uncle] 3L 4p Perla Tuchsznajder (b.1823) [4x great-grand-aunt] 3L 3p Elka Barbanel (b.1897) [3rd cousin 3x removed] 3L 3p Fanny Barbanel (b.1900) [3rd cousin 3x removed] 3L 3p Jacob Barbanel (b.1892) [3rd cousin 3x removed] 3L 3p Moszek Chaim Wolw Winer (b.1865) [2nd cousin 4x removed] 2L 8p Chysza Ajdla Barbanel (b.1907) [1st cousin 3x removed] 2L 5p Jankiel Lejb Barbanel (b.1888) [1st cousin 3x removed] 2L 5p Nojech Barbanel (b.1898) [1st cousin 3x removed] 2L 5p Mordechai Elimelech Goldfischer (b.1904) [2x great-grand-uncle] 2L 5p Zelman Hersz Grynblat (b.1871) [2x great-grand-uncle] 2L 4p Symcha Grynblat (b.1866) [2x great-grand-uncle] 2L 4p Nusyn Lipa Nissenbaum (b.1866) [spouse of 2x great-grand-aunt] 2L 3p Faiga Toba Barbanel (b.1939) [grand-aunt] 2L 3p Fajga Ryfka Brenman (b.1855) [1st cousin 5x removed] 2L 3p Malka Elka Barbanel (b.1867) [2x great-grand-aunt] 2L 3p Rachmil Bencjon Barbanel (b.1864) [2nd cousin 4x removed] 2L 3p Srul Moszek Biderman (b.1861) [2nd cousin 4x removed] 2L 3p Icek Goldrajch (b.1828) [1st cousin 6x removed] 2L 3p PLACEHOLDER Cypa Hamer (b.1820) [4x great-grand-aunt] 2L 3p Lejbus Hersz Tuchsznajder (b.1810) [4x great-grand-uncle] 2L 3p Szajndla Tuchsznajder (b.1823) [4x great-grand-aunt] 1L 16p Elo Lejb Mendelsberg (b.1804) [4x great-grand-uncle] 1L 8p PLACEHOLDER Leyba Hamer (b.1815) [4x great-grand-uncle] 1L 7p PLACEHOLDER Ryfka Golda Gradowiecki (b.1793) [5x great-grand-aunt] 1L 5p Morris Greenblatt (b.1917) [1st cousin 3x removed] 1L 4p Dawid Szloma Barbanel (b.1904) [1st cousin 3x removed] 1L 4p Jankiel Josef Barbanel (b.1878) [3rd cousin 3x removed] 1L 4p Mojsze Idel Barbanel (b.1892) [1st cousin 3x removed] 1L 4p Hejnoch Dawid Grynglas (b.1874) [spouse of 2nd cousin 4x removed] 1L 4p Josef Goldfischer (b.1913) [2x great-grand-uncle] 1L 4p Shmuel Winer (b.1926) [1st cousin 3x removed] 1L 3p Yisrael Tzvi Barbanel (b.1934) [grandfather] 1L 3p Ruchla Grynblat (b.1857) [2x great-grand-aunt] 1L 3p Sara Hamerman (b.1943) [grandmother] 1L 3p Tema Hamerman (b.1915) [great-grand-aunt] 1L 3p Israel Rochwerg (b.1916) [1st cousin 3x removed] 1L 3p Edith Szmulewicz (b.1918) [spouse of 1st cousin 3x removed] 1L 3p Ettie Steinberg (b.1914) [3rd cousin 3x removed] 1L 3p Hersz Spitz (b.1891) [2x great-grand-uncle] 1L 3p Kielman Icek Winer (b.1864) [1st cousin 4x removed] 1L 3p Ester (b.1769) [5x great-grand-aunt] 0L 5p Ezra Greenberg (b.1888) [1st cousin 4x removed] 0L 5p Shlomo Goldfischer (b.1908) [2x great-grand-uncle] 0L 4p Froim Fiszel Barbanel (b.1928) [2nd cousin 2x removed] 0L 4p Josef Barbanel (b.1824) [3x great-grand-uncle] 0L 4p Majer Jankiel Barbanel (b.1822) [3x great-grand-uncle] 0L 4p Nusyn Barbanel (b.1890) [1st cousin 3x removed] 0L 4p Julia Golda Brody de Hauke (b.1825) [1st cousin 6x removed] 0L 4p David Majer Friedman (b.1907) [great-grand-uncle] 0L 4p Bernard Samuel Greenberg (b.1913) [2nd cousin 3x removed] 0L 4p Isaac Greenberg [2nd cousin 3x removed] 0L 4p Lena Greenberg [2nd cousin 3x removed] 0L 4p Mathilda Goldfischer (b.1894) [3rd cousin 4x removed] 0L 4p Morris Goldfischer (b.1920) [4th cousin 3x removed] 0L 4p Rechla Hamerman (b.1900) [great-grand-aunt] 0L 4p Bina Isseroff (b.1884) [3x great-grand-aunt] 0L 4p Alexander Dov Perlman (b.1875) [1st cousin 6x removed] 0L 4p Gedalya Shakedi (b.1920) [3rd cousin 3x removed] 0L 4p Yaakov Strulowitz [1st cousin 3x removed] 0L 4p Essie Daniel (b.1893) [wife] 0L 4p Esther Dahne (b.1915) [wife] 0L 4p Harris Daniel (b.1860) [wife] 0L 4p Harry Dahne (b.1875) [wife] 0L 4p Louis Lacey Daniel (b.1895) [wife] 0L 4p Rosa Dahne (b.1901) [wife] 0L 4p Yetta Dahne (b.1894) [wife] 0L 4p Harold Nathaniel Epstein (b.1914) [wife] 0L 4p Bernard Carrol Friedman (b.1900) [wife] 0L 4p Herman Felix (b.1853) [wife] 0L 4p Joseph Feiner (b.1884) [wife] 0L 4p Leon Frank (b.1910) [wife] 0L 4p Louis Friedman (b.1850) [wife] 0L 4p Anna M Goldberg (b.1894) [wife] 0L 4p Fanny Goldstein (b.1875) [wife] 0L 4p Beverly A Hendel (b.1934) [wife] 0L 4p Lawrence Sander Hendel (b.1930) [wife] 0L 4p Dorothy Levy (b.1903) [wife] 0L 4p George Levy (b.1905) [wife] 0L 4p Harris Levy (b.1876) [wife] 0L 4p Lillian Levy (b.1909) [wife] 0L 4p Henrietta Rothschild (b.1868) [wife] 0L 4p Jennie Schaler Rosenberg (b.1880) [wife] 0L 4p Leonard Irving Springer (b.1918) [wife] 0L 3p Feiga Horodenker Auerbach (b.1803) [5x great-grand-aunt] 0L 3p Aharon Alexander Brody-Van Hauke (b.1827) [1st cousin 6x removed] 0L 3p Estera Barbanel (b.1797) [4x great-grand-aunt] 0L 3p Yaakov Yehuda Leib Bernstein (b.1925) [great-grand-uncle] 0L 3p Avraham Zev Friedman (b.1921) [2nd cousin 3x removed] 0L 3p Jacques David Frenk (b.1904) [1st cousin 4x removed] 0L 3p Mendel Friedman [2nd cousin 3x removed] 0L 3p Duvid Goldfischer (b.1926) [great-grand-uncle] 0L 3p Giselle Goldfischer [4th cousin 3x removed] 0L 3p Gittel Perl Gelberman (b.1927) [4th cousin 4x removed] 0L 3p Josef Goldfischer (b.1939) [1st cousin 3x removed] 0L 3p Lucy Goldfischer [4th cousin 3x removed] 0L 3p Fajga Hamerman (d.1943) [great-grand-aunt] 0L 3p Icek Luzer Hamerman (b.1915) [1st cousin 3x removed] 0L 3p Moshe Hamerman (b.1946) [grand-uncle] 0L 3p Tzvi Hirsch Isserles (b.1729) [9x great-grand-uncle] 0L 3p Frida Moshkowitz (b.1909) [2nd cousin 3x removed] 0L 3p Leah Moshkowitz (b.1915) [2nd cousin 3x removed] 0L 3p Barnett Benjamin Nathanson (b.1878) [in-law (married into the family)] 0L 3p Liebe Lenke Neumann (b.1876) [1st cousin 5x removed] 0L 3p Chaim Leib Slomovitz (b.1923) [1st cousin 3x removed] 0L 3p David Shaer [4th cousin 1x removed] 0L 3p Lea Lily Spritzer (b.1947) [3rd cousin 2x removed] 0L 3p Chaim Yair Weinstein (b.1899) [spouse of 1st cousin 4x removed] 0L 3p Abraham Isaac Bernstein (b.1899) [wife] 0L 3p Benjamin Leon Bonnett (b.1888) [wife] 0L 3p David A Baum (b.1901) [wife] 0L 3p Freida Juliet Bernstein (b.1924) [wife] 0L 3p Hyman Bernstein (b.1896) [wife] 0L 3p Ida Bernstein (b.1885) [wife] 0L 3p Jerome Bernstein (b.1929) [wife] 0L 3p Joseph Bernstein (b.1889) [wife] 0L 3p Joseph Irving Burnstein (b.1921) [wife] 0L 3p Joshua Bernstein (b.1869) [wife] 0L 3p Norton Bonnett (b.1921) [wife] 0L 3p Pauline E Bernstein (b.1875) [wife] 0L 3p Sarah Bernstein (b.1870) [wife] 0L 3p Shirley Z Burnstein (b.1922) [wife] 0L 3p Sidney Raphael Bernstein (b.1921) [wife] 0L 3p Stanley H Baum (b.1928) [wife] 0L 3p Bernard Cebulsky (b.1853) [wife] 0L 3p Helen Cebulsky (b.1922) [wife] 0L 3p William Cebulsky (b.1879) [wife] 0L 3p Yetta Cebulsky (b.1858) [wife] 0L 3p Emanuel Dahne (b.1908) [wife] 0L 3p Eva Dahne (b.1895) [wife] 0L 3p Herbert Dahne (b.1928) [wife] 0L 3p Jean Daniel (b.1921) [wife] 0L 3p Leon Dahne (b.1903) [wife] 0L 3p Jacob Joseph Epstein (b.1877) [wife] 0L 3p Benjamin Friedman (b.1886) [wife] 0L 3p Gertrude Feiner (b.1912) [wife] 0L 3p Harry Friedman (b.1871) [wife] 0L 3p Jessica Frank (b.1905) [wife] 0L 3p Solomon Friedman (b.1884) [wife] 0L 3p Thelma Friedman (b.1905) [wife] 0L 3p William Hendel (b.1903) [wife] 0L 3p Hyman Kreitz (b.1881) [wife] 0L 3p Ethel Elizabeth Levy (b.1915) [wife] 0L 3p Helen Levy (b.1911) [wife] 0L 3p Louis C. Levy (b.1901) [wife] 0L 3p Samuel Jacob Levy (b.1912) [wife] 0L 3p Sibyl Levanthal (b.1903) [wife] 0L 3p Tessie Luskin (b.1902) [wife] 0L 3p Irving Mendelson (b.1890) [wife] 0L 3p Theresa Mendelson (b.1920) [wife] 0L 3p Minnie Neprotofsky (b.1882) [wife] 0L 3p Norton Naviasky (b.1919) [wife] 0L 3p William Naviasky (b.1894) [wife] 0L 3p Joseph Rappaport (b.1876) [wife] 0L 3p Edwin Julian Springer (b.1929) [wife] 0L 3p Jennie Siminovitch (b.1845) [wife] 0L 3p Miriam Selma Springer (b.1925) [wife] 0L 3p Rita L Springer (b.1919) [wife] 0L 3p Rose Schmerler (b.1884) [wife] 0L 3p Samuel Solomon Slomowitz (b.1894) [wife] 0L 3p Yetta Slomowitz (b.1924) [wife] 0L 3p Monroe Weinberg (b.1924) [wife] ```