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Beaver Beacon reports island birth announcements from 1987–1988

Also Beaver Island birth notices 1987 1988

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TypeEvent
Date1988-05
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
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Event
Date
1988-05
Kind
Birth
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
familycommunitycommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The May 1988 Beaver Beacon carries a cluster of family birth notices dating from September 1987 through April 1988, including Britta Cieslak, Cecelia Anne VanAlstine, Emily Ann Gray, Melissa Jayne Bailey, and Krystal Lynn Timsak.

Evidence limits

The record preserves the newspaper’s notices and relationships; civil birth certificates and complete genealogies remain separate evidence.

Sources

  1. Reports Britta Cieslak, Cecelia Anne VanAlstine, Emily Ann Gray, Melissa Jayne Bailey, and Krystal Lynn Timsak, with parents and selected grandparents or baptism details. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1988-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held nineteen-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-05_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Reports Steven Alan Frye II, born August 1, and Rachel Marie Scripps, born September 11 at Charlevoix Area Hospital, with weights, measurements, parents, and grandparents. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1988-09_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held twenty-two-page September issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the birth notices.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-09_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon reports island birth announcements from 1987–1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-birth-announcements-1987-1988/, accessed [date], citing “Births,” Beaver Beacon, May 1988. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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