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May 1985 birth announcements connect island families, 1985

Also Thomas Elliot Gregg birth · Adam Charles Martin birth · Megan Lynn Heller birth

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TypeEvent
Dates1985-05-05 – 1985-05-17
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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1985-05-05 – 1985-05-17
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Birth
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The June 1985 Beaver Beacon announced three May births tied to Beaver Island families: Thomas Elliot Gregg, Adam Charles Martin, and Megan Lynn Heller.

Evidence limits

These are newspaper family notices, not substitutes for civil, medical, or genealogical records.

Sources

  1. Announces Thomas Elliot Gregg, born May 5 in Petoskey to Ron and Ann Gregg; Adam Charles Martin, born May 6 at Charlevoix Hospital to Buddy and Colleen Martin; and Megan Lynn Heller, born May 17 in Petoskey to Karl and Sue Heller, including reported weights and family connections. It is a newspaper family-notice compilation, not a civil, medical, or genealogical record. 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 · 1985-06_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held nineteen-page June issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the birth announcements.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-06_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “May 1985 birth announcements connect island families, 1985”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-birth-announcements-may-1985/, accessed [date], citing Birth announcements, Beaver Beacon, June 1985. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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