Name: Tom and JoAnn James announce the birth of Lorissa Rae, 1982
Start: 1982-03-26
End: 1982-03-26
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1982-03-26
Kind: Birth
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: birthfamilydemographycommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The April 1982 Beaver Beacon announced the March 26 birth of Lorissa Rae James, weighing 6 pounds 14 ounces, to Tom and JoAnn James.

Evidence limits

This is a published family notice, not a civil birth certificate or hospital record.

Sources

Birth announcement, Beaver Beacon, April 1982.
Announces Lorissa Rae, born March 26, 1982, weighing 6 pounds 14 ounces, to Tom and JoAnn James, and names the four grandparents. It is a newspaper family notice, not a civil birth record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, April 1982, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held sixteen-page April issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the birth announcement.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Tom and JoAnn James announce the birth of Lorissa Rae, 1982”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-lorissa-rae-james-birth-1982/, accessed [date], citing Birth announcement, Beaver Beacon, April 1982. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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