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Matthew James Szafoni birth notice, 2008

Also Matthew James Szafoni birth

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TypeEvent
Date2008-02
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Date
2008-02
Kind
Birth
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
birthfamilycommunitycommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The February 2008 Beaver Beacon announced the birth of Matthew James Szafoni, giving his reported weight and length and naming his parents and grandparents.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper birth notice; it does not establish a civil birth record or the child’s exact birth date or birthplace.

Sources

  1. A short community birth announcement gives the child's name, reported birth-night time, weight, length, parents, and grandparents. It is a family/forum notice; the newspaper notice supplies a separate published account and neither source is treated as a civil birth record.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001042
  2. Beaver Beacon, February 2008, "Matthew."
    Reports Matthew James Szafoni’s birth, weight, length, and parents Jim and Blythe (Zajakowski) Szafoni, with Claude and Rosie Zajakowski identified as grandparents. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-02_Beaver-Beacon
  3. The held issue scan confirms the birth notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-02_Beaver-Beacon

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Matthew James Szafoni birth notice, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-matthew-szafoni-birth-2008/, accessed [date], citing “It's a Boy!,” Beaver Island Forum, January 13, 2008. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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