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To: pa mom

The newspaper announcement doesn’t mean anything. I have a cousin that was born in Arizona. Her birth announcement was in the local paper here in Oregon, because that is where the mother grew up. The grandmother here called it in to the Oregon paper. This was not unusual in the 1950’s & 1960’s. The announcement here didn’t mention that she was born in Arizona, and not in Oregon.

Many newspapers would print birth announcements for free if it only included the parents names, the childs name, and the date of the birth. If you wanted a fancier announcement with more details in it then you had to pay for that. Most people didn’t pay for extra wording in the announcement.


894 posted on 11/15/2008 5:48:17 PM PST by Flamenco Lady
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To: Flamenco Lady

First job of fledgling newspaper reporters: births and obits.


897 posted on 11/15/2008 5:49:46 PM PST by thesetruths
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To: Flamenco Lady

The birth announcement listed the Hawaiian address of the parents.


902 posted on 11/15/2008 5:53:20 PM PST by pa mom
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