Well hello. It's been a few days years, hasn't it. I'm in the process of transferring my blog posts to a print format for my own reference and amusement and as I've gone along I realized I had gotten this birth record for my grandmother and had not followed up on a previous post about baptism and derivitive records. So, here goes.
Another Derivative
1942 was certainly a busy year. Both of my Dixon grandparents had to deal with the Bureau of Vital Statistics to prove their birth information. While Grandpa did have an original (if slightly whimsical) birth registration, Grandma apparently did not.
On June 9, the Pastor at Sts. Peter and Paul Church copied out a baptism certificate from the church records. It appears, from the document below, that on the 12th my grandmother appeared in front of the local registrar and the following form was completed – referencing the baptism certificate.
Although this is yet another delayed, derivative document it does have some very good clues on it for further research.
We can see from page 2 that the reason for all of the paperwork was to get employment. I suspect the same was true for my grandfather.
Also, we learn that the midwife who delivered my grandmother was Mrs. Bojancki. I'll have to look her up.
Significantly, the document provides some vital record information: the marriage place and date of Sophie's parents – Brooklyn, NY, June 17, 1905. It confirms the date of Sophie's marriage, and also lists the birth dates of her two children.
