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<\/a><\/p>\nThe Birth Record of Walter William Dymek – 1912<\/em><\/p>\n SOURCE:\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915,\u201d digital images, American Ancestors (http:\/\/www.americanancestors.org<\/a> : accessed 15 February 2011), Birth of Vadislof Demick, vol. 608, page 488, no. 1970, Worcester, Massachusetts, 01 January 1912; citing Vital Records: 1841-1915, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n The image above is a composite image from the ledger,\u00a0cropped to emphasize\u00c2\u00a0the information for Walter William Dymek<\/a> .\u00a0 Click on the link for a PDF copy of the second birth record of Walter William Dymek .\u00a0 The ledger states:<\/p>\n As usual, the names in this record are badly misspelled, but the most startling thing is that Walter’s birth was recorded twice, reporting that he was born on 28 December 1911 in the first record and that he was born on 01 January 1912 in the second record .\u00a0 He, himself, used the 28 December 1911 birthdate, which is the most reliable from the records since the 01 January 1912 date was recorded in the ledger over a year after his birth.<\/p>\n At the time of Walter’s birth, there was no requirement in Massachusetts for physicians and midwives to promptly report births to the town .\u00a0 To ensure that all births in a town were properly recorded, canvassers asked local residents about births in their families and reported the results to the town .\u00a0 Walter’s birth was recorded twice (under different spellings) probably because the family didn’t remember that they had already reported his birth in January 1912, and reported it again in January 1913.<\/p>\n Copyright \u00a9 2011 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Walter William Dymek, son of Stanis\u0142aw Dymek and Franciszka Ksepka, was born on 28 December 1911 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA. His birth was actually recorded twice in the ledgers for the city of Worcester. The first ledger was recorded in January 1912, shortly after his birth. The second ledger was recorded in January 1913, over a year after his birth. Continue reading \n