{"id":866,"date":"2006-12-13T22:42:56","date_gmt":"2006-12-14T05:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/13\/the-birth-of-harry-chmielewski\/"},"modified":"2016-07-23T11:11:59","modified_gmt":"2016-07-23T18:11:59","slug":"the-birth-of-harry-chmielewski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/866","title":{"rendered":"The Birth of Harry Chmielewski"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Harry Chmielewski was born in the year\u00c2\u00a01898 at a time when births in Massachusetts were recorded by the state\u00c2\u00a0in a register .\u00a0 These registers were microfilmed by the Massachusetts State Archives and the quality of the microfilm record is rather poor .\u00a0 For a charge of three dollars, the Massachusetts Archives provided me with a photocopy of the microfilmed record and a certified Copy of Record of Birth .\u00a0 When I compared the two documents, I found that the Copy of Record of Birth is an accurate and complete transcription of the actual register.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"Copy of Record of Birth for Harry Chmielewski\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/VRB_Chmielewski_Harry_Cert.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image864\" style=\"width: 460px; height: 585px;\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/VRB_Chmielewski_Harry_Cert.jpg\" alt=\"Copy of Record of Birth for Harry Chmielewski\" width=\"460\" height=\"585\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Copy of Record of Birth of Harry Chmielewski<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"Birth Register for Harry Chmielewski\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/VRB_Chmielewski_Harry_Reg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image865\" style=\"width: 459px; height: 447px;\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/VRB_Chmielewski_Harry_Reg.jpg\" alt=\"Birth Register for Harry Chmielewski\" width=\"459\" height=\"447\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>The Birth Register for Harry Chmielewski<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Click on the link for a PDF copy of the <a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/VRB-Chmielewski-Harry-1898.pdf\">Birth Record for Harry Chmielewski &#8211; 1898<\/a> .\u00a0 The record states that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\">Harry Chmielewski was born at 8 Oliver St., Holyoke, Massachusetts on May 3, 1898<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\">Harry was a white male<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\">His father was Joseph Chmielewski, a laborer from Russia<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\">His mother was Katie Varchol from Austria<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\">The record is from the Register of Births for 1898, Volume 475, Page 735, Number 577<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\"><em>SOURCE: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Massachusetts State Archives. Record of Birth. Worcester County. 1898. Volume 475, Page 735, Number 577. Harry Chmielewski.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">While the Copy of Record of Birth is a complete and accurate transcription of the register, other documents indicate that the correct spelling of Harry&#8217;s mother&#8217;s maiden name is Warchol, not Varchol.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Harry&#8217;s father was Joseph Chmielewski, my grandmother&#8217;s half brother and Stefania Chmielewska&#8217;s full brother .\u00a0 Harry is my half-first cousin, once removed.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Harry Chmielewski&#8217;s surname was later changed to Meleski.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\">Copyright \u00a9 2006 by Stephen J. 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