On this scrapbook page...

• What is your name? Did you have a nickname? What were your parents' names and who were they?
• Create the record of your birth. Is it on a page in a Bible? A birth certificate? A diary entry? A letter to a relative? Another cherished family memento?
• Where were you born? Find pictures and maps of your birthplace.
• Did you live in a city or small town? What did Main Street look like? Were there buildings, parks, gardens, farms or stores that you knew?
• Make a calendar of the month you were born with your birth date indicated.

Think about...

• In 1900 the total population was 74,600,225 of which 60% lived in rural areas.
• The average life expectancy for whites was 47.6 years, for non-whites 33.0 years.
• The death rate per 1,000 for children under a year old was 162.4.
• Browse the Historical Census Data for breakdowns by variables such as agriculture, literacy, manufacturing and labor, place of birth, and population characteristics.