I just received some family artifacts from my dad. My dad's side of the family tree is intensely complicated, so I won't go into that here. Although in a very weird coincidence, by studying this page I've realized for the first time that both of my grandfathers had the same birthday. And now my niece has that birthday, too!
But this page is fascinating in many ways. From 1904, it lists the births in Haverford Township in Pennsylvania. My paternal grandfather is number 13. The interesting thing is that of the 19 babies that can be seen, 3 were "colored." And only the fathers' occupations are listed...the women having a job just wasn't even a possibility.
How far we have come in just a little over 100 years, but how far we still have to go.
But this page is fascinating in many ways. From 1904, it lists the births in Haverford Township in Pennsylvania. My paternal grandfather is number 13. The interesting thing is that of the 19 babies that can be seen, 3 were "colored." And only the fathers' occupations are listed...the women having a job just wasn't even a possibility.
How far we have come in just a little over 100 years, but how far we still have to go.
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