From RootsWeb Review this week. Economic History: How Much Is That? So you just found your ancestor on the 1860 census, and you see the value of his personal estate listed as $500. "That's great," you think, "but how much is that today?" A site called Economic History can help you figure that out. Use their calculators and other resources to get an idea of whether your ancestor was a prince or a pauper. http://eh.net/hmit/ Example: What Is the Relative Value? Five Ways to Compare the Worth of a United States Dollar, 1790 - 2005 What Is the Relative Value? Five Ways to Compare the Worth of a United Kingdom Pound, 1830 - 2005 Computing 'Real Value' Over Time With a Conversion Between U.K. Pounds and U S. Dollars, 1830 - 2005 Exchange Rate Between the United States Dollar and Forty Other Countries, 1913 - 2005 Exchange Rate Between the United States Dollar and the British Pound, 1791 - 2004 Purchasing Power of the United States Dollar, 1774 - 2006 Purchasing Power of the British Pound, 1264 - 2006 Inflation Rates for the U.S. (1774 to 2006) and United Kingdom (Britain) (1264 to 2006) The Annual Consumer Price Index for the United States, 1774-2006 The Price of Gold, 1257 - 2005