Subject: [OHBELMON-L] relative money values > I cut this out of the newspaper....this will let you see how much your > ancestors were worth, in today's money...pretty interesting! > year actual money 1998 dollars > > 1798 $ 25,000 $ 294,000 > 1873 50,000 > 665,000 > 1909 75,000 > 1,330,000 > 1949 100,000 > 660,000 > 1966 200,000 > 915,000 > > What this means is that the $25,000 of 1798 would be the same as having > $294,000 today. It makes those $1000 legacies on my 1700s wills look > pretty darn good. > Sandra > >