Thanks, Sharon. Genealogy needs to include family history as well, and this is an interesting look at how things were done. Another topic I find quite interesting is how food was stored before refrigeration. Were our ancestors really eating rotten meat filled with spices to disguise the taste? Or were they using other methods like drying and smoking? Diane in Seattle > A blog that I did recently is not directly about genealogy, but may > interest some. My brother Struan, a part-time, organic gardener, > introduced me to a couple of old books on gardening practices, one > published in 1802 and one in 1885. Both books give us remarkable > insights into how crops were raised, and in reading them, what can we > can apply to today. The blog has links to where the books can be found > on the internet. > You can find this blog at: > http://sharonoddiebrown.blogspot.com/2011/02/organic-gardening-advice-from-1802.html > Enjoy, > Sharon Oddie Brown