Hi John, Good point, I'd forgotten "Our Daily Bread" may be more about parts of Germany other than the northern regions. I think it's somewhat of a conglomeration of how life was in those times and the author may not have specifically studied villages in the northern regions. I seem to remember she states that in the book. Prior to my reading it I remember several people including the author saying it would reflect general living conditions in that era however. One thing in the book that did conflict with what I've been told by others was the issue of illegitimate offspring. The book states it was a social stigma while others have told me it was somewhat accepted due to the landowners refusal to allow a serf's marriage among other reasons. Someone also mentioned here recently that finances often prevented couples from becoming married in some cases as well. Again I've always thought it odd that my female ancestor had her illegitimate son take his father's name and I really want to find out who he was. I'm far from an expert on the subject and only relate the little I've read and been told by others. Bob A. On 5/11/12 4:29 PM, John Rasch wrote: > Bob& List, > Does the book refered to ("Our Daily Bread") reference life in this northern area of what is now Germany also? Are there other source materials that describe common life historically? > John > > From: Bob<HDBiker1@cfl.rr.com> > Message-ID:<4FAC43A1.2000702@cfl.rr.com> > A book "Our Daily Bread" by Teva Scheer is a very good read about German > village life 1500 / 1850. > ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Technical Terms and Rules of the S-H-ROOTS: > http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi List, On behalf of a good friend of mine who is tracing her family tree, she has a Hans Jorgen Heidemann born 1858 from Ellehuus Schleswig and died in Queensland Australia 1924, his wife is a Nicoline Jensen who was born 9 Jul 1846 at Kragebol, Kjerhurt Germany. Any help in tracing this family will be much appreciated. In my own research I am tracing all Bünning's, Bünnig's of the area of Plön, Eutin, Neukirchen and Malente. Kind regards Wayne Bünning