In a message dated 6/19/02 5:03:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time, SCT-ARGYLL-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > any history scholars who could tell us what life was like for working folk > in the second half of the 18th century? > While I'm not a history scholar, you might try <A HREF="http://edina.ac.uk/cgi/StatAcc/StatAcc.cgi">The Statistical Accounts of Scotland</A> These were written by the ministers of each parish in Scotland in the 1790s and again in 1845. They were apparently given a series of questions to answer and each responded in his own way. Some are very short and others provide a fascinating and detailed glimpse into where and how our ancestors lived. Select Argyll and the year and then the parish.