Warning, Rod: this can become obsessive. It's led me to spending my retirement taking university history courses in Sussex, London and Surrey! On a lighter note I very much enjoyed a pair of books which are fictional, but seem to be soundly based in the social history of Sussex: 'I am England' (1987) and 'That Near and Distant Place' (1989) by Patricia Wright. They are set in a Sussex Weald village, between them covering AD 70 to 1987. One of its themes which will appeal to family historians is the continuity of family characteristics and names, and the recognition how a family can rise and fall in society over the years. Probably out of print now, but I've sometimes seen both in Corgi paperback in charity shops (that's where I found mine!). Barbara Sanders > Hi folks > > My goal with this genealogy is make make a gift of a story - the story of my > ancestors and their lives in their times - to my descendants, relatives and > their extended families. > > To do that I need a very good grasp of daily life as the centuries roll by - > life on the farm, life as a house carpenter and so forth. From availability > of horses, to nature of farming, to dentistry and health care and education > and leisure time (was there any?) > > I read the suggestion of "Larks Rise" but that is I presume a snapshot of a > particular moment. Does anyone have a suggestion about the type of reading > that can take me from say 1000 to 2000 ? Not the life of the wealthy, nor > the abject poor - the common man - and woman and child. Nasty, brutish and > short, I understand; but a bit more detail needed. > > Thanks > > Rod

----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Sanders" <bsandbed@tiscali.co.uk> To: <sfhg@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 3:01 PM Subject: Re: [SFHG] life in the ....century (Rod Blaker) Both of the Patricia Titles below are readily available from Abe Books. Robin > Warning, Rod: this can become obsessive. It's led me to spending my > retirement taking university history courses in > Sussex, London and Surrey! > On a lighter note I very much enjoyed a pair of books which are fictional, > but seem to be soundly based in the social > history of Sussex: > 'I am England' (1987) and 'That Near and Distant Place' (1989) by > Patricia Wright. > They are set in a Sussex Weald village, between them covering AD 70 to > 1987. One of its themes which will appeal to > family historians is the continuity of family characteristics and names, > and the recognition how a family can rise and > fall in society over the years. > Probably out of print now, but I've sometimes seen both in Corgi paperback > in charity shops (that's where I found > mine!). > Barbara Sanders > > > >> Hi folks >> >> My goal with this genealogy is make make a gift of a story - the story of >> my >> ancestors and their lives in their times - to my descendants, relatives >> and >> their extended families. >> >> To do that I need a very good grasp of daily life as the centuries roll >> by - >> life on the farm, life as a house carpenter and so forth. From >> availability >> of horses, to nature of farming, to dentistry and health care and >> education >> and leisure time (was there any?) >> >> I read the suggestion of "Larks Rise" but that is I presume a snapshot of >> a >> particular moment. Does anyone have a suggestion about the type of >> reading >> that can take me from say 1000 to 2000 ? Not the life of the wealthy, >> nor >> the abject poor - the common man - and woman and child. Nasty, brutish >> and >> short, I understand; but a bit more detail needed. >> >> Thanks >> >> Rod > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > __________ NOD32 2909 (20080228) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > >