You can add life to the story of your ancestors by doing some
research on their surroundings. We can take a look at things like what was
available at the place and time your ancestor lived. Who were the rulers? What
was the ship/train schedule? You will recall in the last article about
disasters, I talked about it getting dark about 5 pm at the time of the
Earthquake of 1663. There are sites and books that tell at what time
the sun rose and set on any given day.
Almanacs are a good resource for this and
other information for the year you want. Some of them include names of
government people, heads of agencies, lawyers and judges, clergy, bankers,
Royals, etc. Check out some of the ads in these books too.
I came across this written in 1882 on how to
raise your children to be conscientious people. Do you think it is
or should be the same
today?
You can also ask yourself these questions: How
far was it to the nearest city and how long did it take to get there? How did
people travel? What were the holidays, rites, customs?
Relevant Links
Canadian Almanac and Repository of Useful
Knowledge 1859
American Almanacs – various years from 1733
British Almanac 1828
The Quebec Almanack for the year 1795
The Quebec Almanack and British American royal
kalendar for the year 1823
The general almanac of Scotland, and British
register for 1809
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