Wednesday Wonders...

Today's Wednesday Wonders what intrigues you? What part of your research do you find the MOST fascinating? 

For me this would be the items they had and wondering if they were wishing they had something else in it's place. I'm sure they did.  I have sat and looked at Estate files for hours and hours reading all about the items a family had, what they estimated their worth to be and what they sold them for. It's also very interesting to see how they named things differently than we do now. 

There is a new program on a cable channel about young Amish leaving their families and travelling to New York. It was interesting to watch the reactions of the one young boys who had no idea what a microwave was and watched the hot water in the indoor plumbing in the shower - he'd never taken a shower before. 

What hard times have you found your family lived through? Wars? Famine? Plague? Financial crisis?  

While you are finding your vital facts for your family, take the time to look into the town around them. What is going on during their life in the local community, county, state or in the country.