Books on how ppl lived in the past.

Talk to a librarian in the special collections section of a university library. That's a good start. Jameson? Hmmm...
 

I believe Jameson found some real treasure but i also believe he's a real good story teller also whether there all true i don't know but treasure hunter by him is a very interesting read.
 

Jameson is an amusing story teller but having lived exactly where some of his tales occurred, his geography is off quite a bit. I suppose that is why it's called fiction.
 

Maybe he just doesn't want anyone to find any treasure he left behind lol
 

Also forgot to say I've heard an area can change greatly over time.
 

Best insight to "old fashioned living" was a journal I found in an old farm house many years ago. Life was a lot different then. People worked from sunup to sundown and had very little free time or free money. Trips to town were often made impossible by muddy roads, swollen rivers and deep snow. The primary entertainment was sunday lunch socials. sometimes at a church, sometimes at a tree grove or maybe beside a nearby creek. Lots of people died young and common illnesses were life threatening.
 

Here's a few in my personal library.

--The Writer's Guide to EVERDAY LIFE FROM PROHIBITION THROUGH WORLD WAR II, by Marc McCutcheon, printed 1995 by Writer's Digest Books.

--The Writer's Guide to EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE WILD WEST FROM 1840-1900, by Candy Moulton, printed 1999 by Writer's Digest Books.

--The Writer's Guide to EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE 1800S, by Marc McCutcheon, printed 1990 by Writer's Digest Books.

--EVERYDAY LIFE DURING THE CIVIL WAR A Gude For Writers, Students and Historians, by Hichael J. Varhola, printed 1999 by Writer's Digest Books.

These books contain the minute information of everyday life during the subject periods. The slang, idiosyncrasies, the small details of life and the historical specifics that a writer of fiction OR history would need to know to make his/her story / book as authentic as possible.

Go to the on-line libraries such as, The Online Books Page and search for books dealing with your area of interests.......especially personal diaries. On this University of Pennsylvania site, I found the travelers' guide to the Oregon Trail that gave the daily milages to the specific campgrounds and directions from campsite to campsite, from beginning to end. Now, just think what a good (or even a half-assed) metal detectorist might find along that trail, especially at the campgrounds and waterholes. Another book at this website, is the diaries of Marcy's travels throughout the west / southwest.

This one site is an excellent source of copies of original books and pamplets that you can download for free.
 

Shortstack said:
Here's a few in my personal library.

--The Writer's Guide to EVERDAY LIFE FROM PROHIBITION THROUGH WORLD WAR II, by Marc McCutcheon, printed 1995 by Writer's Digest Books.

--The Writer's Guide to EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE WILD WEST FROM 1840-1900, by Candy Moulton, printed 1999 by Writer's Digest Books.

--The Writer's Guide to EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE 1800S, by Marc McCutcheon, printed 1990 by Writer's Digest Books.

--EVERYDAY LIFE DURING THE CIVIL WAR A Gude For Writers, Students and Historians, by Hichael J. Varhola, printed 1999 by Writer's Digest Books.

These books contain the minute information of everyday life during the subject periods. The slang, idiosyncrasies, the small details of life and the historical specifics that a writer of fiction OR history would need to know to make his/her story / book as authentic as possible.

Go to the on-line libraries such as, The Online Books Page and search for books dealing with your area of interests.......especially personal diaries. On this University of Pennsylvania site, I found the travelers' guide to the Oregon Trail that gave the daily milages to the specific campgrounds and directions from campsite to campsite, from beginning to end. Now, just think what a good (or even a half-assed) metal detectorist might find along that trail, especially at the campgrounds and waterholes. Another book at this website, is the diaries of Marcy's travels throughout the west / southwest.

This one site is an excellent source of copies of original books and pamplets that you can download for free.
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Will be looking today.
 

A great resource for family stories and all sorts of old information is usgw archives. Type usgw archives plus the search target place or a person's name. Here is one of a number of reports returned on the query usgw archives joe blow...

http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/census/1784cens.txt
 

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