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LINKS - Social History: Clothing, Food, Value of Money
« on: Sunday 10 May 09 12:50 UTC (UK) »
Some links for web-sites about Social History.

These LINKS-Topics have been been compiled from the links submitted by RootsChatters.
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed.  Smiley
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Money



How Much is that Worth Today?

Ever wondered how much £6 (six pounds) in 1880 would be worth today in real terms? This site will work it out for you:

http://eh.net/hmit/ppowerbp/


Costumes
Costumes from 1635-1935 may help you identify or date photographs.



The site is worth a visit!
http://www1.xe.net/~mbone/webtree/costumes/index.htm


The Great Exhibition of 1851



To find out about the Exhibitors, including Doulton Pottery from Staffordshire have a look at Bob Speel's pages on the Victorians including lots of other Victorian Links.
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/speel/otherart/grtexhib.htm


Tokens were used to trade almost anything from the 17th century through to the 19th Century from Coal to Coffee.

Provincial Token Coins

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~kenelks/provincial.htm

Mining Tokens
http://www.mining-memorabilia.co.uk/Tokens.htm


The History of Advertising

http://www.hatads.org.uk
Quote from: website
Trust Archive
The conservation of the Uk's leading brands and communications heritage for preservation and study.


A Vision of Britain Through Time
http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/
Quote from: website
A vision of Britain between 1801 and 2001. Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.

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An interesting site that contains information from the census returns from 1810 to 2001 by area. View charts on anything from housing conditions to Industry and compare what life was like for your ancesters.


ChartistAncestors
http://www.chartists.net/
Quote from: Boongie Pam
For anyone with Chartist ancestry Mark Crail's site has lots of info and news items.


The Georgian Index
http://www.georgianindex.net/fd/index.html

Quote from: Amy K
Excellent site!!!

Go on, have a look!    Grin



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« Last Edit: Thursday 21 May 09 17:18 UTC (UK) by Berlin-Bob » Logged
Searching for Coleman, Moore, Kallnung in London; Margulies, Remenyi in E. Europe;
Ancestors of Hessie Stevenson-Coleman-Baxter (Ireland, 1861)
and, of course, any other ancestors for my web-site.

All Census Data included in this post is Crown Copyright (see: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk)
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