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Our Daily Bread: German Village Life, 1500-1850 Paperback – September 28, 2010

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Have you ever wondered what life was like for your German ancestors? Have you ever tried to find a book on everyday village life? If so, you've probably already figured out that there aren't any books out there on the topic! But now, you can learn all about German village life in a book that is filled with information, but fun to read. "Our Daily Bread" uses a fictitious family, the Mann's, to explain the major historical events and the everyday customs in German villages between the years 1500 and 1850. Read chapters on wars, religion, community structure, courtship and marriage, inheritance, family life, and emigration. Recommended for anyone who is curious about who their German ancestors really were, or anyone who would simply like to know more about German history and culture.

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September 28, 2010
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6 x 0.52 x 9 inches
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145372169X
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"When I first started researching my German ancestors I thought I would be able to go to the library and find a couple of books on village life and on the history of the region from which my ancestors came. What a shock, I couldn't even find a good book on German history in English! Since I only read enough German to read the old German records, the books written in German were too hard. Over the years I've run into small pieces of history here and there, but nothing substantial. So I think your book is a winner!"
            --Kathy Bonnell
               Social Circle, Georgia

"YES!!!! This needs to be published!! Thank you for sharing it with me to read. It was not dry like many history books are. It was so enjoyable, and one learns so much from it, without realizing how much one is learning from it. I'm hooked!!!!!"

            --M. Danzeisen
            Carlisle, Pennsylvania

"Your book was really very enlightening. You have done a remarkable amount of research and your narrative helps paint the 'real life' picture of how the facts and details impacted people's lives. I honestly had no concept of the challenges my ancestors faced. Many, many thanks for your efforts. For those of us interested in the details of life from this part of Germany, this resource will give our families a small window into our ancestors' world."
            --Jeff Scholz
            Houston, Texas

About the Author

Teva Scheer earned a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado in 2000. Our Daily Bread is her second book of historical non-fiction. The first, Governor Lady, is the biography of the first woman elected a state governor. Governor Lady was nominated for best biography in 2001 by the Colorado Book Awards (Colorado Endowment for the Humanities). Teva and her husband live outside Victoria, British Columbia, where she writes, teaches, and gardens.

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Publisher : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (September 28, 2010)
Language : English
Paperback : 230 pages
ISBN-10 : 145372169X
ISBN-13 : 978-1453721698
Item Weight : 11.2 ounces
Dimensions : 6 x 0.52 x 9 inches

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John Wedeward

A Must Read on the life/history of Germany and immigrants and why they came to America

Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2017

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Although this is suppose to be a fiction book on the life of Germans in the early 1800s to 1850s. It is Both a fiction and non fiction book. It covers the political, religious, economic and social history of Germany from the 1500s to the 1850s.
Set in Southwest Germany (Exactly were part of my family came from to America in 1852) it also explains the differences in the different parts of Germany (the rest of my family came to America from the Northeast Part (Pommerania) in the 1880s. To understand what like was like for your ancestors (if you are German Ethnic, which one quarter of Americans are, this is a MUST READ. I CANNOT RECOMMEND THIS BOOK ENOUGHT!!!!!! Not only a great geology book, but book on why our ancestors left everything for a new life in America.

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Rays of Sonshine

Vielen Dank for Daily Bread

Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2016

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“Vielen Dank” from every German corpuscle in my body for Teva Scheer's book Our Daily Bread! In my past 40 years of genealogical sleuthing concerning my roots, I too have been able to “zoom into” my ancestral villages -- in my case, Ranis and Seisla in Thuringia (between Poessneck and Saalfeld). After many virtual trips via Google maps, and even a physical trip to the towns in 2010, I still had so many questions about their daily lives and the circumstances surrounding those lives. Our Daily Bread provides what I had always hoped to find – an account based on a “typical” German village from 1500-1850 adding flesh and bone to the dry record pages of our evangelisch Lutheran history. I am looking forward to many more hours exploring the treasures of this book, and I am looking forward to reading The Harp and the Hand, which I know will provide the daily life description for my husband’s Irish ancestry.

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Couldn't put it down!

Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2013

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Our Daily Bread is one of those books, that made me stop every so often and interrupt my husband's reading: "Oh my god, listen to this!" And that's because this book does exactly what it says it's going to do: for those of us whose families came from Germany, in my case arriving in separate families betwen 1730 and 1870) it gives a very rich and fascinating look at the lives our ancestors had chosen to leave behind. I'd always wondered how so many people could be so convinced they should leave one country for another. I knew some of the reasons, and I knew that those who were first to arrive wrote home to those who remained.

But learning about the taxation, the structure of government, the consequences of "bastardy", the social hierarchies, and all the rest, the stories of my families took on a life they'd never had before. I also got a lot of insight into things my great-aunts used to say and so and warn against.

When my mother died a few years ago, I found two large boxes of old family letters and photos. In an effort to organize and identify the contents, I began researching my family history which led me to reading a lot of Pennsylvania history. I'd grown up knowing my family was German. (They first came to the US in 1730, with the last major arrival in 1870.) We ate German food, some of the grandparents spoke German when they wanted to cut us kids out of the conversation, although they called their dialect "Dutchy." I knew all about re-entering the house through the same door you'd left by (or vice versa) so as not to "break the circle of the house" and leave it open to evil spirits. ("Nonsense!" said my mother, while a few older relatives shook warning fingers at me...)

Our Daily Bread, by showing me the circumstances and conditions of German village life, showed me where indeed my family had come from and why they had left.

I can't recommend it highly enough to anyone interested in the so-called "great migration" of Germans or in the histrory of eastern PA, and anywhere else German families settled.

But then, somehow, I came upon this book. It was one of those books, that prompted me to say, "Oh my god, listen to this!" And that's because this book does exactly what it says it's going to do:

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Barbara Hettwer

Great insight into the life of our ancestors!

Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2019

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I found this book eye-opening as to the life that my ancestors would have led in Germany in the 19th century. It answered many of my questions. Did they cook on a hearth or a wood stove? What crops did they grow? What were the different roles of men and women? What did they do for fun? These and more questions are answered in this easy-to-read book. It is written both as an informational book and an interesting story of one fictional family to exemplify the details. Thank you, Teva Scheer for your research!

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D. J. Miller

Everything you wanted to know about your German ancestors

Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2018

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This book explains in precise, foot-noted and readable writing what day-to-day life was like in German towns, villages and farms 1500-1850. Religion, war, village governance, marriage and inheritance to work and emigration, Teva Scheer takes the reader inside the houses and huts of the peasants and serfs. A glossary of German words is enormously helpful to genealogists, and even the 22 pages of footnotes are packed with fascinating details of the details.

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Teva Scheer has a winner!

Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2010

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Teva Scheer has written an excellent work that is designed to explore the organization, religion, taxes, and other aspects of German village life during the period 1500-1850. She does this by inventing a mythical family that lives in a mythical village in what is now part of the state of Baden-Wuerrtemberg, Germany. The village has an absentee nobleman owner who exacts money, crops, and labor of all burghers. You are not going to find your great-great Aunt Kunigunde in this book, but you will learn how she lived her daily life. Ms. Scheer explains the concept of partitioned inheritance and its unintended consequences on the lives of succeeding geneations of the family. She relates how events such as The Reformation, the 30 Years' War, the Napoleonic invasion, and the revolutions of the 1840s-1850s affected the average villager. The book has copious chapter notes and an extensive bibliography. It's also a very entertaining read. I recommend anyone with an interest in German genealogy buy this book.

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Mrs. Dawn S. Webb

Our Daily Bread

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 21, 2013

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I have no idea of German life before basically today though I did know it was not Germany as we know it - rather a mass of kingdoms. The actual way of inheriting things, the rights and responsibilities the citizens have, I had no idea.

I am keen on genealogy and have a German/Prussian set of great great grandparents. They came to England, separately, befopre marriage, but I had no idea why or when. this is helping me understand it a little more.

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A great read for anyone with ancestors from Germany

Reviewed in Canada on March 1, 2016

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I read this book when I borrowed it from a friend and was so impressed I had to get my own copy. Have also recommended to all the family on our family newsletter list of over 200. It was very easy to read and gave a lot of very interesting information.

Beverley Day

Our Daily Bread has given me a sense of our ...

Reviewed in Australia on April 13, 2015

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Our Daily Bread has given me a sense of our my ancestors lived in their German village before migrating to Australia. It has also improved my knowledge of historical facts of that era and some possible reasons for my ancestors migration.

Rainer Denzin

great detail, excellent back up info

Reviewed in Canada on February 3, 2016

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Well written, great detail, excellent back up info.

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Reviewed in Canada on June 20, 2015

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Excellent!

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