-----Original Message----- From: H-NET List for Southern History [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Herr, David Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 9:22 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: The Center for History and New Media (CHNM) introduces a new website: Probing the Past: Virginia and Maryland Probate Inventories, 1740-1810. From: Kristin Lehner [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Subject: The Center for History and New Media (CHNM) introduces a new website: Probing the Past: Virginia and Maryland Probate Inventories, 1740-1810. What was daily like life in the 18th century? For slaves? For slaveowners? What objects did people use everyday for work, eating, or play? CHNM (George Mason University) is pleased to introduce Probing the Past (http://chnm.gmu.edu/probateinventory), a free website that allows users to explore these questions and many more. Probing the Past presents 325 probate inventories that were recorded between 1740 and 1810 in selected Virginia and Maryland counties. Resources include digitized copies and transcriptions of the inventories, keyword and advanced searches, browsing by decade and county, two in-depth interviews with scholars on how to analyze probate inventories, and three lesson plans. Funded by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, and completed in collaboration with Gunston Hall Plantation, Probing the Past uses material culture to illuminate the rituals and social relations of 18th-century families in Virginia and Maryland, as well as the region's economy and connection to larger markets. Kristin Lehner Online History Projects Manager Center for History and New Media __________________________________________ David Herr Editor, H-South St. Andrews Presbyterian College Laurinburg, NC To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html