{"id":14774,"date":"2022-02-16T12:06:39","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T18:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=14774"},"modified":"2022-02-17T12:30:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T18:30:42","slug":"did-your-ancestor-own-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/16\/did-your-ancestor-own-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Your Ancestor Own Books?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"953\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1823-thomas-rampley-estate-books.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1823-thomas-rampley-estate-books.jpg 953w, https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1823-thomas-rampley-estate-books-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1823-thomas-rampley-estate-books-768x382.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 953px) 100vw, 953px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Estate inventories can be suggestive of a family&#8217;s general level of literacy. This 1823 estate inventory from Coshocton County, Ohio, lists several books that he owned upon his death&#8211;including a Bible, a prayer book, &#8220;Pilgrim&#8217;s Progress,&#8221; a &#8220;Pocket Book and History,&#8221; and four &#8220;small Book[s].&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s not conclusive proof that every member of the Rampley family was literate, but the fact the family owned book is suggestive that some family members could ready. Thomas&#8217; widow, Christianna, purchased these books (not just the apparent family Bible) from the estate sale of her husband&#8217;s estate in the fall of 1823.  Several of Christianna&#8217;s children would have been of an age to attend school in 1823 and it&#8217;s possible the small books were school primers of some sort. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Estate inventories can provide a uniquely detailed insight into our ancestors&#8217; lives. Make certain you&#8217;ve looked at every clue they contain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Estate inventories can be suggestive of a family&#8217;s general level of literacy. This 1823 estate inventory from Coshocton County, Ohio, lists several books that he owned upon his death&#8211;including a Bible, a prayer book, &#8220;Pilgrim&#8217;s Progress,&#8221; a &#8220;Pocket Book and History,&#8221; and four &#8220;small Book[s].&#8221; It&#8217;s not conclusive proof that every member of the Rampley [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153978,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/153978"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14774\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}