Galicia in the late 18th and early 19th centuries

galicia seeker — Mon Apr 17, 2023 5:58 pm

Author: galicia seeker

Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2023 5:58 pm

When researching our ancestors, we all look for church documents - births, deaths and marriages to create a family tree to assist us in defining where we came from; however, one of the key perspectives to understanding the world they lived in would propel us to read what the world they lived in actually looked like in context with the outside world in their time.

A scholarly publication such as the one with the link below (John-Paul Himka) explains so much and helps us to understand their world and why the peasants might have wanted to escape. My forebears left and I am so grateful that they did - in Galicia at the tail end of the 19th century there was little hope. Their world was complicated as is ours, but they took the leap.

https://archive.org/details/galicianvillager00himk_0

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Galicia in the late 18th and early 19th centuries