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Susanne Enkel

Hello,
I'm a descendant of a long line of Skateraw fishermen. I've recently published a site about the genealogy of Skateraw, http://enkel.com/skaterow. It is not yet complete but I have bought the CD of the records for the Episcopalian Congregation of Muchalls and am entering a lot more information daily. The records are a great help in tracing people before 1841, the year of the first Census.

There are many researcher like me around the world that do ancestry research but in fact know very little about the village and the conditions in which our ancestors worked and lived. Sadly this knowledge is hard to find and getting more so as there are not many people left that can give us an accurate picture on how people lived. If there are any descendants still living in Newtonhill I'd love to hear from them. What I would love is that someone could write to me about village everyday life (as early as possible) that I could include on my pages for everyone to read and become more knowledgeable from.

To give you an idea of what I mean I've written a sample of questions. What did they eat? What did they do for entertainment in the spare time they had? What games did they play? Until what age did the children go to school? What sort of furniture did they have? What were their beds made of and what was the bedding like? Was there a central meeting house within the village? What was the amount of rent paid by the tenants and how was it collected? Did all the women knit? Was there one day that was set aside for laundry, or did they do it as needed? How far did they have to carry water? What chores did the children have? How did they get the peat for the fires? What did they grow in their gardens? What were the shops like if there were any?

Perhaps someone has a diary, or other publications that chronicle the day to day lives of our ancestors. I would be glad and thankful to include it on my pages.

I would also be very grateful for any information as to how I can find a modern map over Skaterow with street names and house numbers. I need it to identify the house in which my great grandmother and several other ancestors were born. Thank you!

Best regards
Susanne Enkel
Sweden