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To understand Pennsylvania’s past, genealogists need knowledge of PA farming. Most of PA’s first immigrants were farmers and agriculture dominated the economy for 200 years. Dr. Sally McMurry, professor emerita of history of Penn State University shares highlights from her comprehensive book, Pennsylvania Farming: A History in Landscapes.Topics Discussed:The impact of agriculture on the PA economyHow farms operated - indentures, tenancy, redemptioner, and slavesThe impact of women’s labor on the householdWhat farmer’s produced to get hard currencyThe myths of PA farming bustedThe whole book is essential reading if you are researching early PA ancestors who lived in the vast rural areas of Pennsylvania.Links:Pennsylvania Farming: A History in Landscapes can be purchased from the publisher University of Pittsburgh Press or Amazon.Subscribe to PA Ancestors Discoveries NewsletterMake a discovery about your ancestors? I’d love to hear about it!Have a question on how research in PA? Submit it here for the Research Q &amp; ABecome an Inner Circle Member and get exclusive content while supporting the podcastCatch-up on all the past episodesMusic: My Days Have Been So Wondrous and Free, composed by Francis Hopkinson in 1788 in Philadelphia, www.amclassical.com, Creative Commons license, some rights reserved. At the request of the author, this episode is not on YouTube.Support the show

To understand Pennsylvania’s past, genealogists need knowledge of PA farming. Most of PA’s first immigrants were farmers and agriculture dominated the economy for 200 years. Dr. Sally McMurry, professor emerita of history of Penn State University shares highlights from her comprehensive book, Pennsylvania Farming: A History in Landscapes. Topics Discussed:<ul><li>The impact of agriculture on the PA economy</li><li>How farms operated - indentures, tenancy, redemptioner, and slaves</li><li>The impact of women’s labor on the household</li><li>What farmer’s produced to get hard currency</li><li>The myths of PA farming busted</li></ul>The whole book is essential reading if you are researching early PA ancestors who lived in the vast rural areas of Pennsylvania. Links:Pennsylvania Farming: A History in Landscapes can be purchased from the <a href="https://upittpress.org/books/9780822945154/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">publisher University of Pittsburgh Press</a> or Amazon.Subscribe to <a href="https://welcome.paancestors.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PA Ancestors Discoveries</a> <a href="http://welcome.paancestors.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Newsletter</a>Make a discovery about your ancestors? <a href="https://paancestors.com/testimonials/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I’d love to hear about it!</a>Have a question on how research in PA? <a href="https://paancestors.com/submit-a-question/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Submit it here for the Research Q &amp; A</a>Become an Inner Circle Member and get exclusive content while supporting the podcast<a href="https://paancestors.com/category/podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Catch-up on all the past episodes</a>Music: My Days Have Been So Wondrous and Free, composed by Francis Hopkinson in 1788 in Philadelphia, <a href="http://www.amclassical.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.amclassical.com</a>, Creative Commons license, some rights reserved. At the request of the author, this episode is not on YouTube.<a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/paancestors" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>