This presentation provides an in-depth look at everyday life on a Mecklenburg manor estate in the late 19th century, focusing on day laborers, farm workers, and estate servants. Using the Daschow manor as a case study, it examines the rigid social hierarchy of the estate, the roles of owners, inspectors, and workers, and the realities of rural life shaped by contracts, discipline, and dependency.
The session follows workers through the agricultural year, exploring seasonal labor, daily routines, housing conditions, food, clothing, wages, and customs, as well as education and religious life. By placing ancestors within the economic and social framework of the manor system, this presentation helps genealogists better understand the lives, hardships, and limited choices faced by Mecklenburg’s rural population.
Registration will open approximately one month prior to the event date.
