then to the side, the family would bring the food into the stuba, which is a stove room. it is mainly for heat. it is radiant heat. and families would take meals in the stove room or stuba, they would do textile work, spend family time. this is really the heart of the home where you stay warm in the winter. and we have a small bedroom in the back which gets some heat as well. and the calmer basically is where the oldest couple would sleep or whoever had the greatest need. so if you had grandparents in the home, there is a good chance they're in there. if you don't have grand parents in the home, usually it's mom and dad. but children, a lot of times, slept upstairs. and there really wasn't a lot of heat in those areas of the house. the chest is an example of one that a family actually immigrated with in the early 1700s. so if you were thinking about immigrating, that's the type of chest you might pack up with extra clothes, blankets, and food, seeds perhaps so you can plant a garden in the british colonies wherever you're going to settle. you also will want to put a lot o

behind that is the stuba or stove room. that is the living room, dining room, family room, work room. we have the spinning wheels in there. that is the main part of the house. then the parents's room is off of that. basically three rooms in the main part of the house. originally, george bowman, the name of the man who built this house. he was named johan bauman. here in virginia a way to acquire property. it was in large attracts of land to the north of us. the fairfax tract which was given to lord fairfax and borden south of that. but huge holdings. those members of those who owned the lands were to settle it with a certain number of people within a certain number of years. there was a lot of fenagling and people acquiring title. coming back with a guide and come canning back and seeing if that property was available for purchase and prices of course varied depending on the land. but there were problems many times in acquiring final title to a piece of property. there were overlapping claims. the folks from northern irelan