I've just finished reading some books in a series by Eric Flint. The first book is "1632."

It starts with the supposition that a small West Virginia coal mining town, from the year 2000, gets transported through time and space to Thuringen, Germany in the year 1632 (Thus the title).

I have enjoyed the series quite a lot and recommend them to all my friends and acquaintances as works worthy of their time if they like the Science Fiction genre--which I know most of them do.