Old Occupations
Are you still trying to work out what great-great-great-great grandpa's
occupation really was? Many old occupations have changed name or no
longer exist. You can discover what your ancestor really did at:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dav4is/Sources/Occupations.html
(with emphasis on England and its 16th and 17th century colonies ) and
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rigenweb/ocupaton.html
and
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genepool/jobs.htm
and
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wiashlan/occupations.html
and
http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/misc/occupations.shtml
Previously published in QFHS
'SNIPPETS' NEWSLETTER - December 2008 Volume 8, No. 12