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Social History Resources: Work/Occupations

 
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Research Questions

How did the family earn its income?

What type of work did they do?

Was there special training or an apprenticeship period?

Did the wife contribute to the family finances?

Was he self-employed or did he work for an employer?

Did he change jobs and/or careers during his work life?

When did he retire?

Did the children work? What did they do?

 

Many of our earlier ancestors were farmers:

What animals did he raise? What crops did he grow?

How large was the farm?

Did he have laborers to help on the farm?

Did the children help on the farm? What chores did they have?

Was the farm land fertile?

Who inherited the farm?

 

Resources on the Web

Colonial Occupations
A comprehensive list of Colonial occupations with their definitions.

Occupation List with definitions from Genealogy Quest

Occupations from Yesteryear

Obsolete Occupations
Medieval And Obsolete English Trade And Professional Terms

Mountain Men and the Fur Trade
An on-line Research Center devoted to the history, traditions, tools, and mode of living, of the trappers, explorers, and traders known as the Mountain Men.

Civilian Occupations during the Civil War
An article, with illustrations.

The American Blacksmith
An educational website designed to introduce visitors to the history of blacksmithing and to changes within American blacksmithing.

The Telegrapher Web Page
Research Resources for the History of Telegraphy And the Work of Women in the Telegraph Industry

Trade Goods
Biographies and histories of traders and merchantsin the mid-North American fur trade era in the early nineteenth century..

What is a Cordwainer? And What is Their Background?
The English term "cordwainer" means shoemaker. Read about shoemaking in early America.

   
 
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