[APG Public List] Occupations in 18th and 19th Centuries

[Charles S. Mason, Jr.]

Have you looked at Cyndis List.  I have found several lists of occupations there in the past.

Chuck Mason

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  I'm looking for something like a dictionary of occupations -- preferably covering American occupations in the 18th and 19th centuries.  I have a vague recollection of seeing something in the past, but I can't place my fingers on it.  Can anyone point me to anything?

  I am aware of sources for English occupations, but not of American. 

  For  those who are interested, English sources include:

  Waters, Colin and Titford, John. A Dictionary of Old Trades, Titles and Occupations, Countryside Books (2002).
  Raymond, Stuart A. Occupational sources for genealogists: a bibliography, Birmingham, Federation of Family History Societies (1996)
  Hurley, Beryl, (Ed.). The Book of Trades: Or Library of Useful Arts: Vol 1, Devizes, Wiltshire, Wiltshire Family History Society, 1991.  [at least three volumes in this series]

  Thanks for any help anyone can offer.

  Jay Fonkert, CG

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