<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns:st1 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.5921" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>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?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I am aware of sources for English occupations, but not of American. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>For  those who are interested, English sources include:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Waters, Colin and Titford, John. <I>A Dictionary of Old Trades, Titles and Occupations</I>, Countryside Books (2002).</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Raymond, Stuart A. <I>Occupational sources for genealogists: a bibliography</I>, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Birmingham</st1:place></st1:City>, Federation of Family History Societies (1996)</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hurley, Beryl, (Ed.). <I>The Book of Trades: Or Library of Useful Arts: Vol 1</I>, Devizes, Wiltshire, Wiltshire Family History Society, 1991.  [at least three volumes in this series]</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for any help anyone can offer.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Jay Fonkert, CG</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><BR><A href="http://fourgenerationsgenealogy.blogspot.com/">http://fourgenerationsgenealogy.blogspot.com/</A><BR>Saint Paul, MN<BR><BR>Member, Association of Professional Genealogists<BR>(</FONT><FONT lang=2 color=#000000 size=1 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="8">professional profile at <A href="http://www.apgen.org)/">www.apgen.org)</A></FONT><FONT lang=2 color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><BR>Member, Genealogical Speakers Guild<BR></FONT><FONT lang=2 color=#000000 size=1 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="8">(professional profile at <A href="http://www.genealogicalspeakersguild.org/)">http://www.genealogicalspeakersguild.org/)</A></FONT><FONT lang=2 color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"> <BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=2 color=#000000 size=1 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="8">CG (Certified Genealogist) is a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by Board-certified associates after periodic competency evaluations.</FONT><FONT lang=2 color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><BR></DIV></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>