<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns:st1 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18876"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" id=role_body bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 rightMargin=7 topMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Have you looked at Cyndis List.  I have found several lists of occupations there in the past.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Chuck Mason</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=JFonkert@aol.com href="mailto:JFonkert@aol.com">JFonkert@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=apgmembersonlylist@apgen.org href="mailto:apgmembersonlylist@apgen.org">apgmembersonlylist@apgen.org</A> ; <A title=apgpubliclist@apgen.org href="mailto:apgpubliclist@apgen.org">apgpubliclist@apgen.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 06, 2010 9:34 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [APG Public List] Occupations in 18th and 19th Centuries</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial> <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 style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Waters, Colin and Titford, John. <I>A Dictionary of Old Trades, Titles and Occupations</I>, Countryside Books (2002).</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN><FONT size=2 face=Arial>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 style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN><FONT size=2 face=Arial>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 style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Thanks for any help anyone can offer.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; 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