I've added a new field to the SIT.
You can now enter
occupations for your family names, where several generations have followed the same profession(s).
The field is 40 characters long, so you can enter several occuptions, or you can add occuptions seperately.
For instance, many of my Margulies ancestors were Rabbis, Lawyers and/or Journalists,
so I've written "Rabbis, Lawyers, Journalists" in the occupations-field.
I have also include a pull-down menu for occupations which are particularly interesting for RootsChatters.
At the moment there are two entries in this list,
Cork Cutters; see see
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,70636.0.htmlGerman Pork Butchers; see
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,408853.0.htmlThis idea came to me after writing this reply here:
I've started recording German pork butchers as I find them and adding them to a list I'm building up.
And if you then put them on the web, then that could be the start of a "German Pork Butchers" site,
similar to the "German Sugar Bakers" site
http://www.mawer.clara.net/history.html
regards,
Bob
I then started thinking, "how could RootsChat help ?", and it occurred to me, that a first approach (and the easiest) would be to add an occupations field to the SIT so that "like-minded" could find connections easier.
You can enter any occupations you wish, but for certain "projects" the pull-down menu makes life easier (and the spelling is always the same, for searching
)
If you think others could be/should be added here, let me know.
Enjoy,
Bob