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Offline cbcarolyn

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List of occupations
« on: Saturday 17 February 07 12:37 GMT (UK) »
I used to have a great link to a web site that had all the occupations and what they meant, or entailed, I am sure I got it from here...but since my PC crashed at Christmas I have lost all my favourites.  I have tried a search but can't think the best search criteria, has anyone got a good link please?
Lugg/Freeman/Caddy- Cornwall
Dayman/Hobbs - Devon
Brett/Clark/Hicks - Middx/Essex/London
Miles - Northampton
Woodruff/Proctor/Worth - Midlands/NE/Wales

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Re: List of occupations
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 17 February 07 12:44 GMT (UK) »
Hi

Here's the one I use

http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/index.html


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Re: List of occupations
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 17 February 07 12:44 GMT (UK) »
I tend to use this one - but also google !

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hitch/gendocs/trades.html
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Re: List of occupations
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 17 February 07 12:45 GMT (UK) »
Southern or Southan [Hereford , Monmouthshire & Glos], Jenkins, Meredith and Morgan [Monmouthshire and Glos.], Murrill, Damary, Damry, Ray, Lawrence [all Middx. & London], Nethway from Kenn or Yatton. Also Riley and Lyons in South Africa and Riley from St. Helena.
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Re: List of occupations
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 17 February 07 12:58 GMT (UK) »
Perfect - the first was the one I had bookmarked from before.  Other two look good as well - thanks guys.
Lugg/Freeman/Caddy- Cornwall
Dayman/Hobbs - Devon
Brett/Clark/Hicks - Middx/Essex/London
Miles - Northampton
Woodruff/Proctor/Worth - Midlands/NE/Wales

http://www.familytree.chatandthat.co.uk/

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Re: List of occupations
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 17 February 07 13:48 GMT (UK) »
The most comprehensive source is the CD "A Dictionary of Occupational Terms" occupations in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. This has 29,106 terms covering 16,837 different occupations.
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http://www.open.ac.uk/socialsciences/osfach/osfachsubset/osfachinfopops/osfach_dictionary.html

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