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A Collection of Workers' Memorials
Listing of Workers' memorials by state from the AFL-CIO.
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A Guide to Business Records in the Virginia State Library and Archives
A book by Conley L. Edwards.
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place - A History of American Sweatshops 1820-Present
A virtual exhibition from the Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of American History.
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Blacksmiths Index - A Genealogical Index of Blacksmiths and Related Occupations
Blacksmiths, whitesmiths, shipwrights, wheelwrights, goldsmiths, copper, brass, iron workers, etc. Some with photos.
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Credit Rating Guides As A Genealogical Resource
Describes the availability and use of credit rating books as a genealogical resource.
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Dictionary of Ancient Occupations and Trades, Ranks, Offices, and Titles
A suite of pages in dictionary format devoted to definitions of occupational terms likely to be encountered in the course of genealogical research.
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Family Tree Connection - Employment Records
Search the listings for free, view full details with a fee-based subscription.
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Family Tree Researcher: Dictionary of Old Occupations
By Jane Hewitt
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Findmypast has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Join Findmypast and you
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London Apprenticeship Abstracts 1442-1850
Over 165,000 of these record abstracts are contained in the database, with over half a million names indexed: apprentices, their parent, and masters. Less than 30% of the "London" apprentices actually came from the London area.
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Findmypast - Search - Education & Work $
Findmypast has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.
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Findmypast - Search - Institutes & Organizations $
Findmypast has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.
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Five Thousand Ways to Earn a Living
A list of trades and professions taken from British census records and parish records.
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GenealogyMagazine.com - Surnames Derived From English Occupations
Our family did not consciously choose our family names, writes Myra Vanderpool Gormley. Hereditary surnames came into being primarily because the eternal tax collectors needed a way to identify people.
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Hunter's Diseases of Occupations
A book by Peter J. Baxter.
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