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Finding Clues in Occupational Records

Do you know what your ancestors did for a living? Researching ancestral jobs and occupations can teach you a great deal about the people who make up your family tree, and what life was like for them. An individual’s occupation may give insight into their social status or to their place of origin. Occupations can also be used to distinguish between two individuals of the same name. Certain skilled occupations or trades may have been passed down from father to son, providing indirect evidence of a family relationship. It’s even possible that your surname derives from the occupation of a distant ancestor.

Almost every genealogist or family history researcher struggles once in a while to make sense of an old document or record. Whether it is deciphering the fancy handwriting in a sixteenth century will, or understanding the meaning of obsolete terms in a census record or death certificate, old documents present a number of interesting challenges for genealogists.

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WHAT IS GENEALOGY?

My dictionary says it is the study of family lineage, but those of us who have delved into it can tell you that it is much more than that dictionary definition! My dictionary also says that since the 18th century it has developed into subsidiary disciplines and list amongst them - history. Family History is far more interesting than Genealogy. It is here that we place people in their time period and find out how they lived, putting the ‘meat on the bones’ so to speak. Laverne Galeener-Moore has written a humorous book described as "An uproarious, irreverent romp through the field of genealogy. Her title, "Collecting Dead Relatives", sums of for me the way in which some people tackle their genealogy and family history, galloping backwards in time collecting dates and places - rather like train spotters collect train numbers! This is not the way to do it! Read on to find out how you can best trace your own family history in the UK and also how you can become addicted to the fastest growing hobby in the UK.