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Dennis J Yancey
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September 5, 2022 edited July 9, 2024 in General Questions

How many of you have analyzed the occupations of your ancestors?

One interesting thing is to analyze them on a given year for the US census

here is an example:

https://yanceyfamilygenealogy.org/cn1850b.htm

See this interesting quiz of old occupational terms

https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/they-did-what-odd-obsolete-jobs-quiz


Exploring Ancestors Occupations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGUXtkaUHiA


The changing Face of Rural America

https://yanceyfamilygenealogy.org/rural_america.htm

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  • rothesian
    rothesian ✭✭
    September 6, 2022

    very interesting, thank you for sharing

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