List of German & Latin Professions
I've been working on compiling a list of occupations/professions to help Bohemian & German researchers. This list includes lots of German & Latin profession terms with examples of images from original records. Hope it can be helpful in your research!
https://bohemiangenealogist.blogspot.com/2020/10/occupations.html
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Thank you @Stephanie Bradshaw! This is a wonderful resource!
FYI: I am able to view the complete alphabetical list of occupations but the images aren't coming up.
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I should add that I particularly liked your discussion of the guilds, the categories of apprentice, journeyman, and master, and the concept of the masterpiece.
I have a number of German ancestors who were master bakers and I was curious as to what kind of masterpiece(s) a member of the bakers' guild would have to make to become a master baker.
I found a discussion of the baker's masterpiece in this book: Ernst Drumm, Bäcker und Bäckerzunfte im ehemaligen Fürstentum Zweibrücken (Zweibrücken, Germany, 1952.
Here is what was required for a masterpiece by the bakers' guild of Zweibrücken (this is my translation):
The applicant had to bake in the presence of three masters and had to use an oven that was not his own; he had to bake in one continuous effort in a set amount of time with the help of only one boy; he had to bake rye bread, matzoh, and egg pretzels. The applicant had to give three florins and a light snack to the three master bakers for their efforts of overseeing his work.
From All Things Medieval: An Encyclopedia of the Medieval World by Ruth A. Johnston (2011), volume 1, p. 310:
"The transition from apprentice to master usually took the form of an examination by the guild. The guild specified a masterpiece that served as a test of skill. A baker's masterpiece would be a set number of difficult breads and pastries, completed within a set time. A mason's masterpiece would demonstrate mastery of arches, pillars, walls, and foundations. A goldsmith's masterpiece would be intricate jewelry. These tests varied widely over Europe, and they tended to be more challenging in places where the guild did not wish to admit many new members. Some guilds also required a year of traveling, working for wages, to learn the craft as practiced by other masters."
Thank you again for sharing your list of occupations.
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Thanks Robert! That's odd that you aren't able to see the images -- I've gone back and tried it on a couple of different computers and the images are showing up for me each time. I wonder if the images just didn't load properly the first time, maybe refreshing would help? Hopefully it works for everyone. I spent a lot of time collecting all those images, so I hope they are accessible for everyone.
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Thanks for sharing that -- very interesting. I had no idea that they would have had to prove that they could bake several different types of things within a specific time limit.
I have an ancestor who was a Weißbäcker, which is a White Baker. (Apparently a white baker would bake things like wheat bread and rolls, as opposed to a black baker who would bake things like rye bread).
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Robert,
Those are some great resources -- I had someone reach out to me today to ask if I knew anything about the specific guild requirements & protections for tailors guilds. His gg grandfather was listed as a Sartor Sodalis, or a comrade tailor in Moravia in the early 1860s. He would like to learn details about the requirements of induction to the guild, if guild members paid dues, if guilds provided any benefits to deceased guild members' widows & children, etc. And he is wondering if there are guild membership records available anywhere in Moravia.
I wasn't able to find many specific answers to his questions in my online searches, so I thought I'd reach out to see if you happened to have any further resource suggestions for him, or if you might possibly have access to any books similar to the one you mentioned above about the Baker's Guild requirements? Thanks for your time!
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Good morning Stephanie,
Unfortunately I do not have any resources for tailors' guilds. But I would suggest that the person who asked the question google the words guild tailor moravia or guilds tailors moravia or more broadly guild tailor europe, etc., and review the large number of hits which come up.
Also, replace the word Moravia with Bohemia or Czechoslovakia when googling and see what comes up.
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Thank you!
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Stephanie ... thanks for that list ... it certainly is quite comprehensive. I have noted that in many records there are words that are difficult to decipher ... and in some instances I realized it was the occupation of the person. Your list should be helpful to many trying to read the records. In scrolling through the list I did see some occupation names that I have seen as surnames .. something that is not unusual ... someone's name indicating a profession.
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Thanks Susan!
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A very useful list. Thank you.
I too can not view the images, tried 2 different browsers. When I tried to open an image in another tab I got an error saying I did not have permission to access that URL.
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Thanks for letting me know. I wonder what is causing that problem, since I haven't been able to replicate the issue myself. I'll look into it. Thank you!
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Hello Stephanie,
FYI: I got the same message about viewing the actual images of the words as did Buster. I can see the list of words, but not the images. I, too, tried different browsers and the result was the same: no permission to view the images.
It is possible, however, that it is the virus protection software which I have on my computer which is preventing me from viewing the images.
In any case, I am very happy to have this list of occupations and I thank you again for your hard work in compiling this list. I will certainly use the list in the future, whether I can see the handwritten images or not.
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Thanks for letting me know. This is frustrating that it's not working after I put so much time into putting it together. I'll do some trouble shooting & hopefully get it figured out. Thank you!
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