Questions tagged [employment-records]
For questions about records of jobs or occupations of workers employed by companies, organizations, institutions, or individuals.
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What did “SVO co” mean in Worcester, Massachusetts circa 1940?
I have been trying to track my great grandfather's life as detailed as possible. In doing so, I came across two nearly identical entries for him in the Polk's Worcester City Directories, one from 1939,...
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Finding information about employment at Remington c. 1917
My great-great grandfather Richard M. Dugdale was a machinist and engineer. During World War One, he was employed by the Remington Arms Company in Ilion, NY. I believe he started working there in late ...
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Tracing police service of South Australian constable from 1855 to 1861?
I am trying to trace the police career of my 3rd great uncle Thomas Hitchcox who seems to have started with the South Australian police, probably moved on to the police force of New South Wales and ...
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Are there records for Whitecross Debtors Prison Turnkeys in 19th Century London?
Nether Fustian Continuations and a Drink for Desperate Men
Too often, I underestimate human ingenuity. I had never imagined, for example, that a man would wreath himself in cow-guts full of gin. But ...
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Locating records of a man employed by Rufford Abbey for 70 years?
Rufford Abbey, early 20th century, photo credit ruffLives
I have an ancestor who appears to have been employed at Rufford Abbey in Nottinghamshire his entire life. When he died aged about 87 in 1850, ...
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Finding records of Transport-office that John Smyth worked for in London prior to 1806?
I have been trying to determine the occupation(s) of my 4th great grandfather John Smyth, who married Sara Osment on 13 Jul 1764 at Stoke Damerel, Devon, when a "Captain's Clarke ... on his majestys ...
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What did a Scientific/Philosophical Instrument Maker do and what other sources might be worth looking at?
My 2x Great Grandfather was Robert H Mason, born in 1858 in Romsey, Hampshire to Robert Mason & Ann Pearce. He came from a reasonably poor family where the majority of his siblings and cousins ...
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What WPA projects took place in my (or my relatives') hometown?
Several of the city directory listings I've found list people as being employed by the WPA (Work Projects Administration).
In the comments on Thanks for one government “boondoggle”, on the blog ...
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Who would someone in convict shipping to Australia (ca 1830s-1840s) have worked for?
My great-great grandfather, Walter Cole, was born at Ottery St.Mary, Devon, England in 1810. The family oral history is he shipped convicts to Australia approximately in the 1830's and 1840's. He ...
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How to find service record of Boston police detective (1945-1968)?
I have had no luck finding archives regarding Detective Frank (Franny, Francis) Murphy.
As a boy My Grandmother would show me a photo album with page after page of his exploits on and off duty! I was ...
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How to find Indentured Servants in Buffalo, NY or Canada?
I've tried the City Hall on my last trip to Buffalo with no luck. All I know is my great grandmother was given to a family as a young girl. She came to the USA sometime around 1880 to 1884, and I ...
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Obtaining personnel records about Panama Canal without going to Panama?
I have an ancestor whom I've been told helped construct the Panama Canal. I have done some searching online but have not been able to find any personnel records or other data that would help me ...
