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*'''Collectors of Revenue in Ireland, Michaelmas 1678''' The list was extracted from British Museum, Add. Mss 15, 899, gives list of names and places. The Irish Ancestor, vol.VI.no.2.1974 page73-74, Family History Library Ref. 941.5 B2i v5-6. | *'''Collectors of Revenue in Ireland, Michaelmas 1678''' The list was extracted from British Museum, Add. Mss 15, 899, gives list of names and places. The Irish Ancestor, vol.VI.no.2.1974 page73-74, Family History Library Ref. 941.5 B2i v5-6. | ||
*'''Obscure Irish Occupations and Causes of Death:''' Ireland civil registers list occupations and the death registers list the cause of death. These occupations may no longer exist (such as a cooper, which is a barrel maker) or the term used to refer to the occupation is no longer used. Often the terminology for the cause of death has changed. There are several resources you can use to learn more about obscure Irish occupations and cause of death: | *'''Obscure Irish Occupations and Causes of Death:''' Ireland civil registers list occupations and the death registers list the cause of death. These occupations may no longer exist (such as a cooper, which is a barrel maker) or the term used to refer to the occupation is no longer used. Often the terminology for the cause of death has changed. There are several resources you can use to learn more about obscure Irish occupations and cause of death: | ||
*#Use '''Old Irish Occupations''' at: | *#Use '''Old Irish Occupations''' at: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~donaghmore1/genealogy/occupations.html | ||
*#Use '''A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921''' at: | *#Use '''A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921''' at: http://doot.spub.co.uk/ | ||
*#Search the ''Oxford English Dictionary'', located at oed.com. (Requires a subscription to use but free at the Family History Library, and at most larger public and at university/college libraries throughout the world.) | *#Search the ''Oxford English Dictionary'', located at oed.com. (Requires a subscription to use but free at the Family History Library, and at most larger public and at university/college libraries throughout the world.) | ||
*#Search online. | *#Search online. | ||
==Books== | ==Books== | ||