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Larger companies sometimes preserved records about their employees over the years. These usually contain the hiring and termination details and may include biographical data about the employees and possibly their families. If the company where an ancestor worked is still in business, they may allow limited access to their historical employee records. Few employee records have been made public, so the individual companies should be contacted for their records. | Larger companies sometimes preserved records about their employees over the years. These usually contain the hiring and termination details and may include biographical data about the employees and possibly their families. If the company where an ancestor worked is still in business, they may allow limited access to their historical employee records. Few employee records have been made public, so the individual companies should be contacted for their records. | ||
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County court order books and bond books may contain occupational bonds for lawyers, physicians, ministers, and those of other occupations. | County court order books and bond books may contain occupational bonds for lawyers, physicians, ministers, and those of other occupations. | ||
Biographies or lists are sometimes compiled of members of specific occupations. Examples of occupational records for [[ | Biographies or lists are sometimes compiled of members of specific occupations. Examples of occupational records for [[Kentucky]] include: | ||
Hiatt, Noble W. ''The Silversmiths of Kentucky: Together with Some Watchmakers and Jewelers, 1785–1850''. Louisville, KY: Standard Printing, 1954. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=86099&disp=The+silversmiths+of+Kentucky%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 976.9 U23h].) In addition to biographies of the silversmiths and watchmakers of Kentucky, the silversmiths marks are also given. | Hiatt, Noble W. ''The Silversmiths of Kentucky: Together with Some Watchmakers and Jewelers, 1785–1850''. Louisville, KY: Standard Printing, 1954. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=86099&disp=The+silversmiths+of+Kentucky%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 976.9 U23h].) In addition to biographies of the silversmiths and watchmakers of Kentucky, the silversmiths marks are also given. | ||