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''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Virginia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[ | ''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Virginia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Virginia_Occupations|Occupations]]'' | ||
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Tobacco was Virginia's major domestic product. It was shipped to Europe and the Caribbean during colonial times. Before the Civil War, plantation owners relied on slave labor to produce their crops.<br> | Tobacco was Virginia's major domestic product. It was shipped to Europe and the Caribbean during colonial times. Before the Civil War, plantation owners relied on slave labor to produce their crops.<br> | ||
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Many Virginia colonial settlers could not afford to pay the passage from Europe to America and labored without wages for a set number of years (usually four or five) once they arrived as indentured servants.<br> | Many Virginia colonial settlers could not afford to pay the passage from Europe to America and labored without wages for a set number of years (usually four or five) once they arrived as indentured servants.<br> | ||
=== Identifying a Virginia ancestor's occupation === | |||
The occupations of Virginians are identified in a variety of sources. Takers of the [[United_States_Census/1820|1820 U.S. Federal Census]] distinguished between residents who worked in agriculture and those who worked in manufacturing. From [[United_States_Census|1850 forward]], census takers recorded occupations for each person they enumerated. | |||
[[Virginia_Land_and_Property|Deeds]] and [[Virginia_Probate_Records|wills]] often identify men by their occupations. | |||
Gill identifies many Virginia colonists who served apprenticeships to learn specific trades, though the list is incomplete: | |||
*Gill, Harold B. ''Apprentices of Virginia, 1623-1800''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry Pub., 1989. {{FHL|577199|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 U2g}}.<br> | |||
{{Virginia|Virginia}} | {{Virginia|Virginia}} | ||
[[Category:Virginia]] | [[Category:Virginia]] | ||
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