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==Online Resources== | |||
* [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20287/iowa-state-employees?s=275764761 Iowa, State Employees] at MyHeritage — index & images ($) | |||
==Occupations== | |||
=== Inventions and Patents === | |||
A.J. Morrison identified patents by Virginians from 1805 to 1824: | |||
*"Virginia Patents," ''The William and Mary Quarterly,'' 2nd Ser., Vol. 2, No. 3 (July 1922):149-156. Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1916062 JSTOR] - free. | |||
==Brief History== | |||
Tobacco was Virginia's major cash crop. 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 cash crop. 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> | ||
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, commerce, and manufacturing. From [[United States Census|1850 forward]], census takers recorded occupations for each person they enumerated. | 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, commerce, and manufacturing. From [[United States Census|1850 forward]], census takers recorded occupations for each person they enumerated. | ||
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