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Some types of occupational records that you will find are: | Some types of occupational records that you will find are: | ||
* Apprenticeships | * Apprenticeships | ||
* Registers | * Registers | ||
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The Family History Library has collected some occupational records for Australia. The following are three such records that may describe your ancestor’s life and trade: | The Family History Library has collected some occupational records for Australia. The following are three such records that may describe your ancestor’s life and trade: | ||
Australia. Department of Public Instruction. ''Register of Teachers, 1860–1903.'' Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1976. (Family History Library Microfilms [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=203007&disp=Teachers+roll,+1869-1908&columns=*,180,0 919340]–919348.) | * Australia. Department of Public Instruction. ''Register of Teachers, 1860–1903.'' Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1976. (Family History Library Microfilms [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=203007&disp=Teachers+roll,+1869-1908&columns=*,180,0 919340]–919348.) | ||
These registers are particularly rich in genealogical information because the information required on the form includes date of birth, nationality (often listing the county and country of birth), religious denomination, starting date as a teacher, resignation date, professional training (which often includes names and places of schools attended in the country of origin), previous employment (by places and years), miscellaneous facts (such as when the individual came to the colony), wife’s maiden name (if married), wife’s attainments and experience (if she also taught school), the number and ages of the teacher’s children, and an employment history. | These registers are particularly rich in genealogical information because the information required on the form includes date of birth, nationality (often listing the county and country of birth), religious denomination, starting date as a teacher, resignation date, professional training (which often includes names and places of schools attended in the country of origin), previous employment (by places and years), miscellaneous facts (such as when the individual came to the colony), wife’s maiden name (if married), wife’s attainments and experience (if she also taught school), the number and ages of the teacher’s children, and an employment history. | ||
Queensland Railways. Central Division. ''Employees’ Records, 1866–1919''. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990. (Family History Library Microfilms [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*,180,0&titleno=570411&disp=Employees'+records,+1866-1919++ 1669247], 1669252.) | * Queensland Railways. Central Division. ''Employees’ Records, 1866–1919''. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990. (Family History Library Microfilms [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*,180,0&titleno=570411&disp=Employees'+records,+1866-1919++ 1669247], 1669252.) | ||
Tasmania. Charitable Grants and Children of the State Department. ''Alphabetical Register of Children Apprenticed of Queens Asylum 1860–1879''. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1961. (Family History Library Microfilms [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*,180,0&filmno=284705 284705] item 1.) | * Tasmania. Charitable Grants and Children of the State Department. ''Alphabetical Register of Children Apprenticed of Queens Asylum 1860–1879''. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1961. (Family History Library Microfilms [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*,180,0&filmno=284705 284705] item 1.) | ||
Books about occupations and records of occupations are listed in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: | Books about occupations and records of occupations are listed in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: | ||