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The [http://www.oed.com Oxford English Dictionary] is the definitive source for occupation definitions. Of great value to the family historian, it also provides time periods when occupational terms were in use. | The [http://www.oed.com Oxford English Dictionary] is the definitive source for occupation definitions. Of great value to the family historian, it also provides time periods when occupational terms were in use. | ||
RootsWeb has a general [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~usgwkidz/oldjobs.htm list]. | RootsWeb has a general [https://web.archive.org/web/20160430021240/http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~usgwkidz/oldjobs.htm list]. | ||
For a list of occupations found in census [http://www.worldthroughthelens.com/family-history/old-occupations.php reports] | For a list of occupations found in census [http://www.worldthroughthelens.com/family-history/old-occupations.php reports] | ||
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| [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~stonemen/ West Country Stone and Quarrymen] <br> | | [https://web.archive.org/web/20171209203653/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com:80/~stonemen/ West Country Stone and Quarrymen] <br> | ||
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