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{{Adoption TNGenWeb}} '''Biographies '''or lists are sometimes compiled of members of professional trades. Tennessee examples include: | {{Adoption TNGenWeb}} '''Biographies '''or lists are sometimes compiled of members of professional trades. Tennessee examples include: | ||
*Caldwell, Joshua William. ''Sketches of the Bench and Bar of Tennessee''. Knoxville, Tenn.: Ogden Brothers, 1898. | *Caldwell, Joshua William. ''Sketches of the Bench and Bar of Tennessee''. Knoxville, Tenn.: Ogden Brothers, 1898. {{FHL|220738|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Film 1425711 Item 3}}; digital version at [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/u?/FH38,25389 BYU Family History Archives]. | ||
*Caldwell, Benjamin Hubbard. ''Tennessee Silversmiths.'' Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 1988. | *Caldwell, Benjamin Hubbard. ''Tennessee Silversmiths.'' Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 1988. {{FHL|618282|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 U2c}}. The record includes an index. | ||
*Keever, Rosalie Ausmus. ''Some Pioneer Preachers and Teachers of Tennessee''. Johnson City, Tennessee, 1974. | *Keever, Rosalie Ausmus. ''Some Pioneer Preachers and Teachers of Tennessee''. Johnson City, Tennessee, 1974. {{FHL|165155|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 U2k}}. | ||
'''Apprenticeship records''', often created when a child was orphaned and bound out to be raised by local residents, identify occupations of guardians and their wards. Many of these records have been published: | '''Apprenticeship records''', often created when a child was orphaned and bound out to be raised by local residents, identify occupations of guardians and their wards. Many of these records have been published: | ||
*Miller, Alan N. ''East Tennessee's Forgotten Children: Apprentices from 1778 to 1911''. Baltimore, Md.: Printed for Clearfield Company, Inc., by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000. | *Miller, Alan N. ''East Tennessee's Forgotten Children: Apprentices from 1778 to 1911''. Baltimore, Md.: Printed for Clearfield Company, Inc., by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000. {{FHL|965670|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN 976.8 U2m}}; digital version at [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc_easttennesseesforgottenchildren World Vital Records] ($); purchase at [http://www.genealogical.com/products/East%20Tennessees%20Forgotten%20Children/9259.html Genealogical.com]. | ||
*Miller, Alan N. ''Middle Tennessee's Forgotten Children: Apprentices from 1784 to 1902''. Baltimore, Md.: Printed for Clearfield Company, Inc., by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2004. | *Miller, Alan N. ''Middle Tennessee's Forgotten Children: Apprentices from 1784 to 1902''. Baltimore, Md.: Printed for Clearfield Company, Inc., by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2004. {{FHL|1193752|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN 976.8 U2ma}}. Purchase at [http://www.genealogical.com/products/Middle%20Tennessees%20Forgotten%20Children%20Apprentices%20from%201784%20to%201902/9838.html Genealogical.com]. | ||
*Miller, Alan N. ''West Tennessee's Forgotten Children: Apprentices from 1821 to 1889''. Baltimore, Md.: Printed for Clearfield Company, Inc., by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2006. | *Miller, Alan N. ''West Tennessee's Forgotten Children: Apprentices from 1821 to 1889''. Baltimore, Md.: Printed for Clearfield Company, Inc., by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2006. {{FHL|1369643|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN 976.8 U2man}}. Purchase at [http://www.genealogical.com/products/West%20Tennessees%20Forgotten%20Children%20Apprentices%201821%201889/9982.html Genealogical.com]. | ||
In more recent times, '''larger companies '''have sometimes preserved records about their employees. 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, you may be given limited access to their historical employee records. Few employee records have been made public, so contact the individual companies regarding their records. | In more recent times, '''larger companies '''have sometimes preserved records about their employees. 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, you may be given limited access to their historical employee records. Few employee records have been made public, so contact the individual companies regarding their records. | ||