Records Articles
Discover WPA-generated oral histories on the Library of Congress' Web site.
4/1/2005
So your ancestor was an axle tree maker — what does that mean? Use this glossary to translate your kin's archaic occupations.
4/1/2005
What can you find out about your forebears from occupational records? Here's a rundown of genealogical details divulged in different jobs' records
4/1/2005
Just because your ancestors' company no longer exists doesn't mean you're out of genealogical luck. Follow these tips to track down documents of defunct businesses.
4/1/2005
These Colonial practices produced the earliest occupational records of American ancestors. Learn how to find them.
4/1/2005
What was business as usual for your ancestors could yield big genealogical payoffs for you. Achieve maximum returns by taking our career-searching advice.
4/1/2005
My ancestor Patience Breeden was an indentured servant of John Oldham in Virginia. She gave birth to a son, Bryan, about 1701. Court records state that Patience would be indentured an additional year, and Oldham would keep Bryan until he was 21. I suspect that Oldham was Bryan's father. How can I find out for sure, and learn whatever happened to Patience?
12/1/2004
My great-great-grandfather was supposedly a physician in the mid-1800s. He left Pennsylvania for Ohio, and died in 1870. How can I research where he got his education and verify that he was a physician?
10/1/2004
Can you explain the absence of some family members from federal census reports, when their obituaries indicate that they were residents of the city during that time?
10/1/2004