Helpful sites from Cheryl on the GAGE Forum: OCCUPATIONS Medieval And Obsolete English Trade And Professional Terms Professions from "First Settlers of South Carolina 1670-1700" <http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/occs.htm> Italian Occupations <http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/3374/italoccup.htm> A List of Occupations of Days Gone By <http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/3374/occupation.htm> Colonial Occupation Titles <http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/3955/jobs.html> Old German Professions, Occupations and Illinesses <http://www.worldroots.com/brigitte/occupat.htm> Old Occupations - Go to OCCUPATIONS then scroll down list until you come to Occupations and their descriptions (from Langhams) -that site has a fairly extensive list of old occupations. <http://www.cyndislist.com/nofrills.htm> Thirty-one pages of occupations -some of them really reaching back in time but handy in case the other site is busy. <http://cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/terms.html> DOT Dictionary of Occupational Titles Index <http://www.wave.net/upg/immigration/dot_index.html> Deciphering Germanic Records/Occupations <http://pages.prodigy.net/jdbentz/INDEX.HTM> GenDocs - RANKS, PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS AND TRADES <http://www.gendocs.demon.co.uk/trades.html> Dutch Occupations <http://www.ufsia.ac.be/genealogy/pages/dutchocc.htm> More Italian Occupations <http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/8783/italjobs.html> HANDWRITING How To Read A 200-Year-Old Document and Other FAQs <http://earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/howto.html> Examples of Letters of the 17th Century Found in Parish Registers <http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/oldalpha.htm> Old German Handwritten Scripts <http://www2.genealogy.net/gene/misc/scripts.html> Old Handwriting Samples <http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/writing.htm> German Script, Documents etc. ~ Tutorial <http://www.mun.ca/rels/morav/script.html> Old Handwriting Examples-This is WONDERFUL For those of you who have trouble getting into this. Go to: http://www.firstct.com/fv then go down the list and find "oldhand" and click on that, it will take you to samples and lesson. <http://www.firstct.com/fv/oldhand.html> British & Early American Handwriting ~ several pictures of old handwriting. If you click on the picture, it enlarges and you can print it...a must. <http://www.tngenweb.org/sullivan/sull-tid.htm#handwriting> DICTIONARIES English-Czech Dictionary // Czech- English Dictionary <http://www.fce.vutbr.cz/public/invrt/slovnik.html> AGI-Internet Genealogical Dictionary <http://www.chez.com/agi/intro2.htm> Travlang's Translating Dictionaries <http://dictionaries.travlang.com/> Stochastic Language Identifier <http://www.link.cs.cmu.edu/dougb/ident-doc.html> Some Common Abbreviations: January was commonly written Jany February was commonly written Feby If you get a real old list, you may find: January written as Hartung February written as Hornung March written as Lenzig April written as Ostermond May written as Maien June written as Brachet July written as Heuert August written as Ernting September written as Scheidling October written as Gilbhard November written as Nebelung December written as Christmond If you are trying to locate a county,county seat, or office addresses, this URL may help you. Try <http://www.naco.org/counties/counties/index.cfm>