Dear Dai, Shirley and Yvonne   Many thanks for your helpful input into the lives of 19th C. gamekeepers (and poachers). Very illuminating.    The 2001 census I was an enumerator around these parts, and when helping an old chap to fill in the form (and also answering his questions on my ancestors) he told me with great satisfaction that he knew a great-uncle of mine (who fought in WWI) - "he was a wonderful poacher" I was told -  Great Uncle Nat worked on the Derry Ormond estate. Clearly greatly to his satisfaction and he must have been a challenge for the gamekeepers !   Thanks again   Jen   --- On Fri, 4/9/09, Dai & Angela Bevan <daibevan@clara.co.uk> wrote: From: Dai & Angela Bevan <daibevan@clara.co.uk> Subject: Re: [Dyfed] How did Estate Staff find jobs in the 19th C? To: "dyfed" <DYFED@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, 4 September, 2009, 12:12 PM Jen, It wasn't only a case of the servants travelling with their employers.    If he was a gamekeeper, then his employers would invite others to shoot on their land.  The visitors would soon get an idea of a gamekeeper's abilities, and when a vacancy occurred. could 'headhunt' those they coveted. There were also adverts in the appropriate magazines - probably bought by the employer, but likely to be seen by the gamekeeper. Dai Jennifer Cairns wrote: > <snip? > How did news spread amongst the groom/game keepers of the day?  I can quite see if a man starts work in a London household then he is likely to be offered something out in the wilds of Wales, but the Saunders family appeared not to have any connections with the crachach in London.  >  > > I know that some gamekeepers on the Derry Ormond Estate moved, but only to the other side of town to Falcondale so a need for gamekeepers had only to travel into the nearest pub and the word would spread in the locality - unless via the estate owners themselves. >  > Was this swooping from one side of the country to another commonplace, and how did people find out what jobs were going? >  > Any ideas gratefully received. >  > Jen > > >        >  > ================================ > Dyfed list http://home.clara.net/daibevan/DyfedML.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DYFED-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >    ================================ Dyfed list http://home.clara.net/daibevan/DyfedML.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DYFED-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message