Hi Joan, I resort to straight Google in these situations. However I did this with one ancestor recently and the only hits I got where a gay male model. Not exactly what I was looking for. Cheers Keith On 30/01/15 14:10, Joan Armistead via wrote: > Dyker is a builder of dry stone walls. > > My fallback for unknown terms is always is Google ;-) Joan > > > On Jan 29, 2015, at 8:24 AM, Michelle Wilson via <eng-liverpool@rootsweb.com> wrote: > >> Good Morning Listers…… >> >> I spent yesterday snug inside on my computer after Tuesday’s horrendous >> “hurricane-like” snowstorm. (80 mile an hour winds and 3 feet of snow in 8 >> ½ hours), researching FHL records and found two of my 1800’s ancestors with >> strange sounding occupations. Could anyone please tell me what “stillroom >> maid” and “dyker” would be? I may have more questions tomorrow as I’ll >> probably spend it on the computer as well since another storm with another >> 2-3 feet of snow is predicted to be coming in about midnight tonight (no >> strong winds this time though). The snow isn’t much we get that much every >> winter….but those winds! It took down power lines, uprooted trees, turned 18 >> wheeler trucks on their sides and along the Massachusetts coast tore apart >> houses. That happens frequently during hurricanes but not during the winter >> storms. >> >> >> >> Thanks for any help and God bless. >> >> Michelle >> >> Vermont USA >> >> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ >> >> Admin Message - List guidelines: >> http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm >> >> The list admin can be contacted at >> Eng-Liverpool-admin@rootsweb.com >> >> Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LIVERPOOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > Admin Message - List guidelines: > http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm > > The list admin can be contacted at > Eng-Liverpool-admin@rootsweb.com > > Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LIVERPOOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message