I hope this is useful to some of you Pat has a great list for any of you researching Suffolk , England Godbless Lorri Following questions regarding old occupations and just what our ancestors were doing, here are two web-sites that give explanations. I have briefly checked them and they seem to be OK http://www.usgenweb.org/researchers/occupations.html This will give you a list of old occupations http://cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/terms.html this one is even longer and more detailed Regards, Pat ... Hon Sec - Suffolk Family History Society Co-ordinator - Address Check Project for Suffolk Rootsweb List LHR - Little Waldingfield - Suffolk Local History Council in the County of Suffolk UK