One of my ancestors is described in the 1851 census as a "sworn corn miler". Anyone know what that is? I assume that "miler" is a misspelling of "miller", but though I'bve heard of sworn appraisers, I've never heard of a sworn corn miller before. -- Steve Hayes Web: http://hayesgreene.wordpress.com/ http://hayesgreene.blogspot.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/afgen/

On Thu, 2013-07-18 at 21:24 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote: > One of my ancestors is described in the 1851 census as a "sworn corn > miler". A sworn weigher (for example) had sworn and signed an affidavit before a commissioner of oaths to record weights accurately.