On an ancestors birth certificate, the father's occupation is listed as "Ry man". Any idea what this is? He lived in Minnesota. Lea Ann _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Ry is an accepted abbreviation for railway. Elaine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lea Ann" <lakg77@hotmail.com> To: <GenTips-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 8:29 PM Subject: [GEN~TIPS] Occupation question > On an ancestors birth certificate, the father's occupation is listed as "Ry > man". Any idea what this is? He lived in Minnesota. > > Lea Ann _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com