My understanding is that the occupation "uncle" is an error on the CD. The occupation on the original manifests was "unknown", but was transcribed as "uncle" in error. -----Original Message----- From: Lorraine Strohkirch <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 7:26 AM Subject: Re: [GERMANKING] AW: German terms of occupations >Hi Juergen, >Thank you for your post on german occupation. I was looking of the occupation >that in on a cd# 356-Passengers from Germany to America-1875-1888. For >occupation on my gggrandmother and her son (my ggrandfather) they have "uncle". >Than I notice that there were more "uncle" as occupation to other people on the >cd..I did notice that they were for women and their children with no >husbands..do you -or anyone else on this list -know what the meaning or why >"uncle" is on there for occupation? Thank you and sincerely, Lorraine >Strohkirch >