While it isn't specific to this list, my gg-grandfather Lawrence Harmon at age 14 was probably first employed as a tanner in Shandaken NY when he emigrated from Kilkenny and this gives a flavor for what that occupation was like: http://www.newenglandancestors.org/education/articles/research/ localities/ireland/ transcending_the_myth_of_irish_american_experience_659_11106.asp Rita in Arizona