No mistake, bayman it is. Someone who made his living by harvesting edibles, such as clams and oysters, from the bay. Baymen are known for having big strong hands, because they work them hard every day as they use their scissor-action tools to grab and hoist their catch from the bottom of the bay. Billy Joel wrote and recorded a song about how you can't make a decent living as a Long Island bayman anymore. I believe he was saying he couldn't make a living the way his father had; the bay isn't as resource-rich as it once was. ----Original Message Follows---- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [NYSUF] Bayman Date: 22 Apr 2003 09:21:49 -0600 This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jUB.2ACI/702 Message Board Post: I have seen as an occupation in several census for Suffolk county what looks like bayman. What would that be? Or is it bagman? I'm wondering if it is an occupation we didn't have in landlocked Minnesota. ==== NYSUFFOL Mailing List ==== For the Suffolk County GenWeb site, goto: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nysuffol/ For PERSI info, goto: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/periodicals/persi/about.htm ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus