Hi - Nail caster I don't think is for the iron nails like those cut from sheet metal (cut nails) - someone will enlighten us I expect? Kind Regards Roy LD Cox Family Historian Web Site: www.coxresearcher.com/index.htm Member of the SANHS No. 1066 (And all That!) www.sanhs.org -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Simon Beck Sent: 19 October 2006 18:03 To: [email protected] Subject: [OEL] Occupation Translation Hey all, I recently acquired an old birth certificate of a relative, dating back to 1887. I was unsure what the father's occupation said, so I asked Judith to try and tell me what is says - which she very kindly did (a nail caster). What I am not sure of however is what a nail caster in 1887 actually did? Could it be the making of nails? I have uploaded the image to http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/an/topics.researchresources.transl ators/171 if you care to see it for youselves. Any help appreciated, Thanks, Simon _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Messenger has arrived. Click here to download it for free! http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/?locale=en-gb -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.5/485 - Release Date: 19/10/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.5/485 - Release Date: 19/10/2006

At 22:50 19/10/2006, you wrote: >Hi - Nail caster I don't think is for the iron nails like those cut from >sheet metal (cut nails) - someone will enlighten us I expect? > >Kind Regards >Roy LD Cox >Family Historian It might be easier to come up with an answer, or at least a better guess, if we knew which part of the country and the trades that the nail caster was surrounded by.