wrong list genbrit would be better but post what you know he has to be a mmeber of a local bar association of a State or City news:alt.genealogy is a good starting point head for US vensus up to 1930 and ships arrivals http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Newsgroup_Gateways/ALT-GENEALOGY.html this group is about making web sites browse the archives http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/RootsWeb-Help/2006-11 to see topics http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/RootsWeb_Support/RootsWeb-Help.html needs an update badly because it does not describe the list in the usal way see the boards http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/script/main/rw surnames locations topics >> occuaptions >> general http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.occupations.occupations > To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Hugh W On 11/29/06, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi List, > > I live in Britain and know little about research in the USA. > My problem is that I am trying to trace a British lawyer who was said to > have worked as an attorney in the States about 1900 onwards and possibly a bit > before. > > Were there annual lists of lawyers about that time? Is this the right list > to be asking the question on? > > Any help would be much appreciated. > Bill G-J > > > ------------------------------- > -- Beta blogger http://nanowrimo3.blogspot.com/ visiting my past http://hughw36-2.blogspot.com/ re-entry http://snaps4.blogspot.com/" photographs and walks old blogger http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG