Greetings to all! My relative is listed on the 1883-1889 Danville city directory as a moulder. What type of profession is this? I was told by family members that he was a blacksmith. Thanks, KimGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com

Very probably one who made molds from wet, fine sand, into which molten iron was poured, and often oversaw the pouring in order that there be no bubbles of empty spaces in the finished metal. Some blacksmiths became moulders, if there were such opportunities where they lived. Others left molding (usually worked for someone else) to return to the blacksmithing, that an inexpensive business into which one might enter if he had the knowldge. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kimberly Griffin" <Griff63@hotmail.com> To: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 3:37 PM Subject: Unidentified subject! > Greetings to all! > > My relative is listed on the 1883-1889 Danville city directory as a moulder. What type of profession is this? I was told by family members that he was a blacksmith. > > > Thanks, > > KimGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com > > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > Hosted by Rootsweb http://www.rootsweb.com > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >