Hi all, Hope you've had a good Christmas and are recovering from the seasonal/New Year's excesses! I'd like to know if there's anywhere to look up apprenticeships. And specifically, here's my trouble-some ancestor: In the 1850 Hunts Directory, William THOMAS is listed as a teacher (under schools) in Pembroke [directories can be found at http://www.historicaldirectories.org/]. The family later moved to Nantgarw in Glamorgan and he taught at the National School there. Unfortunately the Chursh of England holds no records for that school, but he was listed in the 1865 Websters and the 1866 Harrods as the teacher there. He also gave his occupation in the 1861 and 1871 censuses and in the parish registers. However, on the birth certificate of his eldest son (George Samuel) and on the 1841 census he gave his occupation as 'Joiner'. In the 1851 census and for the wedding of his son Edward in 1870, he's a carpenter. I have the idea that to work as/claim to be either a carpenter or a joiner, William would had to have done an apprenticeship. Is there anyway of checking this out? Ta, Jo ===== Joanne Thomas journeymouse@yahoo.co.uk http://www.geocities.com/journeymouse/ ___________________________________________________________ ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com