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A-Z List of Old Occupations

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Joanne

Joanne Report 9 Jan 2016 20:06

Paper Sorter? what did they do exactly, and where ?

Kense

Kense Report 10 Jan 2016 10:52

From Googling Paper Sorter Occupation:


PAPER SORTER AND COUNTER"
Job Description:
1) Sorts sheets of paper according to specified grade and examines them for defects, such as tears, cuts, roll marks and slime holes, and discards defective sheets.

2) Counts and stacks acceptable sheets and inserts identification marker between reams.

3) Segregates paper according to customer order and records amount and grade of separate orders.

Joanne

Joanne Report 10 Jan 2016 11:47

Brilliant - thank you! I had Googled but never found anything specific.

Hugh

Hugh Report 31 Jan 2016 23:16

On the A-L list I can only see down to BANKER. How do I view the rest ?

Researching:
Scotland, Ireland, England, Italy, Canada & New Zealand.

Kense

Kense Report 1 Feb 2016 18:51

Use this link:
http://www.worldthroughthelens.com/family-history/old-occupations.php


There are also these sites:

http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/

http://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/glossary/Dictionary-of-Old-Occupations-Index.html

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~usgwkidz/oldjobs.htm

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