The jobs that people do have changed a lot on the last hundred years. It is an important part of family history to think about how your ancestors earned a living. Make a list of the jobs done by members of your family now, include aunts, uncles, grandparents etc. who do not live with you. Include part time jobs done by people who are still at school and jobs that were done by people who are now retired. Think about whether these jobs would have existed 100 years ago.

Name of person	Job	Existed 100 years ago (tick)

Do you know what any members of your family who are no longer alive did for a living? If so list them here and say how they are related to you.

Relationship	Name of person	Job

Jobs were very different in the past. Go to •http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Bideford/BidefordDir57.html and look at the list of tradesmen in Bideford in 1857 (you need to scroll down do find the list of people and the jobs that they did). Some of the jobs you will recognise and some you may not. Can you find out what these people did? Do these jobs exist today? Remember some of the jobs may be roughly the same but we may call them by a different name. There may be library books that can help you or try these websites.
•http://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/glossary/Dictionary-of-Old-Occupations-Index.html
•http://web.ukonline.co.uk/thursday.handleigh/demography/occupations-wages-money/old-occupations/index.htm
•http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks3a.html#Occupations

Jobs I recognise









Jobs I do not recognise