Portal to Geni Projects dedicated to "occupations."

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A

• Abracadabra.... (magicians and illusionists)
• Accountants and Bookkeepers
• Agricultural Labourers
• Alchemists
• Alderman Councillor ~échevin, rådmand, δημοτικός σύμβουλος, 市议员, concejal, عضو بلدية
• American Film Actors
• American Stage Actors
• American Television Actors
• Antique Dealers & Shop Owners
• Apothecaries ~ apoticaire
• Archaeologists & Anthropologists
• Architects ~ architecte
• Art Collectors
• Artists of Fine Art
• Artists: Painters
• Astrologers
• Astronauts and Cosmonauts
• Astronomers and Cosmologists
• Astronomical Instrument Makers
• Attorneys ~ Avocats
• Attorneys to Judges, the American Legal System
• Autobiographers
• Aviators (Great Aviators)
• Authors ~ Auteurs
• Artistic Gardener

B

• Bailifs ~ Huissiers
• Bakers
• Bankers
• UK Banking
• Barbers
• Barber-Surgeons
• Bargeman ~ Waterman ~ Werryman
• Bare-knuckle Boxers
• Barrelmakers, see Coopers
• Barristers ~ Avocats plaidant
• Basket Makers
• Biographers
• Biologists ~ Biologistes
• Blacksmiths ~ Forgerons
• Bladesmiths
• Boilermakers ~ Chaudronniers
• Bookbinders
• Booksellers
• Botanists and Plant Collectors
• Bounty Hunters ~ Chasseurs de têtes
• Boxers
• Brick and Tile Makers ~ Tailleurs de pierre
• Bureau of Indian Affairs Agents
• Businesspeople (Notable businesspeople)
• Butchers ~ Bouchers
• Butlers

C

• Cabinet Makers ~ Ébénistes et menuisiers
• Carpenters ~ Charpentiers et menuisiers ~ Zimmermann
• Carters ~ Charretiers
• Cartoonists
• Chartered Accountants
• Celebrity chefs
• Chauffeur
• Cheesemongers ~ formagers
• Chess Masters ~ Maîtres des échecs
• "Church Clerks"
• Cigar factory workers
• Circus People ~ Gens du cirques
• Clergy (any religious order) ~ Membres du clergé (toute dénomination)
• Clockmaker ~ Horlogiers
• Clothiers
• Clothworkers
• Coachmen
• Coast Guards or Lookers (17th and 18th centuries) UK
• Cobblers ~ Cordonniers (chaussures usagées)
• Rail and Bus Conductors
• Cordonniers ~ Shoemakers (vieux souliers)
• Composers (20th century classical music)
• Computer pioneers
• Computer scientists
• Comedians
• Confectioners
• Cooks
• Cooks - Great House
• Coopers ~ Tonneliers
• Cordwainers ~ Cordonniers (nouveau cuir)
• Cotton Weaver
• Court Clerks ~ Greffiers
• Cowboys
• Curriers
• Crofters
• Cutlers (knife makers)

D

• Daily wage earner
• Dancers
• Designers and Decorators
• Dentists ~ Chirurgiens-dentistes
• Detectives ~ Détectives
• Diarists
• Diplomats
• Distillers ~ Destillateur
  • Whisky Distilleries and Families - Scotland
  • Whisky Distilleries and Families - other than Scotland
• Doctors (Colonial American doctors)
• Doctors ~ Docteurs, médecins et chirurgiens
• Documentary filmmakers
• Domestic workers (servants) ~ Domestiques
• Drapers
• Dressmakers & Seamstresses
• Dyers

E

• Editors
• Electricians
  • Lineman
• Engineer
• Engravers
• Entertainment industry people
• Environmentalists
• Essayists
• Executioners
• Explorers and Navigators ~ Explorateurs et navigateurs

F

• Farmers ~ Fermiers ~ Landmann
  • see also Husbandman
• Farriers
• Fashion Icons & Designers
• Fashion industry people
• Ferry Keepers
• British Film Actors
• Film directors
• Firefighters or Firemen
• Firemen and Stokers Steam Engines
• Fishermen
  • Fishermen of Hastings
• Fishmongers
• Food & beverage industry businesspeople
• Fuller (see Wool Washer)
• Funfair, Travelling Shows & Fairground People
• Fur Traders
• Fur Trappers and Mountain Men
• Furniture Makers - see Cabinet Makers
• Furriers

G

• Gamblers
• Gamekeepers
• Gastronomy & Food Industry dynasties
• Gardeners: Architects, Designers, and Landscapers
• Gardeners: Horticulturists, Nurserymen and Agriculturists
• Geologists: incl. Palaeontologists, Meteorologists and Geophysicists
• Geographers and Cartographers ~ Géographes et cartographes
• Gilders
• Glassworkers: Glassblowers or Glass-smiths
• “Glaziers”
• Glovers
• Goldsmiths and Silversmiths ~ Orfèvres
• Gold Beaters
• Golf Course Architects
• Great House Staff
  • Butlers
  • Chauffeur
  • Coachmen
  • Cooks - Great House
  • Governess
  • Great House - Head Gardeners
  • Maids - Great House
  • Great House Support Grounds Staff
  • Gamekeepers
  • Master of the Horse
  • Stable Master, Stud Master,& Master of the Hounds
  • Tutors
• Grocers
• Growers ~ Cultivateurs, Agriculteur ~ Landmann
• Gunsmiths ~ Armuriers
• Old West Gunfighters

H

• Haberdashers
• Hat factory owner ~ Hutfabrikant
• Hatter or Millinery
• Historians
• Hoteliers ~ Hôteliers
  • HoReCa in Nederland - Hoteliers (Netherlands) ~"... kamermeisje, concierge ..."
• Husbandman (small landholder, farmer in medieval England)
• Hunter

I

• Illustrators
• Interior Designers
• Ironworkers

J

• Jailer prison keepers
• Jewellers
• Journalists, Columnists and Reporters
• Joiner ~ Tischler
• Justices of the Peace ~ Justices de paix
• Judges ~ Juges

K

• Kings of Arms, Heralds, and Pursuivants
• Knitters, Framework Knitters and Stockingers

L

• Land Surveyors ~ Arpenteurs
• Law Enforcement Officers
  • Law Enforcement - Officer Down
• Lawers ~ Avocats
• Legal Professionals ~ Professionnels du droit
• Librarians
• Lighthouse Keepers
• Locksmiths ~ Serruriers
• Lumberjacks
• Lyricists

M

• Magistrates ~ Magistrats
• Maids - Great House
• Maltsters
• Manufacturers
• U.S. Marshalls
• Master of the Horse UK
• Mason "Maurer" Maçons "Stone Mason"
• Mathematicians
• Mayors
  • Mayors (Canada) ~ Maires au Canada
• Mechanic
• Medical Practitioners ~ Docteurs, médecins et chirurgiens
• Mercers
• Merchants ~ Commerçants Kaufmann
• Midwifes
  • Midwifes (Sweden) ~ Barnmorskor i Sverige
  • Midwives in South Africa
  • Mine workers in South Africa
• Military
  • British Armed Forces
  • The Royal Air Force
  • The Royal Navy
• Military South Africa
  • South African Defence Force
  • Pilots of South African Air Force
• Millers ~ Meuniers ~ Müller
• Millwright
• Miners ~ Mineurs
• Ministers (Colonial American Ministers)
• Ministers (American Ministers: Post Colonial)
• Missionaries ~ Missionnaires
  • African Missionaries
• Moonshiners and Bootleggers
• Musicians, Composers and Orchesta Leaders
  • Conductors
  • Opera singers
  • Organists
  • Pianists
  • Violinists

N

• Naturalists
• Newscasters
• Notaries (Québec) ~ Notaires (Québec)
• Novelists
• Roman Catholic Nuns and Sisters
• Nurses and Midwives

O

• Opera singers
• Opthalmologists
• Opticians - Corrective Vision
• Optometrists
• Organists
• Ornithologists

P

• Peasants ~ Habitants ~ Landmann
• Perfumiers
• Pharmacists in Finland
• Pharmacists in Sweden
• Philanthropists
• Philosophers
• Photographers
• Early Photographers of the 19th Century
• Photographers (notable photographers)
• Pianists
• Pianoforte Makers
• Pirates and Privateers
• Pioneers of Space
• Playwrights
• Poets
• Policemen (in England, 19th Century)
• South Australian Police Force
• Pound keeper - South Australia
• "Politicians" (American)
• Politicians (British)
• Svenska präster genom tiderna (Finnish priests)
• Printers ~ Copper-Plate-Printer
• Prison Officers
• Property Developers (Real estate developers)
• Prospectors ~ Prospecteurs
• Prostitutes & Courtesans
• Psychologists
• Publishers

Q

R

• Rabbis
• Radio personalities - Britain
• Radio Script Writers
• Retailers (Notable retailers)
• Robbers, Rustlers and Rogues
• Rodeo Cowboys
• Rope-makers

S

• Saddle and Harness Makers ~ Sattler
• Salty Dogs, Captains and Mariners
  • The Royal Navy
• Sawyers, Sawmill Builders, and Lumber Merchants
• Sharecroppers ~ Métayers ~ Landmann
• Prominent Scientists: (I) Exact Sciences & Natural Sciences
• Muslim Philosophers, Mathematicians & Scientists
• Frontier Scouts and Guides
• Screenwriters
• Servants
• Sculptors
• Shipbuilders and Shipwrights ~ Charpentiers de navires
• Shoemakers ~ Cordonniers (en général) ~ Schuhmacher
• Shopkeepers
• Silk Weavers
• Singers
  • Opera singers
• Sollicitors ~ Solliciteurs (avocats)
• Spies
• Spinners (textiles) ~ Filassier
• Sportspeople
• Stable Master, Stud Master & Master of the Hounds
• British Stage Actors
• Firemen and Stokers Steam Engines
• Stonemasons ~ Maçons
• Straw Plaiters
• Shepherd ~ Bergers ~ Schäfer
• Sugar Boiler

T

• Tailors ~ Tailleurs d'habits ~ Schneider
• Tallow Chandlers and Candlemakers
• Tanners
• Tattoo Artists
• Tavern Keepers and Brewers (of Early America)
• Teachers ~ Lehrer
  • American Teachers
  • British Teachers
  • Canadian Teachers
  • Teachers in South Africa
• Old West Teamsters and Freighters
• Television inventors and pioneers
• Television personalities - Britain
• Television talk show hosts
• Texas Rangers
• Textiles
• Thatchers
• Tinsmith-Tinmakers
• Tobaccists
• Toolmakers ~ Outilleurs et taillandiers
• Translators
• Typographers
• Thresher

U

• Undertakers (Funeral Directors)
• U. S. Postmasters (USPS)
• Urban Planners

V

• Veterinary Surgeons and Nurses
• Vintners ~ Vignerons

W

• Wagon & Carriage Makers
• Watch Maker
• Bargeman ~ Waterman ~ Werryman
• Weavers ~ Tuchmacher
• Welder ~ Soudeurs
• Whaling
• Wheelwrights - Wrights ~ Charrons ~ Stellmacher
• Wine Makers ~ Maîtres de chai
• Wool Washer (Fuller)
• Writers and Novelists

X

Y

• Yeoman (Landholder of usually over 100 acres - one station less than Gentry)

Z

• Zookeepers etc.
  • People Connected to British Zoos
• Zoologists

Resources

• A List of Occupations
• A List of Old Time Occupations
• Lists of occupations - Wikipedia
• A-Z Occupations - Australia
• occupational sources for family historians - Australia
• 13 Colonies Trades & Occupations
• Elizabethan Occupations and Jobs
• Métiers Insolites du Passé (in French)
• BBC News - What medieval Europe did with its teenagers
• documents & images for inspiration
• HistoryLink History Search will compare your direct ancestors (and their siblings) to projects on Geni. It will list any matches found, the relation, and what projects they belong to.
• Les Métiers de nos Ancêtres
• HISTOIRE des ARTS et des MÉTIERS