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Please add Geni profiles with the occupation of "weaver" to this project. is a method of fabric production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth. The other methods are knitting, lace making, felting, and braiding or plaiting. The longitudinal threads are called the warp and the lateral threads are the weft or filling. (Weft or wo...
Local officials Please create projects for a specific office if it’s missing, “relate” it to this project, and add a link to the index (below). The related project is where to add profiles. This is a global project, although wording may have been extracted from American sources. Please come collaborate! Additional references more than welcome. Local Government From Most Americans have mo...
A hotelier is a person who oversees or manages a hotel. He or she may be the owner of the establishment, the chairperson of the board that operates the hotel, the chief executive of a hotel location or chain, or the general manager of the hotel. ===A Brief History===From Hotels: a brief history By Jacques Levy-Bonvin From antiquity to the Middle Ages The history of hotels is intimately connecte...
Please add Geni profiles with a known occupation of " domestic worker " to this project. Note that "Servant" redirects to "domestic worker" on Wikipedia. from Wikipedia A domestic worker is a person who works within the employer's household. Domestic workers perform a variety of household services for an individual or a family, from providing care for children and elderly dependents to housekee...
Portal to Geni Projects dedicated to "occupations." No profiles please - Add profiles to the projects listed below instead Please consider creating occupation sub-portal projects to group together allied occupations. A Abracadabra.... (magicians and illusionists) Abstractors Accountants and Bookkeepers Administrative Assistant - see Secretaries Agricultural Labourers Air Traffi...
==Sculptors== A sculptor follows the art or practice of shaping figures or designs in the round or in relief, as by chiseling marble, modeling clay, or casting in metal. > [Middle English, from Latin sculptūra, from sculptus, past participle of sculpere, to carve; see skel- in Indo-European roots.] This is a Geni occupations project.* Please add Geni profiles of practicing sculptors from any er...
Clothiers made and sold woollen cloth. The occupation of clothier was compatible with the status of yeoman .A "clothier" could be:* One man and his family, who together performed most of the steps of cloth making* A person who employed up to 30 weavers* Something in betweenThe majority of clothiers were not large manufacturers. Many small independent clothiers combined cloth-making and farming ...
A husbandman in England in the medieval and early modern period was a free tenant farmer or small landowner. The social status of a husbandman was below that of a yeoman. The meaning of "husband" in this term is "master of house" rather than "married man". It has also been used to mean a practitioner of animal husbandry, or in perhaps more modern language, a rancher. For a farmer or grower in g...
The harmonica , also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. Wikipedia has a list of musicians that are notable for their harmonica playing skills: . Please add Geni profiles that meet that notability criteria. Music categories: Harmonica b...
Add professional cabinetmakers and furniture makers to this project. You can visit HistoryLink to find out which projects include your ancestors. == History ==Before the advent of industrial design, cabinet makers were responsible for the conception and the production of any piece of furniture. In the last half of the 18th century, cabinet makers, such as Thomas Sheraton, Thomas Chippendale, Sh...
Documentary filmmakers From Wikipedia A documentary film is a nonfictional motion picture intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record. Such films were originally shot on film stock—the only medium available—but now include video and digital productions that can be either direct-to-video, made into a TV show or relea...
Add professional accountants and bookkepers to this project. You can visit HistoryLink to find out which projects include your ancestors. == History ==The history of accounting is thousands of years old and can be traced to ancient civilizations. The early development of accounting dates back to ancient Mesopotamia, and is closely related to developments in writing, counting and money; there is...
Tinsmith (Tinmaker) A tinsmith sometimes known as a whitesmith, tinner, tinker, tinman, or tinplate worker is a person who makes and repairs things made of tinware, or other light metals. By extension it can also refer to the person who deals in tinware, or tin plate. A whitesmith may work with tin, pewter, or other materials. Unlike blacksmiths (who work mostly with hot metal), tinsmith...
==Property developers== Please add Geni profles of property and real estate developers to this Occupations project. Profiles must be set to public. Please feel free to contribute to the project overview, especially the "resources" section, and the photos and documents area also. From Wikipedia Real estate development, or property development, is a multifaceted business, encompassing activities ...
Grain merchants buy grain from farms and sell it to consumers. Between the buying and the selling, they are concerned with the quality, market value, shipping, processing, and storage of the grain. In effect, they are liaisons between the farmer and the eventual user or consumer of the grain. The regulation activities of the grain merchant create an efficient market for grain around the world. ...
What do meteorologists really do? By Rachelle Oblack Updated on December 22, 2018 While most people know a meteorologist is a person who is trained in the atmospheric or weather sciences, many may not be aware that there is more to a meteorologist's job than simply forecasting the weather. A meteorologist is a person who has received a specialized education to use scientific principles to...
Printers Definition - One that prints, especially one whose occupation is printing.In publishing, printers can be companies providing printing services and individuals who directly operate printing presses.This project is for those whose occupation is printer . Please link GENi profiles of those whose occupation was/is described as Printer to this project. Bold links are to GENi profiles; other...
Rail and bus conductors=This is an occupation project. Please add profiles of those who worked as a railroad, tram, bus or streetcar conductor (or guard). Please feel free to add translations and references to the project, although you must be a collaborator to do so. From Wikipedia: Conductor (rail) A conductor (American and Canadian English) or guard (Commonwealth English) is a train crew mem...
A barber (from the Latin barba, "beard") is a person whose occupation is mainly to cut, dress, groom, style and shave men's and boys' hair. A barber's place of work is known as a "barber shop" or a "barber's". Barber shops are also places of social interaction and public discourse. In some instances, barbershops are also public forums. They are the locations of open debates, voicing public conc...
Cooks in the family? Please add to this project : “Cooking is the art and science of preparing food for eating by the application of heat”. The term also includes the full range of culinary techniques: preparing raw and cooked foods for the table; final dressing of meats, fish, and fowl; cleaning and cutting fruits and vegetables; preparing salads; garnishing dishes; decorating desserts; and ...
An electrician is a tradesman specializing in electrical wiring of buildings, transmission lines, stationary machines, and related equipment.Electricians may be employed in the installation of new electrical components or the maintenance and repair of existing electrical infrastructure. Electricians may also specialize in wiring ships, airplanes, and other mobile platforms, as well as data and ...
Town clerks (Municipal clerk, city clerk, village clerk …) From Wikipedia A clerk (pronounced "clark" in British and Australian[1] English) is a senior official of many municipal governments in the English-speaking world. In some communities, including most in the United States, the position is elected, but in many others, the clerk is appointed to their post. In the UK, a Town or Parish c...
cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, television production or other live action piece and is responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image. The study and practice of this field is referred to as cinematography. Some filmmakers say that the cinematographer...
butler is a domestic worker in a large household. In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantry. Some also have charge of the entire parlour floor, and housekeepers caring for the entire house and its appearance. A butler is usually male, and in charge of male servants, while a housekeeper is usually a ...
Executioners A judicial executioner is a person who carries out a death sentence ordered by the state or other legal authority, which was known in feudal terminology as high justice . Please add Geni profiles of those who worked as executioners to this project. For the Scandinavian witches project, please see this link: " Scope and job From Wikipedia The executioner was usually prese...