Genealogy Projects tagged with Telegrapher on the Geni Family Tree

Telegraph & Telephone Operator

Telegraph A telegraphist (British English), telegrapher (American English), or telegraph operator is an operator who uses a telegraph key to send and receive the Morse code in order to communicate by land lines or radio.The telegraph industry grew greatly starting in the 1830s, and reached California about 1860. Only at the very beginning were messages actually transmitted using one finger and ...