My Trails into the Past

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:  It's Saturday Night again -  Time for some more Genealogy Fun!! Our assignment from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings, is to: 1)  Are there ancestor's occupations that you know nothing about? 2)  Pick a great-grandparent or earlier ancestor who held an unfamiliar job (cooper, cordwainer, hostler, etc.). Look it up and write a short description of what their daily work life might have been like.  Thank you to Linda Stufflebean for this week's SNGF challenge! Here's mine: One of my husband’s family kin, Joseph McFall (1836-1908), was married to his great-grandfather, Frederick N Davey’s, sister, Catherine Rose Davey. On the Civil War draft registration, Joseph was listed as a caulker. [1] He lived in Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana, which is located on the Ohio River. There is a wonderful website, “Dictionary of Old Occupations: A-Z Index,” on Family Researcher ( https://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/glossary/Dicti...