Workday Wednesday
Researching Your Ancestor's Occupation Today's post is going to be about my maternal grandfather, Thomas McLoughlin. I have blogged about him plenty. Probably the most comprehensive post I did about his working life was here . Going through my mother's papers recently, I found a folder of papers relating to his working life which I had not "clocked" before. So I have learned a little bit more about his working life, particularly the years before he worked for the Commonwealth Aircraft Company. Types of Sources and Repositories to check In my previous post, I listed some types of sources that you could check to try and determine your ancestor's occupation. Before I go on to list those, can I just say that this is for my grandfather? That's only two generations away from me. I was really lucky to know him. He died when I was about 21. I never knew my paternal grandfather who died before I was born. A week before my parent's...