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Member Since: January 2005 Posts: 68 Send Message	Maggie 'O the Mainland	Report	28 Feb 2007 22:29
Member Since: January 2005 Posts: 68 Send Message	thanks Anne seems that sometimes these things get put down to the most simplest of terms. In our modern times we would be more likely to think of it as an author of books or similar. Always good to have people to bounce an idea around with. cheers maria
Member Since: January 2005 Posts: 68 Send Message	Maggie 'O the Mainland	Report	28 Feb 2007 21:13
Member Since: January 2005 Posts: 68 Send Message	Hi just need to pick some brains for a general consensus. I have a man in my tree who for the most part of his life was a CHEMIST yet on a death cert which fits him for everything except occupation he is noted as a WRITER. I have recently found out thru help on this site where he was in 1851 and it is definitely him working as a CLERK. The question is this: IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT A 'CLERK' COULD ALSO BE KNOWN AS A 'WRITER' IN THE 1850's? Maria
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 1,029 Send Message	Ann	Report	28 Feb 2007 21:09
	Yes, Maria A Clerk could be called a writer or even a scribe!