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Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 845 Send Message	karen in the new forest	Report	11 Oct 2006 18:10
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 845 Send Message	can anyone tell me what job is a local board labourer is plz karen
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 339 Send Message	Pain	Report	11 Oct 2006 18:36
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 339 Send Message	Hi Karen Have you tried looking on this site http://www(.)census1891(.)com/occupations(.)htm Remove brackets It is a great site and has most victorian occupations on Jayne
Member Since: April 2006 Posts: 5,644 Send Message	KeithInFujairah	Report	11 Oct 2006 18:57
Member Since: April 2006 Posts: 5,644 Send Message	Karen, I suspect (but may well be wrong) that there was probably a local labour board to prevent unemployment and your ancestor could have been working for them to earn his money. Keith
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 845 Send Message	karen in the new forest	Report	11 Oct 2006 20:27
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 845 Send Message	thanks for your help i will look at the website, he was a miner but he must have left that who nows. thx karen