Scotland, Occupations & Professions
Explore your Scottish ancestry with this index of occupational and trade records from across Scotland. Within the records, you will find veterinary surgeons, photographers, police officers, watchmakers, and more.
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Explore your Scottish ancestry with this index of occupational and trade records from across Scotland. Within the records, you will find veterinary surgeons, photographers, police officers, watchmakers, and more.
Learn about these records
With every record, you will find a combination of the following details about your ancestor:
- Name
- Year – this is the year that your ancestor’s name appeared on an occupation or trade list
- Occupation
- County and country
- Source – this provides you with the name of the publication where your ancestor’s name appeared
- Notes – notes can include an address, physical description, employer, or other facts
This is a growing collection on Findmypast and we will continue to add more sources and records. We used the following sources to create this index:
- Aberdeen mariners, 1600-1700
- Aberdeen mariners, 1700-1800, part 1
- Aberdeen mariners, 1700-1800, part 2
- Aberdeen Merchant & Trade Burgesses, 1600-1620
- Aberdeen Merchant & Trade Burgesses, 1621-1639
- Aberdeen Merchant & Trade Burgesses, 1640-1659
- Aberdeen Merchant & Trade Burgesses, 1660-1679
- Aberdeen Obituaries, 1800-1822
- Aberdeen Obituaries, 1823-1839
- Aberdeen Obituaries, 1840-1854
- Aberdeen Testaments, 1715-1734
- Aberdeen University Alumni, 1840-1849
- Aberdeen University Alumni, 1850-1860
- Angus Mariners, 1700-1800, part 1
- Angus Mariners, 1700-1800, part 2
- Banff Sasines etc, 1701-1720
- Clyde Mariners, 1600-1700
- Clyde Mariners, 1700-1800, part 1
- Clyde Mariners, 1700-1800, part 2
- Dundee Whalers, 1750-1850
- Elgin Burgess Roll
- Fife Burgess Rolls, 1700-1800, part 1
- Fife Burgess Rolls, 1700-1800, part 2
- Fife Mariners, 1700-1800
- Kirkcaldy Mariners, 1600-1700
- Lothians Mariners, 1600-1700, part 2
- Lothians Mariners, 1700-1800, part 1
- Old Aberdeen Merchant & Trade Burgesses, 1605-1885
- Paisley Poll Tax, 1695, part 1
- Paisley Poll Tax, 1695, part 2
- Scots in Africa, part 1
- Scots in Australasia, 1788-1900, part 1
- Scots in Australasia, 1788-1900, part 2
- Scottish Catholics, 1701-1705
- Scottish Goldsmiths, 1600-1800
- Scottish Schoolmasters, 1600-1700
- Scottish Seafarers of the Eighteenth Century
- Scottish Seafarers of the Seventeenth Century
- Scottish Soldiers in Continental Europe, part 1
- Scottish Soldiers, 1600-1800, part 1
- Scottish Whalers before 1800
- St Andrews & East Neuk Mariners, 1600-1700
- St Andrews Burgess Rolls, 1700-1750
- St Andrews Burgess Rolls, 1751-1775
- Clock & Watchmakers Of The Scottish Highlands & Islands
- List of Students of Veterinary Colleges, Recognised by Government, who have passed examinations, & obtained the certificate of the Highland & Agricultural Society, 1874, Edinburgh With supplements
- Photographers of Central Scotland
- Photographers of Edinburgh and the Lothians
- Photographers of Lanarkshire
- Photographers of North Eastern Scotland
- Photographers of Northern Scotland
- Photographers of Western Scotland
- The Edinburgh Police Register 1815-1859, P. Ruthven-Murray, Edinburgh, 1991
- 17th Century Ships Of Scotland
- A Directory Of Seafarers Of The East Neuk Of Fife, 1600-1800
- A history of the Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet, 1890
- A list of All Merchants Matriculat in the Company of Merchants of Edinburgh 25 June 1687 - The Scottish Antiquary (1897)
- Aberdeen Shipping 1748-1751
- Dundee Shipping 1760-1769
- Dundee Skippers & Their Ships 1830-1850
- Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 1581-1873
- Fife Shopkeepers & Traders
- Montrose Shipping Before 1776
- Scottish Seafarers of the Seventeenth Century
- The Shipping Of Anstruther 1742-1771
- The Shipping Of Dundee And Montrose, 1720-1750, Ships, Shipmasters And Voyages