United States Occupations

Online Resources

 * 1890-1963 U.S., Northern Pacific Railway Company Personnel Files, 1890-1963 at Ancestry - index and images ($)
 * 1884-1937 U.S., Panama Canal Zone, Employment Records and Sailing lists, 1884-1937 at Ancestry - index and images ($)

Doctors
A directory of nineteenth-century American doctors, which includes biographical information, is available in:


 * Atkinson, William Biddle. The Physicians and Surgeons of the United States. Philadelphia: Charles Robson, 1878. Digital version at Google Books.
 * 1864-1968 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Lawyers
A directory of lawyers in the United States was published in 1851 and is available online.

Utilize these sites to learn about early occupations: Genealogical Early Occupations; Occupations From Yesteryear

Railroad Employees
The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board administers a Federal retirement benefit program covering the nation's railroad workers that were employed after 1936. Contact them and they will determine if they hold the applicable records or if you will need to place the request with the National Archives. Information on living persons can only be obtained with written permission.

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board Congressional Inquiry Section 844 North Rush Street Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092


 * A list of railroad employee record repositories compiled by Genealogy Today.


 * Genealogy Quick Look provides an index to a portion of resources available through the Midwest Genealogy Center as well as inactive pension claims from the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board. Search the index by name and/or date. If you locate a resource, you will have an opportunity to request it from the source organization.


 * U.S., Railroad Retirement Pension Index, 1934-1987, index ($)

Bricklayers, Masons, & Plasterers
Bricklayers, Masons, & Plasterers Union (pub.1914)  searchable online book.

International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers

Multiple occupations
Lists of people who served in various positions, including but not limited to local government positions (clerks, mayors, postmasters, surveyors, sheriffs, coroners, constables, district attorneys), state government positions (governors, legislators), ministers, deacons, college trustees, judges, treasurers, professors: https://www.ourfamtree.org/records
 * 1921-1970: U.S., National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel, 1921-1970 at Ancestry ($), index and images

1921-1970 U.S., National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel, 1921-1970- Index ($)