Source Information

Ancestry.com. West Yorkshire, England, Occupation Records, 1793-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
Original data: West Yorkshire Occupational Records. West Yorkshire Archive Service, Morley, England.

About West Yorkshire, England, Occupation Records, 1793-1930

This database contains occupational records from the area of West Yorkshire, England, for the years 1793–1930. Occupations include boatmen, carpet manufacturers, and cotton manufacturers. Records include personnel cards, indexes, registers, and certificates. Information found on each document varies, but you might find details such as name, residence, age, birth date, occupation, date of employment, employer, and marital status. Certificates of fitness for employment can include parents’ names.