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-==A==
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-==B==
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-==O==
-'''ob.''' (abbreviation) - obit, deceased
-'''OB''' (abbreviation) - order book, as in court order book
-'''obiit.''' (abbreviation) - he or she died
-'''obit.''' (abbreviation) - obituary
+==A to Z==
-'''Occupier''' Tradesman
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+<td colspan="2" rowspan="2">[[Image:newbook.jpg|316px]]</td>
+<td>{{clickpic|Big Book - A|https://reference.familytreeforum.com/images/Bigbookaa.jpg}}</td>
+<td>{{clickpic|Big Book - B|https://reference.familytreeforum.com/images/Bigbookb.jpg}}</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>{{clickpic|Big Book - C|https://reference.familytreeforum.com/images/Bigbookc.jpg}}</td>
+<td>{{clickpic|Big Book - D|https://reference.familytreeforum.com/images/Bigbookd.jpg}}</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>{{clickpic|Big Book - E|https://reference.familytreeforum.com/images/Bigbooke.jpg}}</td>
+<td>{{clickpic|Big Book - F|https://reference.familytreeforum.com/images/Bigbookf.jpg}}</td>
+<td>{{clickpic|Big Book - G|https://reference.familytreeforum.com/images/Bigbookg.jpg}}</td>
+<td>{{clickpic|Big Book - H|https://reference.familytreeforum.com/images/Bigbookh.jpg}}</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>{{clickpic|Big Book - I|https://reference.familytreeforum.com/images/Bigbooki.jpg}}</td>
+<td>{{clickpic|Big Book - J|https://reference.familytreeforum.com/images/Bigbookj.jpg}}</td>
+<td>{{clickpic|Big Book - K|https://reference.familytreeforum.com/images/Bigbookk.jpg}}</td>
+<td>{{clickpic|Big Book - L|https://reference.familytreeforum.com/images/Bigbookl.jpg}}</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>{{clickpic|Big Book - M|https://reference.familytreeforum.com/images/Bigbookm.jpg}}</td>
+<td>{{clickpic|Big Book - N|https://reference.familytreeforum.com/images/Bigbookn.jpg}}</td>
+<td>{{clickpic|Big Book - O|https://reference.familytreeforum.com/images/Bigbooko.jpg}}</td>
+<td>{{clickpic|Big Book - P|https://reference.familytreeforum.com/images/Bigbookp.jpg}}</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>{{clickpic|Big Book - Q|https://reference.familytreeforum.com/images/Bigbookq.jpg}}</td>
+<td>{{clickpic|Big Book - R|https://reference.familytreeforum.com/images/Bigbookr.jpg}}</td>
+<td>{{clickpic|Big Book - S|https://reference.familytreeforum.com/images/Bigbooks.jpg}}</td>
+<td>{{clickpic|Big Book - T|https://reference.familytreeforum.com/images/Bigbookt.jpg}}</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>{{clickpic|Big Book - U|https://reference.familytreeforum.com/images/Bigbooku.jpg}}</td>
+<td>{{clickpic|Big Book - V|https://reference.familytreeforum.com/images/Bigbookv.jpg}}</td>
+<td>{{clickpic|Big Book - W|https://reference.familytreeforum.com/images/Bigbookw.jpg}}</td>
+<td>{{clickpic|Big Book - X|https://reference.familytreeforum.com/images/Bigbookx.jpg}}</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>{{clickpic|Big Book - Y|https://reference.familytreeforum.com/images/Bigbooky.jpg}}</td>
+<td>{{clickpic|Big Book - Z|https://reference.familytreeforum.com/images/Bigbookz.jpg}}</td>
+<td>{{clickpic|Big Book - 0..9|https://reference.familytreeforum.com/images/BigbookO9.jpg}}</td>
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+</table>
-'''OFF''' - - Standard Abbreviation for County of Offaly Ireland(Chapman Code)
+==Other Items==
-'''Oil Colour Man''' Employed in the paint manufacturing trade, mixing pigmented paints
+[[Weights and Measures]]
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-'''Oilman''' Lamp oil seller
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-'''Oil Miller''' Miller of seed to extract oils for food manufacture. Rapeseed, cottonseed, linseed etc. Cottonseed oil was also used to lubricate the spinning mule.
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-'''OKI''' - Standard Abbreviation for Orkney Scotland(Chapman Code)
-'''Olitor''' Kitchen gardener
-'''Olitory;''' a kitchen garden
-'''olographic will''' - A handwritten will and signed by the individual that the will belongs to.
-'''On the Club''' This is not an occupation but is often seen in census returns. It refers the the person being out of work and drawing benefit from "the Club", which was an appropriate insurance scheme.
-'''oral history''' - a collection of family stories told by a member of the family or by a close family friend.
-'''oral will''' - (nuncupative will) - declared or dictated by the testator in his last sickness before a sufficient number of witnesses and afterwards put in writing
-'''Orderly''' Military batman or officer's servant
-'''Ordinary Keeper''' Innkeeper with fixed prices
-'''orphan''' - a child whose mother, father, or both have died.
-'''orphan assylum''' '''orphanage'''. Home for orphans
-'''Orrery Maker''' Made an apparatus which showed planetary movements - after the inventor, the Earl of Orrery
-'''Orrice Weaver Designer''' wove lace patterns in silk
-'''Osier or Withy Peelers''' Peeled bark from willow stems (osiers) for basket weaving - usually women & children
-'''Osler''' Bird catcher
-'''Ostiary''' Monastery doorkeeper
-'''Ostler''' / H'''ostler''' Originally, a Hostler was the host of an Inn or (H)ostelry. Later became the man employed to look after the horses of the visitors
-'''Out Crier''' Auctioneer
-'''Outworker''' Home-worker, particularly in weaving
-'''Overband''' Leather that goes round spine of a book
-'''Overlooker''' Overseer or foreman esp. in textile mills
-'''Overman''' Colliery supervisor - checked the workers and coal quality
-'''Overseer''' The officials who performed the assessment and collection of the poor-rates
-'''Owler''' Smuggler - particularly sheep or wool
-'''OXY''' - Standard Abbreviation for County of Oxfordshire, England(Chapman Code)
-'''Oyster Hawker''' Street seller of pickled oysters - 18/19th century
-'''Oyster Dredger''' Crew member on an oyster