Roxbury Central School Library Media Center

Grade 4

Farms, Businesses and Trades of the 1800's

What was it like to work on a farm, in a business, or in a trade during the 1800's?   What was it like to work in our area? 

 Find Information

Books

• A day in the life of a colonial innkeeper by Kathy Wilmore Call number:  J 647.94 Wil  
• A day in the life of a colonial blacksmith by Kathy Wilmore  Call number:  J 682 Wil
• A day in the life of a colonial printer by Kathy Wilmore Call number:  J 686.2 Wil  
• A day in the life of a colonial silversmith by Kathy Wilmore  Call number: J 739.2 Wil  

The Reference area of the RCS Library  has  encyclopedias that can help as well.   Be sure to check  the 2005  World Book Encyclopedia for information on the trade.

• 2005  World Book Encyclopedia Call number:  REF O31 Wor

Websites

Baker:

• Winkler's Bakery (Old Salem, NC)

Carpenter: Williamsburg  

Farmer

• Farm:  Daily Life

• Farm:  Genesee

• Farm Crops:  Virginia

• Virtual Farmhouse

• History of Farming

Inn:  Genesee

Shoemaker

• Shoemaker

• Shoemaker:  Genesee

Tailor

• Article on Colonial Tailoring
• Tailor:  Colonial Williamsburg
• The Tailor Trade

• Evaporator for Slauson-Decker Creamery
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• Harness Making

Toll House:  Genesee

Banker:

• Colonial Banking

• Banking in Early United States

Cooper

• Cooper:  Genesee

• Cooper:  Williamsburg

• General Store

• General Store:  Genesee

Milliner

• Milliner

• Millinery Shop:  Genesee

• Ezekial Miller Sawmill: Davenport

• Hanford's Mill Buildings

• Hanford's Mill Photo

• New York Mill Photos

Wheelwright

• Wheelwright

• Wheelwright Shop:  Genesee

Blacksmith

• Blacksmith

• Blacksmith:  Genesee

• Blacksmithing

Doctor

• Apothecary

• Doctor:  On the Frontier

• Doctor:  Genesee

• Doctor:  History of Medicine

• Doctor:  Medicine and Quackery

Gunsmith

• Gunsmith:  Albany

• Gunsmith: Williamsburg

• Gunsmith:  Genesee

Post Office

• U.S. Post Office History 1
• U.S. Post Office History 2

Tanner

• Tanner:  Albany

• Tannery:  Hoag's Corners NY

• Tanning Plants and History

• Tanning in Colonial Times

• History for kids

• History

• Ulster & Delaware Railroad

• Ulster & Delaware Rail Depot

• Cedar Creek Gristmill
• Pierce Mill
• West Davenport Gristmill

Printer

• Printer:  Genesee

• Printer:  Williamsburg

Wigmaker

RCS Online Databases

Search the RCS Online Databases for more information  (Passwords available in library)

Tip:  Search by the name of the trade.

• Grolier Online - Online Encyclopedia
• C.E.R.F.- Websites

Local Information and Pictures

• Amos Wood Gun Sop

• Hobart and Stamford Banks

• Barns

• Book of Deeds Recorded June 1797- June 1804

• Book of Deeds Recorded June 1804- July 1808

• Brief History of Roxbury (1860)

• Business Directory of Roxbury 1863

• Blacksmith House

• Colonial Albany Image Gallery

• Early Doctors

• Frisbee Barn

• Hunting Tavern History

• John Burroughs 1

• John Burroughs 2

• John Burroughs 3

• John Burroughs and Woodchuck Lodge

• Kirkside

• Kirkside History

• Lansing Manor

• Roxbury History and Business 1880

• Roxbury Photos

• Stamford History

• Tollgate House

• Ulster & Delaware Railroad

• Ulster & Delaware Rail Depot

• Zadock Pratt's Tannery

• Farmer's Museum Cooperstown
• Hanford's Mill Museum (post office, creamery, mill and more)
• Tour a 1867 Texas Ranch House

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à When you are taking notes you do not need to write complete sentences.

à It helps to make a plan for the information you want to gather.

• Make categories for grouping information by topic

• Give each category a heading

• You can use questions or titles as headings

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