Finding that an ancestor belongs to a profession or occupation can be a great way into researching a family tree. Many of them will be recorded in specially produced lists or directories, such as the lawyer lists that have just been released online by TheGenealogist.

For researchers with forebears that belonged to the legal profession, a great set of new historical data has joined the ever expanding Occupational Record set on TheGenealogist. These book-based records can give family historians fascinating facts about an ancestor, often revealing to researchers useful details of their lives beyond simply their professional particulars.