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Wikipedia The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, more commonly known as the University of Vermont or UVM, is a public research university and, after 1862, the U.S. state of Vermont's land-grant university. The University of Vermont is labeled one of the original "Public Ivies," a publicly funded university considered as providing a quality of education comparable to those o...
The Peacham Academy was a fixture in the Caledonia County town for more than a century. It was an innovative academy that counted abolitionist Thaddeus Stevens as one of its pupils. Vermont Historical Society Northeast Kingdom Genealogy
Craftsbury Academy is a term that is generally applied to the high school portion of the Craftsbury School System located in Craftsbury, Orleans County, Vermont, although occasionally it is extended to include the middle school as well, because it shares many resources with the high school. The school has operated continuously since 1832, making it one of the oldest in the state. It faces Craf...
Waiting staff (British English), waitstaff (North American English), waiters/waitresses or servers (North American English), are those who work at a restaurant or a bar and sometimes in private homes, attending to customers by supplying them with food and drink as requested. Waiting staff follow rules and guidelines determined by the manager. Waiting staff carry out many different tasks, such a...
Please add Geni profiles for Puritans to this project, and link to the “notable Puritans” section when warranted. Collaborators welcome. Extracted from The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to rid the Church of England of what they considered to be Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and sho...
Objective==A project to honor the founders of our towns and cities worldwide. These men and women are our civil and religious leaders that built a community though their hard work, leadership, vision, and pioneer spirit.The profiles that are added should include a description of their role in the creation of the town. The photo on the right is a picture of Hershey, PA, which was founded and pla...
Grocers==Beginning as early as the 14th century, a grocer (or "purveyor") was a dealer in comestible dry goods such as spices, peppers, sugar, and (later) cocoa, tea and coffee. These items were bought in bulk, hence the term grocer from the French "grossier" meaning wholesaler, this term derived from Medieval Latin "grossarius" from which we also derive the word gross (meaning a quantity of tw...
This is an international project. Please add geni profiles who acted as “Constables.” A constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in criminal law enforcement. The office of constable can vary significantly in different jurisdictions. A constable is commonly the rank of an officer within the police. Other people may be granted powers of a constable without holding this t...
We all have a sweet-tooth, crave salt, a favorite comfort food, a drink that hits the spot, a family dish created for the holidays, or have used food to get to someone's heart because, "A way to a man's heart is through his stomach." Well, this project is a showcase of all the people on Geni who have won us over in some way, shape or form, through our stomachs...or our tastebuds. This project i...
Lumberjacks are workers in the logging industry who perform the initial harvesting and transport of trees for ultimate processing into forest products. The term usually refers to a bygone era (before 1945 in the United States) when hand tools were used in harvesting trees. Because of its historical ties, the term lumberjack has become ingrained in popular culture through folklore, mass media an...
An emergency medical technician (EMT), also known as an ambulance technician, is a health professional that provides emergency medical services. EMTs are most commonly found working in ambulances. In English-speaking countries, paramedics are a separate profession that has additional educational requirements, qualifications, and scope of practice.EMTs are often employed by private ambulance ser...
Firefighters or Firemen This is a universal project - please link Geni profiles of Firefighters or Firemen to this project.===== Image Right - taken from "Ville-Marie, or sketches of Montreal, past and present. ... With ... engravings, etc" Burning Parliament Buildings - 1849 - Public Domain British LibraryA firefighter or fireman is a rescuer trained in firefighting, primarily to extinguish ha...
_Canada _and_the_United_States Rail transportation in Canada and the United States today consists primarily of freight shipments. Passenger service, once a large and vital part of the nation's passenger transportation network, now plays a limited role as compared to transportation patterns in many other countries. The U.S. rail industry has experienced repeated convulsions due to changing eco...
This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the town of Sędziszów Małopolski, Poland, also known as Sendeshov, Sędziszów, Sęziszów, Sendishev, Sendziszov, Shendeshov, Sindisow, Sandishuf, . Gesher Galicia-Sędziszów Małopolski Google Study Group. David Jacobowitz Notes. Scenes from Sidney Herbst's 1935 movie. Distinguish from the smaller city of Sędziszów , 35 mile...
===Ranchers ranch (from Spanish: rancho) is an area of land, including various structures, given primarily to the practice of ranching , the practice of raising grazing livestock such as cattle and sheep. It is a subtype of a farm. These terms are most often applied to livestock-raising operations in Mexico, the Western United States and Western Canada, though there are ranches in other areas.[...
This project aims at researching the genealogy of all Greek prime ministers.
A project in the Occupations Portal for those who were prominent in the manufacture and distribution of textiles.Includes crochet and knitting .
A road worker does road work and helps to build new roads and pavements, repair or improve existing ones, and bury cables underneath the road surfaces. They are also called Highway Maintenance Operatives and Vehicle Restraint Operatives. The Roadworker does as follows: Digging trenches for laying cables and pipes for services such as gas, electricity, water, telephones and television Usi...
For those who paint...buildings...and houses...
"No man of sense ought to be ashamed of being called a shopkeeper" - Napoleon ==This is a global project - everyone is invited to add their retailing ancestors to this project (profiles must be set to public). Project collaborators, feel free to update the project description, adding notes, documents, images, resources ... and inviting more collaborators.===See Notable Retailers ==Notes==From R...
Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such as handguns, rifles and shotguns) and bows/crossbows. Shooting sports can be categorized by equipment, shooting distances, targets, time limits and degree...
truck driver (commonly referred to as a trucker or driver in the United States and Canada; a truckie in Australia and New Zealand; a lorry driver, or driver in Ireland, the United Kingdom, India and Pakistan) is a person who earns a living as the driver of a truck (usually a semi truck, box truck or dump truck).Truck drivers provide an essential service to industrialized societies by transporti...
This project is designed for anyone who has worked in the automotive industry. Jobs include, but aren't limited to: Detailer, Designer, Tire Tech, Inspector, Electrician, Car Salesman, Engineer, Quality Tester, Marketing, Restoration, Car Wash Attendant, Assembler or Factory Worker. The automotive industry comprises a wide range of companies and organizations involved in the design, developmen...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government, abbreviated as DILG, is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for promoting peace and order, ensuring public safety and strengthening local government capability aimed towards the effective delivery of basic services to the citizenry. This sub-project aims to organize genealogical data on people who has been worki...
Please add profiles for people who were born, lived or died in Elkhart County, Indiana. Official Website At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the area now within Elkhart County boundaries was mainly inhabited by the Potawatomi tribe. Pioneers began settling in the Elkhart Prairie in 1829 and in April 1830, Elkhart County was officially established with its original county seat in Dunla...