Medical Men
College of Surgeons in Dublin - image from the wellcome collection
Certain professions followed by our ancestors would have potentially needed periods of study or formal apprenticeship before qualification and lifelong practice. This is particularly true of those who made medicine and healing their calling of which I had several practitioners in my own family tree. How to find out more about their working lives? Here are a couple of sources I found useful;
UK Medical Registers, 1859 - 1959 (Anc=£) - Every 4th year is available via this source, which will also include any kin who both qualified and practised in Ireland. Look out for the letter "I" after a qualification year to signify they studied in Ireland and note their addresses (there may be corroborating entries in later Will Calendars for example.) By tracking your relative forward in the directories until they are no longer listed, you should also get a good approximation of when to search for a death record.
Apothecaries in Ireland, 1791-1829 - This is quite a nice find as having some apothecaries in the family and wanting to see if I could find out more, I simply used a search engine and came up with this on an Irish academic site called DIPPAM (Documenting Ireland: Parliament, People and Migration.) You should be able to track your relative as an apprentice for 7 years through to becoming licensed to either open a shop and / or take on apprentices themselves. There's also an end chapter listing all the really naughty ones who broke the rules and got fined!
UK Medical Registers, 1859 - 1959 (Anc=£) - Every 4th year is available via this source, which will also include any kin who both qualified and practised in Ireland. Look out for the letter "I" after a qualification year to signify they studied in Ireland and note their addresses (there may be corroborating entries in later Will Calendars for example.) By tracking your relative forward in the directories until they are no longer listed, you should also get a good approximation of when to search for a death record.
Apothecaries in Ireland, 1791-1829 - This is quite a nice find as having some apothecaries in the family and wanting to see if I could find out more, I simply used a search engine and came up with this on an Irish academic site called DIPPAM (Documenting Ireland: Parliament, People and Migration.) You should be able to track your relative as an apprentice for 7 years through to becoming licensed to either open a shop and / or take on apprentices themselves. There's also an end chapter listing all the really naughty ones who broke the rules and got fined!
(c) Irish Geneaography - 2020
