Occupational journals may provide a variety of unexpected details on an ancestor. This entry from a 1900 edition of the Moulder’s Journal includes a “Black Record” of union men who members may wish to refrain from employing or doing business with. Many of these journals have been digitized and are available on GoogleBooks. The people mentioned in these books do sometimes include common men–not just “movers and shakers.”
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In a small museum in Kentucky, I found a book listing men & the shifts they worked in the coal mines. Some relatives were in the list, this was great because the local courthouse had burned with all documents.
Wow
About 6 months ago I googled my relative’s name, city and occupation (carpenter). To my surprise I got a hit for The Carpenter,. which turned out to be a monthly publication of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Union. I found a digitized collection of the publication online and discovered that in 1903 my relative’s name and address listed as a union official!