Prisoner and Court records often have descriptions of the defendents and those under a charge, hence can add a lot of detail about our ancestors' physical appearance.
Classification: | Newspapers, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Australian Pioneers Website by Patricia Downes |
Link: | http://members.pcug.org.au/~pdownes/ |
Description: | Patricia Downes' Australian Pioneers Website |
Extra Info: | Includes Irish Convicts to NSW 1788-1849, also ships departing in the first fleet 1787, second fleet 1790 and thirs fleet 1791. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Poor Rate, Other Records |
Title: | BAALHAM Resource Centre |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~baalham/genealogy/ |
Description: | BAALHAM Resource Centre and One Name Study |
Extra Info: | Mainly around Suffolk. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | Black Sheep Index |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20100722053825/http://w... |
Description: | Black Sheep Index - Archived Copy |
Extra Info: | May take a few moments to load. The black sheep index is no longer live, however this is a link to an archived copy. Note that some of the files are not available. So Do Not send money or requests for more information. |
Classification: | Newspapers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | BOLSTRIDGE One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.bolstridge.co.uk/genealogy/index.php |
Description: | BOLSTRIDGE One Name Study |
Extra Info: | Use sources to search for types of information such as directory. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Braidwood Gaol, NSW Australia, Gaol Entrance Book |
Link: | http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/braidwood.htm |
Description: | Braidwood Gaol, NSW Australia, Gaol Entrance Book 1856-1899 |
Extra Info: | Search results include the ship the inmate arrived on, place of birth and physical details. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | BREW One Name Study |
Link: | http://brew.clients.ch/BrewONS.htm |
Description: | BREW One Name Study |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Tithe Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | British History Online |
Link: | https://www.british-history.ac.uk/ |
Description: | British History Online |
Extra Info: | A variety of records and documents relating to the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | Capital Punishment UK |
Link: | http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/ |
Description: | Capital Punishment UK - The Resource Site for the History of Capital Punishment |
Extra Info: | Includes the histories of 'hanging' prisons. |
Classification: | Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 1 |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/publicationscat45britgo... |
Description: | Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 1 |
Extra Info: | Online book. List prisoners for religion 1562-1580, papers relating to Catholics in the reign of Charles I and more. |
Classification: | Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 3 |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/publicationscat04britgo... |
Description: | Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 3 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Includes recusants of Masham in Yorkshire, letters about the treatment of Catholic prisoners in Cambridgeshire and more. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Claim a Convict |
Link: | http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/claimaconvict/ |
Description: | Connects Researchers on the Same Convicts |
Extra Info: | This site offers researchers a free service that enables those researching the same convicts ancestors to contact each other directly by email. |
Classification: | Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | COMBS and COOMBS Family One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.combs-families.org/combs/ |
Description: | COMBS and COOMBS Family One Name Study |
Extra Info: | Includes some names from the Worshipful Drapers Company of London. |
Classification: | Newspapers, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Connected Histories |
Link: | https://www.connectedhistories.org/ |
Description: | British History Sources, 1500-1900 |
Extra Info: | From the Universities of London, Hertfordshire, and Sheffield. Burney collection of newspapers, British History Online, the Charles Booth Archive, Old Bailey Online and much more... |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Convict - Australian Convict Transportation Registers |
Link: | Australian Convict Transportation Registers - Ships Arriving 1791-1868 |
Description: | Australian Convict Transportation Registers - Ships Arriving 1791-1868 |
Extra Info: | Information available in these registers includes: name of convict, date and place of conviction, term of sentence, name of ship on which sailed, departure date, and name of colony sent to. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Convict Death Register - New South Wales, Australia |
Link: | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Death Register, 1826-1879 |
Description: | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Death Register, 1826-1879 |
Extra Info: | Includes name, age, transport ship, date of burial and comments. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Convict Records of Australia |
Link: | https://convictrecords.com.au/ |
Description: | British Convict Transportation Register 1787-1867 |
Extra Info: | This website allows you to search the British Convict transportation register for convicts transported to Australia between 1787-1867. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Convict Transportation Registers to Australia |
Link: | Australian Convict Transportation Registers - First Fleet, 1787-1788 |
Description: | Australian Convict Transportation Registers - First Fleet, 1787-1788 |
Extra Info: | Information available in these registers includes: name of convict, date and place of conviction, term of sentence, name of ship on which sailed, departure date, and name of colony sent to. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Convict Transportation Registers to Australia |
Link: | Australian Convict Transportation Registers - Second Fleet, 1789-1790 |
Description: | Australian Convict Transportation Registers - Second Fleet, 1789-1790 |
Extra Info: | Information available in these registers includes: name of convict, date and place of conviction, term of sentence, name of ship on which sailed, departure date, and name of colony sent to. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Convict Transportation Registers to Australia |
Link: | Australian Convict Transportation Registers - Third Fleet, 1791 |
Description: | Australian Convict Transportation Registers - Third Fleet, 1791 |
Extra Info: | Information available in these registers includes: name of convict, date and place of conviction, term of sentence, name of ship on which sailed, departure date, and name of colony sent to. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Convicts - Licences of Parole for Female Convicts |
Link: | Licences of Parole for Female Convicts, 1853-1871, 1883-1887 |
Description: | Licences of Parole for Female Convicts, 1853-1871, 1883-1887 |
Extra Info: | Documentation surrounding the licences to be at large given to some 4,400 other female prisoners between 1853 and 1887. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Convicts - Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books |
Link: | Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849 : Free index |
Description: | Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849 |
Extra Info: | Registers and letter books of prisoners on convict prison hulks in England between 1802-1849. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Convicts Index for Tasmania |
Link: | https://linctas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU... |
Description: | Names Index of Tasmania |
Extra Info: | Search the names index for convicts transported to Tasmania, convicts permissions to marry and more. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Convicts to Australia Website |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20200210171711/http://... |
Description: | Convicts to Australia Website |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information is still available to view. Lists of convicts, the ships, the work gangs and more. |
Classification: | Hearth / Window Tax, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records |
Title: | Corpusty and Saxthorpe Genealogy |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~nickkeeler/genealog... |
Description: | Corpusty and Saxthorpe Genealogy |
Extra Info: | Click on the link from the Keeler homepage. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Court of Common Pleas (CP40) Transcriptions and Images from the University of Houston |
Link: | http://aalt.law.uh.edu/IndexPri.html |
Description: | Court of Common Pleas (CP40) Transcriptions and Images from the University of Houston |
Extra Info: | Images for many years, but for those that are indexed (currently 1527, 1544, 1545 and 1547) select Henry VIII and then find and click on ModIDX in the CP40 column. There is one of these for each year indexed, other years have images, but no indexes yet. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Court of Requests Transcriptions and Images from the University of Houston |
Link: | http://aalt.law.uh.edu/IndexPri.html |
Description: | Court of Requests Transcriptions and Images from the University of Houston |
Extra Info: | Images for many years, but for those that are indexed (currently 1639-42) select Charles I, and then look for and click on ModIDX in column REQ1. There is one of these for each year indexed, other years have images, but no indexes yet. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Crime, Prisons & Punishment 1770-1935 |
Link: | https://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/crime-prison-punishment/ |
Description: | Crime, Prisons & Punishment 1770-1935 |
Extra Info: | Search for your ancestors in 518,000 records of criminals who passed through the justice system in England and Wales between 1770 and 1935. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Tithe Records, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Poor Rate, Other Records |
Title: | DIBDEN One Name Study |
Link: | https://www.angelfire.com/ar3/dibden_onename/ |
Description: | DIBDEN One Name Study, Including Variants |
Extra Info: | Many references to the DIBDEN name. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Divorce - The National Archives |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | A guide to help you to find the different types of records which exist for divorce and separation. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Journals / Diaries |
Title: | England Data from Ancestry |
Link: | England Data from Ancestry |
Description: | England Data Collection from Ancestry |
Extra Info: | Includes Emmigrants and Immigrants; Numerous Directories; Who's Who in the World, 1910-1911; England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892; Numerous other records |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | English Witch Trials |
Link: | http://witchtrials.co.uk/trials.html |
Description: | A list of over 500 witchtrials held in England |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records |
Title: | FE(A)THERSTON((E)HAUGH) One Name Study |
Link: | https://featherstone.one-name.net/ |
Description: | FE(A)THERSTON((E)HAUGH) One Name Study |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Free Settler or Felon Website |
Link: | https://www.freesettlerorfelon.com/ |
Description: | Free Settler or Felon Website |
Extra Info: | Includes details of convicts and free settlers in the Hunter Valley area of New South Wales, Australia |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Freemantle Prison, Western Australia |
Link: | https://fremantleprison.com.au |
Description: | Freemantle Prison, Western Australia |
Extra Info: | Includes a convicts database with details of where they came from, the ship they travelled on, occupation and more. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | GANDER / GANDAR One Name Study |
Link: | https://gander.one-name.net/ |
Description: | GANDER / GANDAR One Name Study |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Newspapers, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | GUMBLETON One Name Study and Family History |
Link: | http://martleweb.co.uk/gumbleton/ |
Description: | GUMBLETON One Name Study and Family History |
Classification: | School / Educational Records / Alumni, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records |
Title: | JACOMB One Name Study |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20120424163641/http://j... |
Description: | JACOMB One Name Study |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is not currently active. May take a few moments to load. Most information appears to be available. Includes variants Jacomb, Jacombs, Jacombe, Jacom & Jacomb-Hood. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | LARTER Family History |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~lartersoc/genealogy... |
Description: | LARTER Family History |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | LEVEY Family History and Genealogy |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20150911094613/http://w... |
Description: | LEVEY Family History and Genealogy |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | List of Executions in England from 1606 |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20070624062456/www.fred... |
Description: | List of Executions in England from 1606 |
Extra Info: | This site is no longer active, however an archived copy of the site is still available to view. It may take a few moments to load. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | LUCY and LUCEY Genealogy |
Link: | http://www.ozlists.com/allluceys/ |
Description: | LUCY and LUCEY Genealogy |
Extra Info: | LUCY and LUCEY's arriving in Australia, convicts, and more. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Magistrates' Court - New Cases at Westminster |
Link: | https://archive.org/details/reportsnewmagis00courg... |
Description: | Magistrates' Court - New Cases at Westminster 1844-1846 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Index of cases, followed by a more detailed report of each case. Includes cases from around England and Wales. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Magistrates' Court - New Cases at Westminster |
Link: | https://archive.org/details/reportsnewmagis01courg... |
Description: | Magistrates' Court - New Cases at Westminster 1846-1847 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Index of cases, followed by a more detailed report of each case. Includes cases from around England and Wales. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc. |
Title: | MILAM Family History and Genealogy Archives |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20080723162509/http://w... |
Description: | MILAM Family History and Genealogy Archives |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a website that is no longer active, most information still seems to be available. Includes Mileham, Milam, Mylam, Milham, Milum, Millam. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | National Archives - Digital Microfilms Online |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | National Archives - Digital Microfilms Online |
Extra Info: | Please read the instructions and information before downloading. Includes New South Wales convict entry books, convict transportation registers, and more. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | National Archives - Online Records and Indexes |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | National Archives - Online Records and Indexes (UK) |
Extra Info: | Includes prisoner photos, maps and more. Many detailed records require payment. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Old Bailey Online |
Link: | https://www.oldbaileyonline.org |
Description: | The Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674-1913 |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Our Criminal Ancestors: Preserving Our Past |
Link: | https://ourcriminalancestors.org/ |
Description: | A project to encourage people to explore the criminal past of their own families, communities, towns and regions. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Passenger Ships Arriving in Australia |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20200915014911/http://... |
Description: | Passenger Ships Arriving in Australia 1829-1915 |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is not currently active. Most information still seems to be available. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | PIGGIN family One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.piggin.org/ |
Description: | PIGGIN family One Name Study |
Extra Info: | Use the site map to see what is on the site. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records |
Title: | PLUCKROSE Name Website |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20190623144333/http://w... |
Description: | PLUCKROSE Name Website |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information still seems to be available. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | Romany References and Records |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20091026134802/http://g... |
Description: | Romany References and Records |
Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of a site that is no longer active, although most information still seems to be available. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | SACKETT Family Association |
Link: | https://www.sackettfamily.info/ |
Description: | SACKETT Family Association |
Extra Info: | Click on Research Databases for transcriptions. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Journals / Diaries |
Title: | Selected Genealogical Records |
Link: | http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mwi/filessection/ |
Description: | Selected Genealogical Records |
Extra Info: | A selection of transcriptions including extacts from Army lists, bankrupts, a list of people in Cornwall in past times, a list of coastguards in 1851, Hammermen and more. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Other Taxes - such as Horse Tax, Tithe Records, Register & Rent Rolls, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | STERRY One Name Study |
Link: | https://www.sterryworldwide.com/ |
Description: | STERRY One Name Study |
Extra Info: | Includes STERRY apprentices, London guilds, manorial records, newspaper extracts and more |
Classification: | Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Poor Rate, Other Records |
Title: | STRUDWICK One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.strudwicke.com/ |
Description: | STRUDWICK One Name Study |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Poor Rate, Journals / Diaries |
Title: | The National Archives Online Collections |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ |
Description: | The National Archives - Collection of Digitised Public Records |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | The Prisoners of the Ruhleben Civilian Internment Camp 1914-1918 |
Link: | https://ruhleben.tripod.com/ |
Description: | The Prisoners of the Ruhleben Civilian Internment Camp 1914-1918 |
Classification: | Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Poor Rate, Other Records |
Title: | The Society of Genealogists (SOG) |
Link: | https://www.sog.org.uk/ |
Description: | The Society of Genealogists (SOG) |
Extra Info: | Can search for a surname for free, however a membership is required to access the detailed information. Click Search to see a list of the data online. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc. |
Title: | The Story of the Taiwan POW Camps and the Men who were Interred in Them |
Link: | http://www.powtaiwan.org/ |
Description: | The Story of the Taiwan POW Camps and the Men who were Interred in Them |
Classification: | Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | UK Transcriptions Website |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~uktranscriptions/ge... |
Description: | UK Transcriptions Website Various Counties |
Extra Info: | Transcriptions for Northamptonshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. Click on Other Counties for Lancashire, Leicestershire, Norfolk and Shetland. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records |
Title: | GENUKI County Page for Norfolk |
Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NFK |
Description: | General Information for Norfolk |
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