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: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | Black Sheep Ancestors |
| Link: | https://www.blacksheepancestors.com/ |
| Description: | Genealogical Prison Records for the UK |
| Extra Info: | Prisons and convicts lists. Not all seems to work. |
| 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: | 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: | 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 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: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | Crime and Punishment |
| Link: | https://crimeandpunishment.library.wales/index_s.h... |
| Description: | The Crime and Punishment database comprises data about crimes, criminals and punishments. |
| Extra Info: | Includes in the gaol files of the Court of Great Sessions in Wales from 1730 until its abolition in 1830. |
| 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: | 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: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 |
| Link: | England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 |
| Description: | England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 |
| 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: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
| Title: | Migration Records Including Passenger Lists, Passports and British India |
| Link: | |
| Description: | Find My Past - Migration Records 1793-1960 |
| Extra Info: | Includes passport applications 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: | Newspapers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
| Title: | National Library of Wales |
| Link: | https://www.llyfrgell.cymru/ |
| Description: | National Library of Wales - Online Databases |
| Extra Info: | For English click button towards top right. Look under 'Information for' or use the search feature. |
| Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom |
| Link: | New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867 |
| Description: | New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867 |
| Extra Info: | Includes name, ship, native place, offence, date and place of trial, sentence, height, complexion and more. |
| 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, Information |
| Title: | Prison History |
| Link: | https://www.prisonhistory.org/ |
| Description: | Records and other Prison information for the British Isles between 1500 and 1999. |
| Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | Prisoners and prison staff - The National Archive |
| Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
| Description: | How to look for records of prisoners and prison staff. |
| 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: | 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: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | Tracing London Convicts in Britain and Australia, 1780-1925 |
| Link: | https://www.digitalpanopticon.org/ |
| Description: | Search millions of records from around fifty datasets, relating to the lives of 90,000 convicts from the Old Bailey. |
| Extra Info: | Requires a Find My Past subscription to see the final details on some entries. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | Wales Data from Ancestry |
| Link: | Wales Data from Ancestry |
| Description: | Wales Data Collection from Ancestry |
| Extra Info: | Includes Law List, 1843; various directories and gazetteers; criminal registers and more. |
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