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: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Tithe Records, Valuation Books, Register & Rent Rolls, 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., Other Records |
Title: | Atavus Search Engine |
Link: | https://search.atavus.org/api/v1/search |
Description: | Atavus Search Engine Incorporating Fermanagh Gold Genealogy Pages |
Extra Info: | Easy to use search. |
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: | 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: | 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 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: | 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: | 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, Newspapers, Valuation Books, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | Ireland Genealogy Projects Archive |
Link: | http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ |
Description: | Ireland Genealogy Projects Archive |
Extra Info: | Includes some lists of landowners, some court extracts, trade directory extracts, newspaper extracts, Royal Irish Constabulary lists and more. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Irish Genealogy |
Link: | https://www.from-ireland.net/ |
Description: | Irish Genealogy |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Irish Petty Sessions Court Registers 1842-1913 |
Link: | Find My Past's Irish Petty Sessions Court Registers for 1842-1913 |
Description: | Find My Past's Irish Petty Sessions Court Registers for 1842-1913 |
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: | 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: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | Peter Mayberry's Website |
Link: | http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/ |
Description: | Peter Mayberry's Website - includes Irish Convicts to Australia |
Extra Info: | Includes Wicklow United Irishmen, Irish Convicts to NSW 1788-1849, Irish Rebels who were transported 1800-1806, Braidwood Gaol (NSW) entrance book and more. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, 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 Maps |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | The National Archives - Collection of Digitised Public Records |
Extra Info: | Scroll down for Irish map collection. |
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