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: | Valuation Books, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Poor Rate, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Aberdeen City Council Catalogues and Indexes |
Link: | https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/libraries... |
Description: | Aberdeen City Council Catalogues and Indexes |
Extra Info: | Mainly indexes of the records held in the archives, but some online data. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Newspapers, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Minute Books / Meeting Books, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Sports Clubs and Associations, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Am Baile - Highland History and Culture |
Link: | https://www.ambaile.org.uk/ |
Description: | Am Baile - Highland History and Culture |
Extra Info: | Includes all sorts - such as Sutherland vehicle registrations from the early 1900's, Inverness golf club cards, Dornoch Jail records an much more. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Information, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Amlwch, Anglesey |
Link: | https://amlwchhistory.co.uk/ |
Description: | Amlwch and Surrounding Areas |
Extra Info: | Includes old medical terms, the day in the life of a copper miner, Amlwch ship wrecks and more. |
Classification: | Newspapers, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., School / Educational Records / Alumni, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | Ann's Pages for Isle of Wight Ancestors |
Link: | http://www.annbarrett.co.uk/ |
Description: | Ann's Pages for Isle of Wight Ancestors |
Extra Info: | Includes shipwrecks off the Isle, warder and prisoner names from Parkhurst, coastguards and more. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Archives for the State of New South Wales, Australia |
Link: | https://mhnsw.au/archive/subjects/ |
Description: | New South Wales - State Archives |
Extra Info: | Includes databases of immigrants, convicts and more. Now includes early convict records 1788-1801. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Archives of Tasmania - Names Indexes |
Link: | https://libraries.tas.gov.au/family-history/ |
Description: | Archives Office of Tasmania - Names Indexes |
Extra Info: | Includes passenger details, convicts, naturalisations and more. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Tithe Records, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Poor Rate, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Ardleigh's Past - The History of an Essex Village |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~melanie/genealogy/ |
Description: | Ardleigh's Past - The History of an Essex Village |
Extra Info: | Includes photographs of the village from past times. |
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: | 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: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Aylesbury Gaol in the 19th Century |
Link: | https://apps1.buckscc.gov.uk/eforms2005/libPrisone... |
Description: | Aylesbury Gaol in the 19th Century - Victorian Prisoners |
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: | Hearth / Window Tax, Register & Rent Rolls, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Poor Rate |
Title: | BAIRD's of Scotland |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20140215101720/http://w... |
Description: | BAIRD's of Scotland |
Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of a site that is no longer seems to be active. Most information still seems to be accessible. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., School / Educational Records / Alumni, Bastardy / Illegitimacy Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Poor Rate, Other Records |
Title: | Bath Ancestor Search |
Link: | http://bathancestors.org.uk/fhSearch.php |
Description: | Bath Ancestor Search |
Extra Info: | Search for your Bath ancestors. Includes Board of Guardian books, quarter sessions and more. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Post Office / Telephone Directories, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Poor Rate |
Title: | Bath Ancestors |
Link: | http://bathancestors.org.uk/ |
Description: | The database covers the years 1603-1990 and contains over 76,000 records of people who lived in and around Bath, UK. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Tithe Records, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Poor Rate, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Bedfordshire County Council - Family History |
Link: | https://bedsarchives.bedford.gov.uk/CommunityHisto... |
Description: | Bedfordshire County Council - Family History |
Extra Info: | Each place has different information online including workhouse minute books, photographs, maps and more. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Bedfordshire Gaol Register |
Link: | http://apps.bedford.gov.uk/grd/ |
Description: | Bedfordshire Gaol Register |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Berkshire Record Office |
Link: | https://www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk/ |
Description: | Berkshire Record Office |
Extra Info: | Click on Explore Berkshire's Past for links to their online image gallery, which has portraits and a small number of images from the institutions of the area. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, Holt Brewery Pub Blacklist |
Link: | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, Pub Blacklist, 1903-1906 |
Description: | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, Pub Blacklist, 1903-1906 |
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: | 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, Other Records |
Title: | BOWLER Family |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20111121122900/http://w... |
Description: | BOWLER Family in Nottingham and Derbyshire |
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, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Poor Rate |
Title: | BREBNER and BREMNER One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.brebner.com/index.html |
Description: | BREBNER/BREMNER Genealogy Pages |
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: | Newspapers, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | Bridgnorth Lists and Database |
Link: | http://www.bridgnorth-lists.co.uk/ |
Description: | Bridgnorth Lists and Database |
Extra Info: | A wealth of data related to Bridgnorth is being put online. You will need to register to use the site, but searching is free. |
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, Information, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc. |
Title: | British Military & Criminal History in the period 1900 to 1999 |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20170117133952/http://... |
Description: | British Military & Criminal History in the period 1900 to 1999 |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a website - most information seems to be available. Includes details of those people who have been executed in the UK, but have then received posthumous pardons. |
Classification: | Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., School / Educational Records / Alumni, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | Burton Latimer Village Website |
Link: | https://www.burtonlatimer.info/ |
Description: | Burton Latimer Village Website |
Extra Info: | Trade Directories are listed by occupations. |
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: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | Cardiff Records from British History Online |
Link: | https://www.british-history.ac.uk/search?query=car... |
Description: | Cardiff Records from British History Online |
Extra Info: | Volume 3 for Quarter Sessions records, and list of Glovers and Cordwainers, Volume 2 for Calendar Rolls and Gaol Files. Other volumes include a list of old inns of Cardiff, a list of mayors, bailifs, coroners, escheators town clerks and more. |
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: | Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | CAVILL Family History |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20150103061638/http://w... |
Description: | CAVILL Family History |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of the site. Most information still seems to be available. May take a few moments to load. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Tithe Records, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | Cheshire Records Office |
Link: | https://www.cheshirearchives.org.uk/what-we-hold/w... |
Description: | Cheshire Records Office - Online Databases |
Extra Info: | Scroll down for searchable databases, including online trade directories, tithe maps, railway staff database, crew lists and more. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Chester Gaol Prisoners |
Link: | http://sites.rootsweb.com/~engchs/prison.html |
Description: | Chester Gaol Prisoners 1808-1816 |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Newspapers, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | CHITTENDEN One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.chittenden.com.au/ |
Description: | CHITTENDEN One Name Study |
Classification: | School / Educational Records / Alumni, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | City and County of Swansea - Cambrian Index Online |
Link: | https://www.swansea.gov.uk/cambrian/ |
Description: | City and County of Swansea - Cambrian Index Online |
Extra Info: | Although this just appears to be an index to their journals it has some detailed information to view. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | City of Kilkenny - Presentments of Assizes |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/citykilkennypfr00shergo... |
Description: | City of Kilkenny - Presentments of Assizes 1848-1853 |
Extra Info: | Large online book. Includes names of insolvents, treasurer accounts, including many names to whom payments made, names of the grand jury and more, also lists of street and occupied/unoccupied houses, with some names. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | City of Kilkenny - Presentments of Assizes |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/countykilkennya00sheago... |
Description: | City of Kilkenny - Presentments of Assizes 1834-1835 |
Extra Info: | Large online book. Includes names of contractors appointed, names of men responsible for the upkeep of stretches of roads, and much more. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | City of Kilkenny - Presentments of Assizes |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/springassizesco00denrgo... |
Description: | City of Kilkenny - Presentments of Assizes 1842-3 |
Extra Info: | Large online book. Includes many names, including those responsible for the upkeep of each stretch of road and much 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: | Hearth / Window Tax, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | COLDWELL and COULDWELL One Name Study |
Link: | https://coldwell.one-name.net/wp/ |
Description: | COLDWELL and COULDWELL One Name Study |
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: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Convicts and Emigrants - Peter Madden Genealogical Pages |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~maddenps/genealogy/ |
Description: | Emigrants and Their Relatives and Convict Exiles |
Extra Info: | Peter Madden's genealogical pages. Although the database is by name, for some it does list the ship they sailed on. |
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, Bastardy / Illegitimacy Records, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | Cornwall Online Parish Clerk |
Link: | https://www.opc-cornwall.org/ |
Description: | Cornwall Online Parish Clerk |
Extra Info: | For apprentice indentures click search then scroll down to additional searches. |
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: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Tithe Records, Valuation Books, Register & Rent Rolls, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Minute Books / Meeting Books, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | County Clare Library Online Resources |
Link: | https://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealog... |
Description: | County Clare Library Online Resources |
Extra Info: | Includes a whole range of transcriptions for County Clare, including a list of school teachers, school registers, high sheriffs and more. Also look under the donated material. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Tithe Records, Valuation Books, Register & Rent Rolls, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | County Donegal 18th and 19th Century Genealogical Transcriptions |
Link: | http://donegalgenealogy.com/ |
Description: | County Donegal 18th and 19th Century Genealogical Transcriptions |
Extra Info: | A resource for all those searching for Donegal ancestors. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Other Taxes - such as Horse Tax, Valuation Books, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | County Down Pages - Raymond's |
Link: | http://raymondscountydownwebsite.com/ |
Description: | Raymond's County Down Pages |
Extra Info: | Look under the individual places. |
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: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | CRIBB Family Name |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20150801100140/http://w... |
Description: | CRIBB Family Name |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most data still seems to be available. |
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: | Newspapers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc. |
Title: | Cumbria Archive Service - family history indexes |
Link: | https://www.cumbria.gov.uk/archives/online_catalog... |
Description: | Cumbria Archive Service - family history indexes |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Deaths in Surrey County Gaol |
Link: | https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/culture-and-leisure/hi... |
Description: | Deaths in Surrey County Gaol 1798-1878 |
Extra Info: | Sadly includes the deaths of some young children whose mothers were in gaol. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Derbyshire Prisoner Records |
Link: | https://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/record-offic... |
Description: | Derbyshire Prisoner Records Database |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Descendents of Convicts Group |
Link: | https://www.docs.org.au/ |
Description: | Descendents of Convicts Group of Australia |
Extra Info: | Lists of convicts, with dates, who are ancestors of the members of the society. |
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: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records |
Title: | Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations |
Link: | Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations |
Description: | Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations, 1650-1775 |
Extra Info: | Includes information on the ships they were sent on as well as the master of the ship. |
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, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Doddington Village, Kent |
Link: | http://www.doddington-kent.org.uk/history/Index.ht... |
Description: | Doddington Village, Kent |
Extra Info: | Includes extracts of trade directories, historic crimes in the area and more. |
Classification: | Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Tithe Records, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | Dorset County Data from Ancestry |
Link: | Dorset County Data from Ancestry |
Description: | Dorset County Data Collection from Ancestry |
Extra Info: | Includes Catholic History in South West England, 1857; Netherbury and Beminster Parish History. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | DUBBER Family History |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20111123223355/http://w... |
Description: | DUBBER Family History |
Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information still seems to be accessible. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Minute Books / Meeting Books, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | Dumfries and Galloway Historical Indexes and Transcriptions |
Link: | https://info.dumgal.gov.uk/HistoricalIndexes/ |
Description: | Dumfries and Galloway Historical Indexes and Transcriptions |
Extra Info: | Shipping registers an be searched by name of owner, master, port, ship and more. Census is also searchable by occupation. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Dundalk Gaol, Louth - Return of Prisoners |
Link: | https://archive.org/details/op1245107-1001 |
Description: | Dundalk Gaol, Louth - Return of Prisoners December 1832-1834 |
Extra Info: | Includes prisoner names, sentences, discharge dates and more. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | EARLAM Family History |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20150411030403/http://... |
Description: | EARLAM Family History |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site no longer active. Most information still seems to be available. A resource for those with EARLAM relatives. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Tithe Records, Bastardy / Illegitimacy Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Poor Rate, Other Records, Journals / Diaries |
Title: | Earls Colne Village Records, Essex |
Link: | https://wwwe.lib.cam.ac.uk/earls_colne/ |
Description: | Earls Colne Village Records from 1375 |
Extra Info: | Click on Contents for a full list of transcriptions. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | Edinburgh Records from British History Online |
Link: | https://www.british-history.ac.uk/search?query=edi... |
Description: | Edinburgh Records from British History Online |
Extra Info: | Extracts from the Burgh Records, including lists of sheriffs, provosts, bailiffs and more. |
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: | 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, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Other Taxes - such as Horse Tax, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Essex Family History |
Link: | http://www.essex-family-history.co.uk/ |
Description: | Essex Family History |
Extra Info: | Includes lists of vicars and churchwardens, lists of magistrates, customs officers, coastguards, mayors and more. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Essex Police Museum |
Link: | https://www.essex.police.uk/museum |
Description: | Essex Police Museum |
Extra Info: | Includes details of many notable police officers and some interesting crimes of historical Essex. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Everyone executed in Lancashire between 1735 and 1910 and why |
Link: | https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/everyo... |
Description: | Everyone executed in Lancashire between 1735 and 1910 and why |
Extra Info: | Highwaymen, robbers, rapists, murderers, and counterfeiters, everyone executed at Lancaster between 1735 and 1910. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Poor Rate, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Ewyas Lacy History and Parish Records |
Link: | http://www.ewyaslacy.org.uk/ |
Description: | Ewyas Lacy History and Parish Records |
Extra Info: | Look under Digital Archive for records. Includes the school register, poll books, maps and much more. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Executions at Durham 1732-1909 |
Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DUR/D_Executions |
Description: | Executions at Durham 1732-1909 |
Extra Info: | Includes an index for criminals and victims. |
Classification: | Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Journals / Diaries |
Title: | Exeter memories |
Link: | http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/ |
Description: | Exeter memories - Stories from Exeter |
Classification: | Tithe Records, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Explore The Past - Worcestershire Online Indexes and Databases |
Link: | https://www.explorethepast.co.uk/services/archive-... |
Description: | Explore The Past Online Indexes and Databases |
Extra Info: | Lists apprentices, absent voters, artists, prisoners, ordinations, Royal Worcester Grammar School admissions, tithes and more. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Tithe Records, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | Family and Local History in Frome |
Link: | http://www.gomezsmart.myzen.co.uk/ |
Description: | Family and Local History in Frome |
Extra Info: | Various records including prisoners in Ilchester Gaol, emigrants to Victoria and more. |
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: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Female Convicts Research Centre |
Link: | https://www.femaleconvicts.org.au/ |
Description: | Female Convicts Research Centre |
Extra Info: | Includes some surgeon's lists from the ships, information about the institutions and much more. For many of the convicts in the female factory lists it includes their trial date and place. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Poor Rate, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Fife Family History Society |
Link: | https://fifefhs.org |
Description: | Fife Family History Society Parish Events and Records |
Extra Info: | Click on records or photographs. |
Classification: | Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | Fontmell Magna Village Archive |
Link: | https://fontmellmagna.net/ |
Description: | Fontmell Magna Village Archive |
Extra Info: | Includes articles and details of the manorial court records, extracts from the vestry books, tithes, police and many articles about the history of the village. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Founders and Survivors - Australian life courses in historical context 1803-1920 |
Link: | http://foundersandsurvivors.org/ |
Description: | Records and study of the men, women and children who were transported to Tasmania. |
Extra Info: | Records and study of the founding population of 73,000 men, women and children who were transported to Tasmania. |
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: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Full List of Somerset Executions |
Link: | https://amgouldsomersetauthor.com/somerset-executi... |
Description: | Full List of Somerset Executions 1735 - 1945 |
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: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., School / Educational Records / Alumni, Bastardy / Illegitimacy Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Genealogy and Family History in Scotland - Scottish genealogy records |
Link: | https://www.oldscottish.com/ |
Description: | Old Scottish Genealogy & Family History |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | General Register Office for Scotland - Crime and Criminals |
Link: | https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/crim... |
Description: | Crime and Criminals Information for Scotland from the General Register Office for Scotland |
Classification: | Bastardy / Illegitimacy Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Poor Rate |
Title: | Gloucestershire Genealogical Database Search |
Link: | http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/genealogy/Search... |
Description: | Gloucestershire County Council Genealogical Database Search |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Newspapers, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Tithe Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Great Ayton - History of the Village |
Link: | http://greatayton.wikidot.com/home |
Description: | Great Ayton - History of the Village |
Extra Info: | Click on Sources. |
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, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Hampshire Online Parish Clerk |
Link: | https://www.knightroots.co.uk/ |
Description: | Hampshire Online Parish Clerk and Knight Family Genealogy |
Extra Info: | Click on the Online Transcriptions link on the main page. The types of information varies for each parish. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Hastingleigh, Kent |
Link: | http://www.hastingleigh.com/ |
Description: | Hastingleigh, Kent - Records |
Extra Info: | Includes details of aviation at Hastingleigh, school pupils, photographs, churchwarden lists and much more. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | HOGARTH Family Website |
Link: | http://www.hogarth.org.uk/ |
Description: | HOGARTH Family Website |
Extra Info: | Click on reference section for records. |
Classification: | Tithe Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Poor Rate, Other Records |
Title: | Hollinsclough Village Website |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20180307060742/http://... |
Description: | Hollinsclough Village Website |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active, but most information still seems to be available. Click on Local History. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Inverarary Jail Website |
Link: | https://www.inverarayjail.co.uk/ |
Description: | Inverarary Jail Website, includes Prison Records |
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: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Tithe Records, Valuation Books, Register & Rent Rolls, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records |
Title: | Irish Roots in County Mayo |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~deesegenes/genealog... |
Description: | Irish Roots in County Mayo |
Classification: | Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Poor Rate, Other Records |
Title: | Isle of Wight Record Office |
Link: | https://www.iow.gov.uk/Council/OtherServices/Recor... |
Description: | Isle of Wight Record Office |
Extra Info: | Includes apprenticeship indentures, register of shipping, list of paupers, sacrement certificates and more. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records |
Title: | ISMAY One Name Study |
Link: | https://ismay.one-name.net/ |
Description: | ISMAY One Name Study |
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: | Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc. |
Title: | JOWETT and Variations One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.jowitt1.org.uk/ |
Description: | JOWETT and Variations One Name Study |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Poor Rate, Other Records |
Title: | Kent Genealogy Including Parish Registers |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/genealogy/ |
Description: | Kent Genealogy |
Extra Info: | Includes ale licences, mayors of Dover, trade directories and more. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Kirkby Malhamdale Local and Family History Pages |
Link: | http://www.kirkbymalham.info/ |
Description: | Kirkby Malhamdale Local and Family History Pages |
Extra Info: | The website provides an extensive range of information for both local and family historians. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Lancaster Castle |
Link: | https://www.lancastercastle.com/ |
Description: | Lancaster Castle and Lancaster Assizes |
Extra Info: | Includes convicts tried at Lancaster assizes. |
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: | Newspapers, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | Liverpool Newspaper Births, Marriages and Deaths |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20140702005356/http://... |
Description: | Old Liverpool - Information and Records |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer working. Most information still seems to be available. may take a few moments to load. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Poor Rate |
Title: | Locating London's Past |
Link: | https://www.locatinglondon.org/ |
Extra Info: | Records of crime, poor relief, taxation, elections, local administration, plague deaths and archaeological finds can all be searched and mapped on this site. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Register & Rent Rolls, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Poor Rate, Other Records |
Title: | London Lives 1690 to 1800 - Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis |
Link: | https://www.londonlives.org/ |
Description: | A fully searchable edition of 240,000 manuscripts from eight archives and fifteen datasets, giving access to 3.35 million names. |
Extra Info: | Use the search feature to find names, places and occupations. |
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: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | Mallow Archaeological & Historical Society |
Link: | http://sites.rootsweb.com/~irlmahs/ |
Description: | Mallow Archaeological & Historical Society |
Extra Info: | All sorts of information relating to the area around Mallow. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | Manchester Family History Research |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20170630041919/http://... |
Description: | Manchester Family History Research |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information is still available to view. Information about Manchester including court details of the riots of 1868, Milbank prison records and more. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Marriages - Clandestine Marriages at Fleet Prison |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/genealogy/f... |
Description: | Marriages - Clandestine Marriages at Fleet Prison |
Extra Info: | Lists Kent people who are mentioned in the books. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Maureen S. Bryson's Genealogy Page |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~maureenbryson/genea... |
Description: | Various Resources |
Extra Info: | Various resources such as muster lists, court rolls, settlement papers and more. Mainly Northnamptonshire and Huntingdonshire. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Middlesex County Data from Ancestry |
Link: | Middlesex County Data from Ancestry |
Description: | Middlesex County Data Collection from Ancestry |
Extra Info: | Includes post office directory, c. 1851, histories of the area and more. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Middlesex Sessions' Roll |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/cu31924017810221 |
Description: | Middlesex Sessions' Roll |
Extra Info: | Online book. Coroners' inquests, post-mortem, indictments and recognizances.Covers 1689-1709.. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Middlesex Sessions' Roll Vol 1 |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/cu31924087944736 |
Description: | Middlesex Sessions' Roll Vol 1 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Coroners' inquests, post-mortem, indictments and recognizances. Appears to be 1549-1603 approximately. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Middlesex Sessions' Roll Vol 2 |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/cu31924087944744 |
Description: | Middlesex Sessions' Roll Vol 2 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Coroners' inquests, post-mortem, indictments and recognizances. Appears to be 1603-1625 approximately. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Middlesex Sessions' Roll Vol 3 |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/cu31924087944751 |
Description: | Middlesex Sessions' Roll Vol 3 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Coroners' inquests, post-mortem, indictments and recognizances. Appears to be 1625-1667 approximately. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Middlesex Sessions' Roll Vol 4 |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/cu31924087944769 |
Description: | Middlesex Sessions' Roll Vol 4 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Coroners' inquests, post-mortem, indictments and recognizances. Appears to be 1667-1688 approximately. |
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: | Newspapers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Museum of Policing in Cheshire |
Link: | http://www.museumofpolicingincheshire.org.uk/ |
Description: | Museum of Policing in Cheshire |
Extra Info: | Includes a list of public executions in Chester. Also includes pictures of WWII bomb damage around Cheshire. |
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: | 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: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | NCS Cape Town - General History Databases |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20091027053108/http://g... |
Description: | NCS Cape Town - General History Databases |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information appears to be available. Includes English executions, army lists, coast guards and more. |
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: | Hearth / Window Tax, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | North West Derbyshire Sources |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~dusk/genealogy/ |
Description: | North West Derbyshire Sources |
Classification: | Newspapers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | Northamptonshire Family History |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20200127191346/http://... |
Description: | Indexes for the county of Northants |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Links to purchase indexes do not work, however the online indexes still seem to be available to view. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Northwich Local History and Genealogy |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20091021133831/http://g... |
Description: | Northwich Local History and Genealogy |
Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information still appears to be available. Includes information about ale houses, salt mines, boatmen and more. |
Classification: | Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | O(A)T*RIDGE One Name Study |
Link: | http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~otridge/ |
Description: | O(A)T*RIDGE One Name Study |
Extra Info: | Look at the Documnet Transcripts as well as the database. |
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: | Newspapers, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Journals / Diaries |
Title: | Old Liverpool and Merseyside Snippets |
Link: | http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/ |
Description: | Old Liverpool and Merseyside Snippets, Includes the Surrounding Area |
Extra Info: | Includes articles about ships and passengers, military, general history, mining and much more. |
Classification: | School / Educational Records / Alumni, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | ORMEROD Family Website |
Link: | http://www.ormerod.uk.net/index.htm |
Description: | ORMEROD Family Website |
Extra Info: | OMEROD and variants such as ORMEROID. |
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: | Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | Parish of Banchory-Devenick - A History |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/historyofparisho00hend |
Description: | Parish of Banchory-Devenick - A History |
Extra Info: | Online book. Includes ministers of the parish, landowners and estates, local families and the parish school. Also includes Cults and Portlethen. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Parish Register Transcriptions and More - SW England Genealogical Indexes |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20180323073830/http://w... |
Description: | South West England Genealogical Indexes |
Extra Info: | An archived site. Most information is still available. For a list of West Country clockmakers look under 'miscellaneous'. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | Parish Registers of Betley, Staffordshire and More |
Link: | http://www.betley.net/ |
Description: | Betley, Staffordshire |
Extra Info: | A collection of documents from the earliest times to the present day, relating to the history of the communities of Betley, Balterley and Wrinehill. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | Parish Registers of Elmsted, Kent |
Link: | http://www.hastingleigh.com/Elmsted/Elmsted-Index.... |
Description: | Parish of Elmsted, Kent - Parish Information |
Extra Info: | Includes crimes, estate tenants and rents and more. |
Classification: | Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Parish Registers of the Portbury Hundred and More |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20220815005748/http://... |
Description: | Portbury Hundred Records |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active, however most information is still available to view. May be slow to load. Many records in the Parish Chest section. |
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: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Bastardy / Illegitimacy Records, 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, Diseases / Causes of Death, Other Records |
Title: | Pickard's Pink Pages for Warwickshire |
Link: | http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/ |
Description: | Pickard's Pink Pages of Warwickshire Genealogy |
Extra Info: | Look under 'misc' for a variety of Warwickshire data. |
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, 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 |
Title: | Prisoners in Gloucestershire Gaols |
Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/Correctional... |
Description: | Prisoners in Gloucestershire Gaols 1850-1851 |
Extra Info: | Houses of Correction at Horsley, Lawfords Gate (Bristol), Littledean, and Northleach. Not complete. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Public Record Office of Victoria, Australia |
Link: | https://prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/online-... |
Description: | Public Record Office of Victoria Online Indexes |
Extra Info: | Includes passenger lists, plus convicts index 1842-54 and certificates of freedom index within the convict index. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records |
Title: | Queensland, Australia Online Databases and Indexes |
Link: | https://www.qld.gov.au/recreation/arts/heritage/ar... |
Description: | Queensland, Australia Online Databases and Indexes |
Extra Info: | Queensland State Library archives. Includes convicts, naturalisations, immigration and more. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Ridgeway Village History |
Link: | http://www.ridgewayhistory.org.uk |
Description: | Ridgeway Village History |
Extra Info: | Click on Contents to see a full list of articles and information. Includes a history of the Phoenix Works. |
Classification: | Newspapers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Photographs / Pictures, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | Romany Genes 2 Website |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20210423045021/http://... |
Description: | Romany Genes 2 Website |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information is still available to view. Maybe slow to load. |
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, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | ROULSTON One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.roulstone.net/ |
Description: | ROULSTON One Name Study |
Extra Info: | Mainly Derbyshire information. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Register & Rent Rolls, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | Rowner Parish, near Portsmouth |
Link: | https://www.littlewoodham.org.uk/ |
Description: | Little Woodham Living Village, Rowner Parish, near Portsmouth |
Extra Info: | Look under research. A lliving history village that you can visit and see what life may have been like for your ancestors in the 1600's. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | Ruthin Gaol |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20080511220432/http://w... |
Description: | Ruthin Gaol |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of the site. Includes details of prisoners, their diet and their life inside the gaol. May not work correctly in all browsers. |
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, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Scotland Data from Ancestry |
Link: | Scotland Data from Ancestry |
Description: | Scotland Data Collection from Ancestry |
Extra Info: | Includes Emmigrants and Immigrants; Numerous Directories and Gazetteers and more. |
Classification: | Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., School / Educational Records / Alumni, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Minute Books / Meeting Books, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records |
Title: | Scottish Archive Network |
Link: | https://www.scan.org.uk/ |
Description: | Scottish Archive Network |
Extra Info: | Click on Digital Archive for online documents. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Scottish Indexes - Helping you trace your Scottish family tree |
Link: | https://www.scottishindexes.com/ |
Description: | Prison Registers, Sheriff Court Paternity Decrees, Mental Health Records |
Extra Info: | Full details of the coverage can be found on their Record Sets page. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Scottish Prisoners Bound for New England 1651 |
Link: | http://files.usgwarchives.net/nh/strafford/history... |
Description: | Scottish Prisoners Bound for New England 1651 from London on the Ship John & Sara |
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, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Valuation Books, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | SERCOMBE, SIRCOMBE, SURCOMBE, or SIRCOM One Name study |
Link: | http://www.mit.edu/~dfm/genealogy/sercombe.html |
Description: | A Compilation of SERCOMBE Families |
Extra Info: | Scroll down to sources of information. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., School / Educational Records / Alumni, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Poor Rate, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Sheffield Indexers |
Link: | http://www.sheffieldindexers.com/ |
Description: | Sheffield Indexers, including School Records, Workhouse and Directories |
Extra Info: | Many records have online searching by name and location. |
Classification: | Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Somerset Indexes - SW Heritage Trust |
Link: | https://somerset-cat.swheritage.org.uk/indexes |
Description: | Somerset Indexes - SW Heritage Trust |
Extra Info: | Includes WW1 absent voters list ; index of workhouse admissions and discharges ; Ordinations ; assizes and quarter sessions indexes and Land Tax indexes. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Somerset Pleas - Civil and Criminal |
Link: | https://archive.org/details/somersetshirepl00chadg... |
Description: | Somerset Pleas - Civil and Criminal |
Extra Info: | Online book. Includes a list of sheriffs of Somerset. Covers Close of the 12th century to 31 Henry III (1257). |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | South Wiltshire Coroner's Inquests |
Link: | https://salisburyinquests.wordpress.com/ |
Description: | South Wiltshire Coroner's Inquests |
Extra Info: | The site has details of Coroner's inquests for the period 1868-1920, for the area of Salisbury and South Wiltshire in England. More years to follow. |
Classification: | Hearth / Window Tax, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | St Keverne Local History Site |
Link: | http://www.st-keverne.com/History/ |
Description: | St Keverne Local History Site |
Extra Info: | Includes information on shipwrecks, lifeboats and crew and even some photographs of the people rescued. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | Staffordshire Name Indexes |
Link: | https://www.staffsnameindexes.org.uk/ |
Description: | Staffordshire Name Indexes |
Extra Info: | Calendars of prisoners at Staffordshire quarter sessions 1779-1880, police force registers index 1842-1920 and apprentices 1600-1900. Also includes some names from over the border in Worcestershire. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Staveley One Place Study |
Link: | http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~spire/staveley/ |
Description: | Staveley One Place Study |
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: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | STONE family Living in the Parish of Ardleigh, Essex |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/notesaboutfamily00grub |
Description: | STONE family Living in the Parish of Ardleigh, Essex |
Extra Info: | Online book. List occurrences of the STONE name, gathered from court rolls of the manors of Bovills and Ardleigh. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | STONE/STOW Family in Ardleigh, Essex |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/notesaboutfamily00grub |
Description: | STONE/STOW Family in Ardleigh, Essex |
Extra Info: | Online book. Includes many extracts from court rolls. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Stratford-upon-Avon Cemetery |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20160307155846/http://... |
Description: | Stratford-upon-Avon Police Charge Book and Workhouse Lists and more |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of the databases which do not appear to be on the new site. Also has a smallpox census, information on the workhouse 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: | Tithe Records, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Poor Rate, Other Records |
Title: | Surrey Records Online |
Link: | https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/culture-and-leisure/hi... |
Description: | Surrey Records Online |
Extra Info: | Scroll down to see onine indexes. Includes Poor Law Union minute, admissions and discharge books, Industrial School admissions and more. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Takeley Local History Society |
Link: | http://tlhs.org.uk/ |
Description: | Takeley Local History Society |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | The Cause Papers |
Link: | https://www.dhi.ac.uk/causepapers/ |
Description: | Cause Papers Database, a searchable catalogue of more than 14,000 cause papers relating to cases heard between 1300 and 1858 in the Church Courts of the diocese of York. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | The Fleet, its River, Prison and Marriages |
Link: | https://archive.org/details/fleetitsriverpr00asht |
Description: | The Fleet, its River, Prison and Marriages |
Extra Info: | Online book. Includes details of the prison, including those who escaped. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | The History of Essex |
Link: | https://historyhouse.co.uk/ |
Description: | The History of Essex |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | The Lamb Collection |
Link: | http://sites.scran.ac.uk/lamb/ |
Description: | The Lamb Collection - A Collection of Local Scottish History |
Extra Info: | Includes extracts from Dundee Gaol, music hall posters, items related to a cholera outbreak in 1832 and more. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Information, Other Records |
Title: | The Lowestoft Witches |
Link: | http://www.lowestoftwitches.com/ |
Description: | The Lowestoft Witches |
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: | 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. |
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: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Valuation Books, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | Thornbury Local History and Family History Website |
Link: | https://www.thornburyroots.co.uk/ |
Description: | Thornbury Local History and Family History Website |
Extra Info: | Includes historical street names as well as many other records. Also click on Church and Cemetery for lists of vicars at St Mary's and more. |
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, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Tyneham and Worbarrow |
Link: | https://tynehamopc.org.uk/ |
Description: | Tyneham and Worbarrow - Where Time Stopped in 1943 |
Extra Info: | Scroll down for directories, electors and more. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Tyneside Family History |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~tynesidehistory/gen... |
Description: | Tyneside Family History |
Extra Info: | Includes church, schools and early transport photographs for the area. |
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: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Victorian Crime and Punishment Website |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20090218175225/http://... |
Description: | Victorian Crime and Punishment Website |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Not all the records are available to view. May be slow to load. Browse prisoner records which gives details of the crime, residence and personal details such as hair colour and height. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Villages on the Borders of Shropshire & Staffordshire |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20091027014022/http://w... |
Description: | Villages on the Borders of Shropshire & Staffordshire |
Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information still seems to be available. |
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. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Walton Prison Staff and Prisoners |
Link: | http://sites.rootsweb.com/~engchs/waltongaolprison... |
Description: | Walton Prison Staff and Prisoners |
Extra Info: | 1881 Includes name, age, place of birth and occupation. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Wigan World Website |
Link: | https://www.wiganworld.co.uk/stuff/ |
Description: | Wigan World Website |
Extra Info: | Information and many interesting articles about the Wigan area. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | WILDGOOSE and Variants Website |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~willgooseweb/geneal... |
Description: | WILDGOOSE and Variants Website |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Wiltshire Online Parish Clerk |
Link: | https://wiltshire-opc.org.uk/genealogy/ |
Description: | Wiltshire Online Parish Clerk |
Extra Info: | You will need to create a login in order to use the site. As well as the parishes, check out the photo galleries. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | Wing - A One Place Study |
Link: | https://wing-ops.org.uk/ |
Description: | Wing - A One Place Study |
Classification: | School / Educational Records / Alumni, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Winteringham History and Genealogy |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20170601220042/http://... |
Description: | Winteringham History and Genealogy |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information still seems to be available. Includes a list of headteachers of the National school. Also lists some of the police constables of the village. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Wirksworth Genealogy and Local History |
Link: | http://www.wirksworth.org.uk |
Description: | Wirksworth Genealogy and Local History, including Trade Directories and Taxes |
Extra Info: | Also look under the scrapbook. Many old photographs of families of the area. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., School / Educational Records / Alumni, Bastardy / Illegitimacy Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Poor Rate, Other Records |
Title: | Yesterday's Journey |
Link: | http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~spire/Yesterday/ |
Description: | Yesterday's Journey |
Extra Info: | Mainly Derbyshire. Documents such as settlement papers, coroners records, apprentice records, school lists and more. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | York Castle Prison |
Link: | http://yorkcastleprison.org.uk/family-history.html... |
Description: | The database lists almost 5,000 convicted criminals, imprisoned debtors and victims of crime, mostly from the 1700s. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | York Assizes 1785-1851 |
Link: | https://www.yorkfamilyhistory.org.uk/resources/yor... |
Description: | York Assizes 1785-1851 |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records |
Title: | GENUKI County Page for Argyllshire |
Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/ARL/ |
Description: | General Information for Argyllshire |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Poor Rate, Other Records |
Title: | GENUKI County Page for Banffshire |
Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/BAN |
Description: | General Information for Banffshire |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | GENUKI County Page for Buteshire |
Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/BUT/ |
Description: | General Information for Buteshire |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | GENUKI County Page for Clackmannanshire |
Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/CLK/ |
Description: | General Information for Clackmannanshire |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | GENUKI County Page for Dumfriesshire |
Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/DFS/ |
Description: | General Information for Dumfriesshire |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Poor Rate, Other Records |
Title: | GENUKI County Page for East Lothian |
Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/ELN |
Description: | General Information for East Lothian |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, Other Taxes - such as Horse Tax, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records |
Title: | GENUKI County Page for Fife |
Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/FIF/ |
Description: | General Information for Fife |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Other Taxes - such as Horse Tax, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Poor Rate, Other Records |
Title: | GENUKI County Page for Huntingdonshire |
Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HUN/ |
Description: | General Information for Huntingdonshire |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | GENUKI County Page for Kincardineshire |
Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/KCD/ |
Description: | General Information for Kincardineshire |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | GENUKI County Page for Kinross-shire |
Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/KRS/ |
Description: | General Information for Kinross-shire |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | GENUKI County Page for Kirkcudbrightshire |
Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/KKD/ |
Description: | General Information for Kirkcudbrightshire |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | GENUKI County Page for Lanarkshire |
Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/LKS/ |
Description: | General Information for Lanarkshire |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | GENUKI County Page for Midlothian |
Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/MLN/ |
Description: | General Information for Midlothian |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | GENUKI County Page for Morayshire |
Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/MOR/ |
Description: | General Information for Morayshire |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | GENUKI County Page for Nairnshire |
Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/NAI/ |
Description: | General Information for Nairnshire |
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 |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Poor Rate, Other Records |
Title: | GENUKI County Page for Peeblesshire |
Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/PEE/ |
Description: | General Information for Peeblesshire |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | GENUKI County Page for Ross and Cromarty |
Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/ROC/ |
Description: | General Information for Ross and Cromarty |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Poor Rate, Other Records |
Title: | GENUKI County Page for Roxburghshire |
Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/ROX/ |
Description: | General Information for Roxburghshire |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | GENUKI County Page for Shetland Isles |
Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/SHI/ |
Description: | General Information for Shetland Isles |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | GENUKI County Page for Stirlingshire |
Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/STI/ |
Description: | General Information for Stirlingshire |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | GENUKI County Page for Sutherland |
Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/SUT/ |
Description: | General Information for Sutherland |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
Title: | GENUKI County Page for West Lothian |
Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/WLN/ |
Description: | General Information for West Lothian |