Cheshire, England : Classification : Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records
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| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records, Journals / Diaries |
| Title: | Ancestry's England Data  |
| Link: | Ancestry's England Data |
| Description: | Ancestry's England Data Collection |
| 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: | 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: | Australian Convict Transportation Registers  |
| 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: | Australian Convict Transportation Registers  |
| 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: | Australian Convict Transportation Registers  |
| 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: | 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 not available at the present time, however this is a link to an archived copy. Note that some of the files are not available. List miners, churchmen, doctors, police, publicans and more. |
| Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | Braidwood Gaol, NSW Australia, Gaol Entrance Book |
| Link: | http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/braidwood.htm |
| Description: | Braidwood Gaol, NSW Australia, Gaol Entrance Book 1856-1899 |
| Extra Info: | Search results include the ship the inmate arrived on, place of birth and physical details. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, School / Educational Records, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | BREW One Name Study |
| Link: | http://brew.clients.ch/BrewONS.htm |
| Description: | BREW One Name Study |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Tithe Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | British History Online |
| Link: | http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ |
| Description: | British History Online |
| Extra Info: | A variety of records and documents relating to the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. |
| Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | Capital Punishment UK |
| Link: | http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/ |
| Description: | Capital Punishment UK - The Resource Site for the History of Capital Punishment |
| Extra Info: | Includes the histories of 'hanging' prisons. |
| Classification: | Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 1 |
| Link: | http://www.archive.org/details/publicationscat45br... |
| 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://www.archive.org/details/publicationscat04br... |
| 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: | Commercial / Trade Directories, 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: | http://archives.cheshire.gov.uk/ |
| Description: | Cheshire Records Office - Online Databases |
| Extra Info: | Click on Search and Shop for databases. Includes access to online trade directories, tithe maps, railway staff database and more. |
| 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: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
| Title: | Convict Trail Project |
| Link: | http://www.convicttrail.org/ |
| Description: | Convict Trail Project - New South Wales |
| Extra Info: | Lists convicts who worked on the Great North Road and the ships they were from. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | Convicts to Australia Website |
| Link: | http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/ |
| Description: | Convicts to Australia Website |
| Extra Info: | Lists of convicts, the ships, the work gangs and more. |
| 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, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Tithe Records, School / Educational Records, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Poor Rate, Other Records |
| Title: | DIBDEN One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.angelfire.com/ar3/dibden_onename/ |
| Description: | DIBDEN One Name Study, Including Variants |
| Extra Info: | Many references to the DIBDEN name. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | EARLAM Family History |
| Link: | http://www.earlamfamilyhistory.com/ |
| Description: | EARLAM Family History |
| Extra Info: | An ever increasing and frequently updated resource for those with EARLAM relatives. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | Free Settler or Felon Website |
| Link: | http://www.jenwilletts.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: | http://www.fremantleprison.com.au/Pages/default.as... |
| Description: | Freemantle Prison, Western Australia |
| Extra Info: | Includes a convicts database with details of where they came from, the ship they travelled on, occupation and more. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | GANDER / GANDAR One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.gander-name.info/ |
| Description: | GANDER / GANDAR One Name Study |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Newspapers, Other Taxes - such as Horse Tax, School / Educational Records, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Sports Clubs and Associations, Other Records |
| Title: | Genhound Family History Website |
| Link: | http://www.genhound.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Genhound Family History Website |
| Extra Info: | Free to search, pay to view details. New data seems to be added frequently. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Newspapers, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, School / Educational Records, 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://www.btinternet.com/~gumbleton/ |
| Description: | GUMBLETON One Name Study and Family History |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records |
| Title: | ISMAY One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.geocities.com/cdcnixon1/ |
| Description: | ISMAY One Name Study |
| Classification: | School / Educational Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records |
| Title: | JACOMB One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.jacomb.com/ |
| Description: | JACOMB One Name Study |
| Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| 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: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Death Register  |
| 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: | Old Bailey Online |
| Link: | http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/ |
| Description: | The Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674-1913 |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | Passenger Ships Arriving in Australia 1829-89 |
| Link: | http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/shipping/ |
| Description: | Passenger Ships Arriving in Australia 1829-89 |
| Classification: | Newspapers, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | Patricia Downes' Australian Pioneers Website |
| Link: | http://members.pcug.org.au/~pdownes/ |
| Description: | Patricia Downes' Australian Pioneers Website |
| 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.ancestry.com/~mwi/filess... |
| 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 and more. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Valuation Books, School / Educational Records, 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, 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: | http://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 |
| Title: | The Prisoners of the Ruhleben Civilian Internment Camp 1914-1918 |
| Link: | http://ruhleben.tripod.com/ |
| Description: | The Prisoners of the Ruhleben Civilian Internment Camp 1914-1918 |
| Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc. |
| Title: | The Story of the Taiwan POW Camps and the Men who were Interred in Them |
| Link: | http://www.powtaiwan.org/ |
| Description: | The Story of the Taiwan POW Camps and the Men who were Interred in Them |
| Classification: | Newspapers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | Tree Tops Genealogical Indexes |
| Link: | http://freespace.virgin.net/tt.indexes/Index.htm |
| Description: | Tree Tops Genealogical Indexes |
| Extra Info: | Some newspaper snippets. |
| Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records, Journals / Diaries |
| Title: | Trent University, Canada, Archives |
| Link: | http://www.trentu.ca/admin/library/archives/titles... |
| Description: | Trent University, Canada, Archives |
| Extra Info: | Searchable archives for historic materials generally relating to Peterborough and the surrounding counties of Victoria, Haliburton, Hastings, Northumberland and Durham in Canada. Includes many born in the UK and Ireland. |
| Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Walton Prison Staff and Prisoners |
| Link: | http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engchs/WAL.html |
| Description: | Walton Prison Staff and Prisoners |
| Extra Info: | Includes name, age, place of birth and occupation. |
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