Friday, 29 January 2021

FindmyPast updates English and Welsh court and prison records

FindmyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk) has updated its England & Wales, Crime, Prisons & Punishment, 1770-1935 collection with 92,000 new entires, if your ancestor got into a spot of bother down south:

England & Wales, Crime, Prisons & Punishment, 1770-1935

The new additions consist of:

  • Herefordshire Prison Register Index 1849-1915
  • Court of Great Sessions in Wales 1730-1830
  • Bedfordshire Gaol Registers
  • Kirkby Stephen Petty Sessions 1874-1901

For other updates, and to find the relevant collection links, visit https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/crime-derbyshire-records

Chris

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