Amongst the releases this week from FindmyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk) are some useful prison records if your ancestors got into trouble down south (and in Gibraltar), as well as new content from Glasgow's Daily Record newspaper:
England & Wales, Crime, Prisons & Punishment, 1770-1935
Discover your criminal ancestors’ mugshots, prison registers, visitors’ details and more in the latest additions to this fascinating collection.
Spanning from 1784-1939, the records and prisons featured in these latest additions are:
Prison registers and minute books from Pentonville Prison
Visitor's book and journal of proceedings from Gibraltar Prison
Register of prisoners from Chatham Prison, Kent
Index of working parties from Portsmouth Prison
Index of working parties and register of prisoners under separate confinement from Wormwood Scrubs Prison
Book of questions from Millbank Prison
List of prisoners and chaplain, surgeons and sheriff visits from Newgate Prison
Governor's journal from Bedford Gaol
Visiting committee records from Lindsey Gaol
Calendar of trials and quarter sessions from Liverpool Gaol
Entry book of prisoners pardons and visiting justices' records from Reading Gaol
Register of debtors and plaintiffs from Lancaster Gaol
Gaoler's journal from Oxford Gaol
One of the most exciting elements of our crime collection is the chance of seeing your ancestor staring back at you. To explore original mugshots, search the MEPO 6, PCOM 2 and PCOM 4 series.
New content for the following years for the Daily Record: 1895-1896, 1898, 1901-1902, 1908-1910, 1921, 1931-1932, 1936-1937, 1946, 1950 and 1952-1954
For furtehr details on these and othe rreleases, visit https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/crime-baptisms-burials
Chris
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