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Monday, 15 September 2025

Scottish Indexes adds new prison records and announces next conference date

Scottish Indexes (www.scottishindexes.com) has announced the addition of the following prison records to its site, searchable at https://www.scottishindexes.com/ScotlandsCriminalDatabase.aspx :

  • Calton Jail (Edinburgh): 1858
  • Edinburgh Police Prison: 1841
  • Leith Police Prison: 1842-1848
  • Helensburgh: 1855-1878
  • Linlithgow: 1844-1851
  • Musselburgh: 1852-1861
  • Wick: 1848-1862
  • Dumbarton: 1840-1847,1871-1883
  • Inveraray: 1828-1841,1848-1873
  • Paisley: 1864-1865,1875-1882
  • Rothesay: 1877-1882
  • Aberdeen: 1911,1916-1918 

(For the full coveage of prison records in the database, and other datasets contained within, see https://www.scottishindexes.com/coveragescd.aspx)

Emma and Graham Maxwell, the duo behind the site, have also announced that their next Scottish Indexes conference will be on Saturday 22nd November 2025. This will be the 30th Scottish Indexes conference, a major anniversary for the series which first started during the Covid lockdown on April 9th 2020. 

For further details on the event, keep an eye out at https://www.scottishindexes.com/conference.aspx.

Chris 

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