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Find a prisoner - GOV.UK
Find a prisoner. [email protected]. Include as much of the following as you can: your name, or the organisation you represent. your date of birth. your address including postcode. name ...
https://www.gov.uk/find-prisoner
Prisoners and convicts - The National Archives
Most records of convicted criminals do not include a photograph. Prisoners listed in census records (1841-1911) Search census records (charges apply) for England and Wales from 1841 to 1911 by name of prisoner online. If you find a prison in the census, it will list the names of prisoners present at the time the census was taken.
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/criminals-and-convicts/
Prison registers | ScotlandsPeople
Select prison registers with dates of admission up to and including 1921 are available to search and view on ScotlandsPeople. Perth Prison registers (male), 1888 to 1897, 1902 to 1909, 1913 to 1921. Those Perth Prison registers dated between 1867 and 1879 (NRS, HH21/47/1-4) are described as ‘convict journals’.
https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/guides/prison-registers
Home Office: Criminal Registers, England and Wales - The National Archives
HO 27. Title: Home Office: Criminal Registers, England and Wales. Description: Registers of all persons in England and Wales charged with indictable offences showing the results of the trials, the sentences in case of conviction, and dates of execution of persons sentence to death; some of the registers contain personal information respecting ...
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C8891
How to trace your criminal ancestors - The National Archives blog
There are two ways to start in these situations. The first are the criminal registers in the record series HO 26 and HO 27, available on Ancestry and Findmypast (£). These are criminal registers for England and Wales, detailing all persons in England and Wales charged with indictable (serious) offences. They cover most of the 19th century.
https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/trace-criminal-ancestors/
UK Birth Records Are Easy To Locate Using Public Records
The General Register office houses all birth, marriage, and death records in England and Wales dated in or after 1837. It also houses birth certificates that were recorded overseas. If you are searching for births before 1837 then they are located in parish registers in local archives. Advertising Disclosure. When beginning the search for birth ...
https://www.publicrecordsearch.co.uk/types-of-records/birth-records/
Prisons and prison staff - The National Archives
10. Searching for records of prisons and prison staff held in other archives. The Prison History website has a searchable database to find information on surviving records relating to prisons and prison staff records. You can search the database here.Use the tools box on the left-hand side to refine your search or enter the name of a specific prison and click ‘submit’.
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/prisons/
The public records system - The National Archives
The National Records of Scotland is a non-ministerial department of the Scottish Government. It was formed in 2011 in a merger of the General Register Office for Scotland and the National Archives of Scotland. It holds records of departments which are wholly or mainly concerned with Scottish affairs, the Scottish courts and of private ...
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/legislation/public-records-act/public-records-system/
Prison Registers in Institutions & organisations ... - findmypast.co.uk
Prison Registers in Institutions & organisations in United Kingdom. Discovering your ancestor in prison records doesn’t necessarily make them a hardened criminal, nineteenth century law was harsh and children as well as adults were imprisoned for minor misdemeanors . These records are often very detailed and can include physical descriptions ...
https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-institutions-and-organisations/and_prison-registers
Prisons in England and Wales - GOV.UK
Find information on prisons and young offender institutions in England and Wales, including how to arrange visits and how to stay in touch with prisoners.
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prisons-in-england-and-wales
Crime and Criminals | National Records of Scotland
The Admiralty Court dealt with crimes committed on the high seas or in harbours, including smuggling, piracy and trading with the enemy. The records of the court cover the period from 1557 to 1830, when the court was abolished. They include criminal trial reports for the period 1705-1830 (AC16).
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/crime-and-criminals