Bibliograph

Tracing your prisoner ancestors, a guide for family historians, Stephen Wade

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Label

Tracing your prisoner ancestors, a guide for family historians, Stephen Wade

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Tracing your prisoner ancestors

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Stephen Wade

Series statement

Family history from Pen and Sword

Sub title

a guide for family historians

Summary

The history of the British prison system only had systematic records from the middle of the nineteenth century. Before that, material on prisoners in local jails and houses of correction was patchy and minimal. In more recent times, many prison records have been destroyed. In Tracing Your Prisoner Ancestors, crime historian Stephen Wade attempts to provide information and guidance to family and social history researchers in this difficult area of criminal records. His book covers the span of time from medieval to modern, and includes some Scottish and Irish sources. The sources explained range broadly from central calendars of prisoners, court records and jail returns, through to memoirs and periodicals. The chapters also include case studies and short biographies of some individuals who experienced our prisons and left some records

Table Of Contents

How to use this book -- The history of prisons in Britain II -- The history of prisons in Britain II -- Staff and the regime -- Prison records I -- Prison records II -- 6. Prison records III -- Transportation -- Criminal lunatics -- Secondary records -- Contemporary sources in print /online -- Criminal offences

Target audience

adult

Creator