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Manchester “Bad Boys” Revealed in City Archive Records Released Online

Filed in British Records, England, FindMyPast.co.uk, Internet Genealogical Research, Prison Records on Sep.26, 2011

The following news release was received from Amy Sell, with findmypast.co.uk: Fascinating Victorian prison and workhouse records for Manchester have gone online for the first time ever at leading UK family history website findmypast.co.uk. ‘The Manchester Collection’ is a rich series of records provided by Manchester City Council’s Libraries, Information and Archives, highlighting criminals whose [...]

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Genealogy Search Leads to the County House of Correction

Filed in Massachusetts, Prison Records on Jul.04, 2011

The following excerpt is from an interesting article by Vicki-Ann Downing, published in the July 3, 2011 edition of the Enterprise. Easton {Massachusetts] – When retired teacher Elaine Anderson decided to learn more about her great grandmother Elizabeth Dunphy McManus, she didn’t expect the search would lead her to jail. But one June morning, Anderson [...]

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New Database of Atlanta GA Penitentiary Records 1880-1922 at Ancestry.com

Filed in Ancestry.com, Georgia, Internet Genealogical Research, Online Databases, Online Searchable Indexes, Prison Records on Oct.07, 2009

Have you any family members who may have served time in the Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia between the years 1880 & 1922? If so, the Ancestry.com has a database that you need to check out. It doesn’t show any original documents, but it’s a great index with enough details that you actually get quite [...]

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Texas Prison Records on Microfilm

Filed in Prison Records, Texas on Nov.11, 2003

Have you had any of your relatives incarcerated in the Texas State Prison System? It you have, then you’re in luck! (A good scandal makes for interesting genealogy.) The prison system included Huntsville Penitentiary, which opened in 1849, and Rusk Penitentiary, which operated from 1883 to 1891. The Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) [...]

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