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Victorian Crime and Punishment

This is a searchable database of 20,000+ prisoners from Bedford, Huntingdon, Cambridge and Ely gaols. Digitised images of original archive material and photographs are included if available. There is … more

Prison Ship (Hulk) Registers 1811-1843

Findmepast.co.uk - Search records for 8,900+ prisoners held on prison ships 1811-1843. Prison ships, or hulks, were ships used as floating prisons – often ships were used that were no longer … more

Port Cities - London

Use this site to explore the history of maritime London from Roman settlements to today's Docklands including detailed information about the Prison Hulks on the River Thames. Find out about the … more

Inveraray Jail, Argyll, Scotland

The Prison Database provides extensive details on those who were transported. more

IrishGenealogy.ie

This free family history website by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht offers access to databases and a 'one-stop' search facility.  Online databases include: • Church … more

Ireland-Australia Transportation Database 1791-1868

This is an online index to a series of records held by the National Archives of Ireland. In 1988 the Archives presented Australia with a set of these records, on 105 reels of microfilm, as Ireland's … more

Convict System

The State Library of Western Australia has digitised the eight volumes that make up the Convict System. This collection of miscellaneous official documents relates to the transportation of convicts … more

Female Convicts Research Centre

This website is dedicated to all female convicts who lived in Tasmania (formerly Van Diemen's Land). There is a Female Convicts in VDL Database which aims to record all female convicts who spent time … more

State Records New South Wales - Indexes Online - Convicts

There is a combined convict database search which currently includes: • Certificates of Freedom, 1823-1869• Convict bank Accounts, 1837-1870• Convict Death Register, 1828-1879• … more

State Records New South Wales

State Records is the NSW Government's archives and records management authority. The Search Online option offers access to Online Indexes, Search - the catalogue search tool, Photo Investigator and … more

Transportation of Convicts from Nottingham

This site, by Philip Westwood, has an alphabetical list of convicts tried at Nottingham Borough Quarter Sessions Court and transported to Australia. more

York Assizes 1785-1851 Index

This index, by the City of York & District Family History Society, is an index to records held in York Reference library of prisoners brought to trial at York Assizes. more

Judges' Reports on Criminals 1783-1830

Use Discovery to search the National Archives (UK) collections for these reports which include original letters and reports from judges on cases and criminals plus petitions for commutation of … more