Criminal Ancesters. A Guide to Historical Crminal Records in England and Wales

Hawkings, David T.

ISBN 10: 0862998174 / ISBN 13: 9780862998172

Published by Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd, Stroud, Gloucs., 1992

About this Item

First edition, first impression. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, WITHOUT DEDICATION, IN BLUE PEN, ON TITLE PAGE. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, not price clipped (£25.00), previous owner's inscription to verso ffep, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 458pp, illustrated, illustrated endpapers. A family historian's source book which offers tips on how to research criminal ancestors. Case studies include a member of a well established county family who was transported to Tasmania after assaulting Queen Victoria, the story of an 18th century 'Robbing of the Bristol Mails' discovered in the Post Office archives, and convicts sent to America. Very scarce signed.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Criminal Ancesters. A Guide to Historical Crminal Records in England and Wales
• Publisher: Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd, Stroud, Gloucs.
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0862998174
• ISBN 13: 9780862998172
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

When a family historian discovers a criminal way back in the family tree, he or she needs to know how to trace that person. David Hawkings here offers practical in-depth guidelines for researching these criminal ancestors, many of whom were "obliged" to steal for mere survival and suffered imprisonment for the most trivial offenses. His pioneering study includes surveys of material held by all County and Borough Record Offices, police archives, and other repositories, as well as numerous example cases and illustrations, appendices with source material, and a case history to show the extent to which one individual criminal can be researched. This unique and richly illustrated book provides the essential research and reference tool which no genealogist or family historian should be without.

About the Author

David T. Hawkings is a highly respected writer and lecturer on family history, and the author of Railway Ancestors: A Guide to Historical Criminal Records in England and Wales.