Where are the convicts?
There is no category of records that relates to matters of justice such as prison and court records, so how can I search for my convict ancestors?
Remember that the categories chosen by FInd My Past are meant to apply across all the areas of the world where the company operates, and so they will not match exactly what any particular group requires.
In Australia, we have a particular interest in convicts who were sentenced by the British Court system to the Transported to colonies across the seas. And that is the clue to where to find the relevant records. Look in the category labelled Travel and Migration.
If you want to know how any particular record set has been classified (by location or category) then you can find them all listed on this page. While your studying that list, you will see that prison records (other than Transportation of Convicts) are usually included in the category Institutions & Organisations.
Remember that the categories chosen by FInd My Past are meant to apply across all the areas of the world where the company operates, and so they will not match exactly what any particular group requires.
In Australia, we have a particular interest in convicts who were sentenced by the British Court system to the Transported to colonies across the seas. And that is the clue to where to find the relevant records. Look in the category labelled Travel and Migration.
If you want to know how any particular record set has been classified (by location or category) then you can find them all listed on this page. While your studying that list, you will see that prison records (other than Transportation of Convicts) are usually included in the category Institutions & Organisations.