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. Seller Inventory # 010739

Bibliographic Details

Title: Criminal Ancesters. A Guide to Historical ...

Publisher: Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd, Stroud, Gloucs.

Publication Date: 1992

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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.

Synopsis:

A family historian's sourcebook 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.