How to search & use the criminal records on Ancestry
EXPLORING OUR ANCESTORS’ CRIMINAL PASTS
Step-by-step guide
Go to www.ancestry.co.uk/search/categories/clp_court/ to see the full listing of collections on Ancestry relating to crime.The range of criminal related records include criminal registers, gaol books, prison registers, police charge books and more. We would advise using the filters on the left-hand side to home in on the place and period that you’re interested in. You may also wish to search widely, just to see what you may learn – this can throw up some fascinating discoveries and will grow your knowledge about the sorts of historic collections of records that can be found.