Yesteryears felons in York - AJCP

York City Archives

Those who have been following this series will know that Calendars of Prisoners regularly appear in many of the English County Archives and York City Archives is no exception.

Calendar of prisoners in the House of Correction 1828 -1843 - 300 pages

Calendar of prisoners in the House of Correction 1843 -1853 - 272 pages

Details of felons, some sentences written in, details of transportees

If you had family names of Garbett or Thomson and an ancestor was an archbishop you may find interesting records in the York Minster Library.

Yes, a York search does reveal gems like this cover of Timetable of the tour of the Duke of Cornwall and York for their train trip in NSW in May1901

http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1289634043

Then there's 

• New York
• Archbishop of York
• York Products Pty. Ltd.
• 35 York Place
• Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
• York Agricultural Society
• Solicitors of York
• York Castle Yorkshire

All these will be found with a simple York search from the AJCP portal page.  

Other Ys Young, youth, Yonge

Yes, your turn now. Y not try!

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Previous posts in this series

A - About the AJCP | B -Browsing the Board of Trade | C - County Record Offices | D - Downloading Documents |  E - Emigration everywhere | F - Finding Aids | G - Genealogical Gems | H - Hulks and the Home Office | I - Irish Records | J - Journals and Jottings | K - Kent Archives | L - Love those Libraries | M - Mining the Records of the Missions | N - Near Neighbour New Zealand | O - Opportunities out there | P - Photographs | Q - Queensland | R -Records of the Royal Societies | S - Searching for females | T - Tracks and Turning pages | U - Upon reflection | V - Vickers and Voyages | W - Wandering through West Yorkshire | X - Extra tips

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