This website is a collection from the U.S., U.K., and Canada of miscellaneous records of prisons, courts, insane asylums, executions, and a brief section with biographies of outlaws. The scope is limited, so the chances of finding an ancestor of yours is slim, and there are a lot of ads on it. Still it worth a look if you're curious.
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Slave surnames
This article from the theroot.com explains why determining the surname of an enslaved person can be difficult.
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Sometimes information about our ancestors can come from places where we'd rather not find it, such as arrest and prison records. This ...
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Back in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when the mail moved slowly and some citizens had to travel a good distance to check for mail...
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The Soldiers and Sailors Database maintained on the National Park Service website contains the records of six million men who served both...
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