A New Website, for Convicts
Reading my December 2017 copy of Family Tree magazine; www.family-tree.co.uk and found an interesting article about British convicts. Free new website traces British convicts, page 7 and thought that I would have a look and 'play' around on it. www.digitalpanopticon.org The opening paragraph of the article reads; "A vast, new, free online resource is enabling researchers to trace the lives of transported and imprisoned convicts in Britain and Australia between 1780 and 1925." I thought that this is great and went and had a look. It is a very well set out site, with clear tabs to take you to other areas. You can read about prison hulks, punishments, what London was like at the time and some of the convicts own stories. I searched for my Simon McKenzie and found that there were 11 records for Simon McKenzie, with around six belonging to my Simon. When you click on the entry, it pops-up another box and give details of what ...