Scottish Prison Records

Shannon Potter Wilcox

Here is a website you can go to if you have ancestors in Scotland that might have been in the prison system.

Scottish Indexes - Helping you trace your Scottish family tree

https://www.scottishindexes.com/ScotlandsCriminalDatabase.aspx?utm_medium=email&_hsmi=79910227&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--gvdCq_ueDnoyLYI1IKvWQpw_SjbxsoOnq1BJvabIgcW1ap3CIVPtu7lE0jkPWhJ98PMs3_kCJrrDyKD46DRRcdSXqI0-c-VS2Qce_IDLhzPez7Ek&utm_content=79910227&utm_source=hs_email

Trace your Scottish Ancestors in Prison and High Court records.

Paul W

@Shannon Potter Wilcox

Thank you so much for providing the link to that website. I find it contains other details (apart from prison records) of those who found themselves caught up in Scottish criminal processes, and even has a certain amount of transcriptions of census records, too.

I have immediately found the age and place of birth (from his prison record) of an individual I have been researching and am sure I will uncover some facts on my Scottish relatives that have so far remained elusive!

Up till now, I had found I was familiar with most of the websites you have referenced here, but please carry on with these contributions, as I am sure they are proving very useful to those researching their Scottish ancestry.

Update - I have just found there are even medical records on the website, including some for treatment of minor issues of an ancestor, and of other relatives, at the Kelso Dispensary in Roxburghshire.

Shannon Potter Wilcox

@Paul W I am so happy to hear that this site has been helpful to you and you have found information you have been looking for. Thank you for your feedback 😊

LoralinPearce

Looking for record of George Darling b. 1615 in Scotland, wife Isabel. He was POW sent to Salem Massachusetts . I have traced him to be my 8 th g. grandfather.

Maile L

Nod note - @LoralinPearce, your comment has been reposted as its own discussion at https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/156609/looking-for-george-darling. Thanks.