Sometimes when our ancestors do the crime, we can "do the time" at our computer locating their Court Criminal Case Files! Ancestry recently announced that the following new databases have been added to their collection:
Criminal Case Files of the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maryland, 1795-1860; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1010, 4 rolls); Records of District Courts of the United States, Record Group 21; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Criminal Case Files of the U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York, 1790-1853; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M885, 6 rolls); Records of District Courts of the United States, Record Group 21; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Criminal Case Files of the U.S. Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1791-1840; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M986, 7 rolls); Records of District Courts of the United States, Record Group 21; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
US District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans. Criminal Cases, 1870-1871; (National Archives Microfilm Publication P2102, 4 rolls); Records of District Courts of the United States, Record Group 21; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
About U.S. Circuit Court Criminal Case Files, 1790-1871
This database contains images of criminal case files of the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maryland, Southern District of New York, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans, covering the years 1790-1871. Types of documents found in these case files include bills of indictment, please of denfendants, affidavits, subpoenas, petitions, warrants, and bonds.
1 comment:
I love Criminal Court records. They always provide excellent detail concerning black sheep or sometimes the innocent who were wrongly accused.
Unfortunately, the records here for Maryland are completely unindexed. There are many rolls of film over many decades. Makes the job a bit tedious.
Gary
29 March 2009
Baltimore
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