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    Dec 15, 2020 3 minutes

    TRACING YOUR PRISONER ANCESTORS

    A GUIDE FOR FAMILY HISTORIANS

    Stephen Wade

    Pen & Sword, 208 pages, £14.99

    Researching forebears who have spent time in prison can be a challenging task, and requires careful detective work to follow the complex and often fragmentary paper trail. Social historian Stephen Wade offers advice and assistance in this comprehensive and illuminating guidebook, which is indispensable for all those interested in the penal system of the past, and who wish to find

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