Informazioni sulla fonte
Ancestry.com. Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, Registri della prigione, 1876-1896 [database online]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.Dati originali: Peterborough Jail Registers (1860s–1907). Fonds 179. Trent Valley Archives, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, Registri della prigione, 1876-1896
Questa raccolta archivia i registri della prigione di Peterborough a partire dal 1876 fino al 1896. Le informazioni contenute nell’archivio includono il nome del prigioniero, l’età, il luogo, lo stato civile, la fede religiosa, se fosse controllato, il crimine commesso, la sentenza, chi emise la sentenza e la durata della pena scontata.
Located in southern Ontario, Peterborough County was originally founded as the District of Colborne in 1838. The jail was commissioned along with the county courthouse that year and completed in 1842. This collection is an index to the Peterborough jail register dating from 1876 through 1896. Details in the index include prisoners name, age, location, marital status, faith, whether or not they were temperate, the crime committed, the sentence, who did the sentencing and length of time served.
The original Peterborough jail register covers additional years (c. 1860–1905) and is held at the Archives of Ontario. Photocopies are available at the Trent Valley Archives.
