Archival Archaeology

Born 1 July 1827, daughter of William Christmas, a silver smith and dealer and his wife Elizabeth (nee Smith). She was baptised at St. Giles...

John "Babbacombe" Lee (c. 1864 – 19 March 1945) was an Englishman famous forsurviving three attempts to hang him for murder. Born ...

Alice Hartley (first married name) was convicted in 1895 of killing Nevada State Senator Murray D. Foley by gunshot in 1894. She was sentenc...

Jenny Diver's real name was Mary Young but she was re-christened by her gang as she was such an expert "diver," as pick pocket...

Rev. John Taylor was born in County Armagh, Northern Ireland in 1754. It is not known when he came to the United States. He married Susanna ...

Ash Woods Sep 6, 2018 If you were living in England in the 18th century, you could be hanged for all these offences. From 1688 to 1815,...

*Information obtained from JewishGen InfoFile Jewish tombstones with Hebrew inscriptions have an added value to genealogists, in that the...