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From: Eve McLaughlin <>
Subject: Re: Naughty Ancestors
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 15:04:22 +0100
In-Reply-To: <004901c10614$e81530e0$592cfd3e@z8b5k5>

>
>I am new to this list and very much an "amateur" family historian. I have
>discovered that, at the time of the 1861 census, my g.grandfather Loveden
>BOUCHER, was an inmate of Her Majesty's Prison, Devizes St John. My whole
>family is itching to find out the reason for his stay there and I would be
>grateful if anyone could point me in the right direction.

The best and most detailed source will be the local newspaper in
Devizes. The less detailed summary of his trial will be in the Quarter
Sessions records of the county, held by the Wiltshire CRO at Trowbridge.

--
Eve McLaughlin

Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians
Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society

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