Genealogy. Real History Archives Home Page. Genealogy Books and Research - by genealogy expert and author Megan Smolenyak. SkyscraperCity - Powered by vBulletin. Old News Copy. The index of the gazette has started from the first gazette in December of 1853.
It is ongoing and we hope to cover the first decade for the on-line database. All names are indexed including deserters from ships, military and the police force. Also indexed are the names of victims and felons. The Victoria Police Gazette also had entries in it from the Crime reports and Gazettes of other states. Absconded convicts from Tasmania and New South Wales and a little later reports of serious crime from South Australia. When a page is ordered it is printed out on A4 paper. But be aware that a lot of items were repeated in the Gazette and that a name may be mentioned numerous times with the same information. The Victoria Police Gazette started in December 1853. If you want information on a member of the Police force the Victoria Police Historical Unit is a free service for that information. THE POLICE GAZETTE Part 1: The Police Gazette - Issues for 1866-1878, 1882-1897 & 1899-1900 from the Cambridgeshire Police Archives. Part 1: The Police Gazette - Issues for 1866-1878, 1882-1897 & 1899-1900 from the Cambridgeshire Police Archives The Police Gazette is an invaluable resource for all those interested in: The history of crime.
The changing role of the police from the Georgian through to the Victorian periods. The social history of possessions. 'Transportation' to Australia. Despite the fact that it was widely issued (to every major police station; to magistrates, mayors and justices of the peace; to the commanding officers of every regiment; and to government officials at home and abroad) it is now incredibly scarce. Part 1 makes available issues for 1866-1869, 1871-1878, 1882-1897 & 1899-1900 from the holdings of the Cambridgeshire Police Archive (covering 30 years, representing 23% of the total run from 1772 to 1900). Dime Novels (Imagination): American Treasures of the Library of Congress. Buffalo Bill's Special Service.
No. 243. New York: Buffalo Bill Stories, 1906 Rare Book & Special Collections Division (190.1) Crack Skull Bob. No. 5. New York: Orum & Company,1872 Rare Book & Special Collections Division (188.1) Jesse James Protector. [Dime novel grouping] including: Beadle's Dime Novels. Welcome to Dime Novels. Stanford's Dime Novel and Story Paper Collection consists of over 8,000 individual items, and includes long runs of the major dime novel series (Frank Leslie's Boys of America, Happy Days, Beadle's New York Dime Library, etc.) and equally strong holdings of story papers like the New York Ledger and Saturday Night.
Both genres flourished from the middle to the close of the 19th century in America and England (where the novels were known as "penny dreadfuls"), and benefited from three mutually reinforcing trends: the vastly increased mechanization of printing, the growth of efficient rail and canal shipping, and ever-growing rates of literacy. The dime novels were aimed at youthful, working-class audiences and distributed in massive editions at newsstands and dry goods stores. Story papers, weekly eight-page tabloids, covered much the same ground, but often combined material and themes to appeal to the whole family. Tony Schwartz. Lost & Found Sound. Home of the Saratoga County Historical Society.
Map Collections Home Page. The Library of Congress Search by Keyword | Browse by Geographic Location Index | Subject Index | Creator Index | Title Index The Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress holds more than 4.5 million items, of which Map Collections represents only a small fraction, those that have been converted to digital form.
The focus of Map Collections is Americana and Cartographic Treasures of the Library of Congress. These images were created from maps and atlases and, in general, are restricted to items that are not covered by copyright protection. Map Collections is organized according to seven major categories. Searching Map Collections The mission of the Library of Congress is to make its resources available and useful to Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations. The Library of Congress presents these documents as part of the record of the past. Special Presentations: Places in History. Internet Marketing Consultant specializing in antiques and collectibles. Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine. Society of American Archivists. History Detectives. Fold3.com - Historical military records.