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Rare prisoner photos and records now online
07/05/2025
Case notes of patients in Victorian Scotland’s only prison unit for offenders with mental illnesses have gone online.
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Additional prison records released
07/05/2025
Search Perth Prison registers today
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Prisoner-patient profile of Colin Brown
07/05/2025
Discover the story of one of Perth (General) Prison Criminal Lunatic Department's prisoners
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Prisoner-patient profile of Andrew Reid
07/05/2025
We trace the life of Andrew Reid, prisoner-patient of Perth (General) Prison Criminal Lunatic Department
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Visit us on holiday
06/05/2025
Are you planning a holiday in Scotland this year? You can research your family history while you’re here!
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Prison record search tips
06/05/2025
Our hints will help you navigate the newly released prison records
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Land Girl search tips
05/03/2025
Find out how to search our unique 'Land Girl' records, documenting women who worked in fields and forests during the Second World War.
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Agnes Husband (1851-1929): “The people’s tribune and children’s friend”
05/03/2025
Ann Husband; suffragette, social reformer and one of Dundee’s first female councillors
