I've been investigating various criminal ancestors (apart from the ANDOWs <G>) with varying degrees of success. I had a ferret through my library and retrieved some potentially useful volumes which I secured from Bernard Welchman. The volumes in question are: Criminal Register Indexes 1805-1816 Vol 1 Somerset and Dorset edited by Stuart Tamblin and published by Harry Galloway Publishing of Taunton. This gives the name of the accused, the year charged, the crime, sentence, which assizes or session, age if given and the PRO (TNA) reference. Wilton Gaol Description Register 1806-1818 and Wilton Gaol Description Register 1818-1825 by Adrian J Webb & Peter Parrish and published by Hary Galloway Publishing. The first gives details of the holdings in Somerset Record Office. Both give the name of the prisoner, the date committed, age where given, where born and the last residence. The actual descriptoions register also gives height, complexion, eye and hair colour, whether married or single, whether maimed or otherwise marked, occupation, charge/offence, sentence, when and how discharged and the session or assize. Sadly, Harry Galloway doesn't appear to have a website but the books available at various family history fairs and Google will find other sources. These volumes are good starting points for finding where a criminal ancestor was or was not. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk