This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AFB.2ACE/1650.1.2.2.1 Message Board Post: Hello. I became curious about the origins of the jails in Middlesex County, MA, and have been doing some on-line investigating this morning. I just now found an "old postcard" of the "Lowell Jail" being sold on eBay right now: http://cgi.ebay.com/County-Jail-Lowell-Mass-Circa-1906-Near-Mint-Cond_W0QQitemZ6245805160QQcategoryZ20215QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem I think that's how I originally found out about the old jail. I also found an "old photo" of it on this web site: http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/Ja/Jail.html Betty (near Lowell, MA)