Great site for those of you who have connections to England, but
even if you don't, it's a good read.
http://www.oldbaileyonline.org
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we're here, we might as well dance.
"The Proceedings of the Old Bailey"
Between 1670 and 1834 the proceedings of the central criminal court in
London, the Old Bailey, were published eight times a year. These records
detail 100,000 trials, and include over 60,000 pages of text. They
represent the largest single source of information about non-elite lives
ever published, and provide a wealth of detail about everyday life, as
well as hugely valuable evidence for the history of crime.
A transcription of this material, along with scanned images of the
original pages, is now available free of charge to users throughout the
world. You can search for entries in specific fields, such as crime, or
defendant's occupation, or search the whole text for any word or text
string. Information on related documents and sources found in the
libraries and archives of London can also be linked to each trial,
creating a trail of information leading from the internet to original
source material. The website currently covers December 1714 to
December 1759, with all years up to 1834 eventually set to go on-line.
(With thanks to the list administrator of AnnexCafe's
Genealogy newsgroup for sharing this link & info. NB)