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Title: Old Bailey On Line Available?
Post by: Abiam2 on Saturday 19 April 08 12:53 BST (UK)
I have been trying to access the Old Bailey on line but it is unavaiable to me.  has anyone else had problems?
Abaim
Title: Re: Old Bailey On Line Available?
Post by: pompeyboy on Saturday 19 April 08 12:56 BST (UK)
Been trying this morning as well with no joy,hopefully will be up and running later on ::)

Steve
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Post by: bearkat on Saturday 19 April 08 13:03 BST (UK)
I was trying earlier without success but then it was OK.
Title: Re: Old Bailey On Line Available?
Post by: SWar on Saturday 19 April 08 13:10 BST (UK)
It was OK yesterday - but can't seem to get it today.

Sue
Title: Re: Old Bailey On Line Available?
Post by: Abiam2 on Saturday 19 April 08 13:17 BST (UK)
Thanks all.
Will have to be patient!  Not an attribute of mine,
Abiam
Title: Re: Old Bailey On Line Available?
Post by: trish251 on Saturday 19 April 08 13:43 BST (UK)
Has the update been done? I haven't been there lately, but the last time I looked it had this message

A new website, replacing the current one and including all 200,000 trial reports published between 1674 and 1913, will be launched in the spring of 2008

So they might be going to install on time!!   :D

Trish
Title: Re: Old Bailey On Line Available?
Post by: deeiluka on Saturday 19 April 08 13:58 BST (UK)
I reckon it will be busy for a while then, Trish....we'll all be searching!   :D  :D


.......dee
Title: Re: Old Bailey On Line Available?
Post by: ShaunJ on Saturday 19 April 08 14:52 BST (UK)
Seems to be at least partly accessible via this link: http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/oldbailey/
Title: Re: Old Bailey On Line Available?
Post by: Abiam2 on Saturday 19 April 08 15:00 BST (UK)
Still not working for me!
Will try again later,
Abiam
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Post by: Ron Ham on Saturday 19 April 08 15:08 BST (UK)
 :o And there was me thinking I was the only one with a skeleton in the cupboard  ::)  Ron
Title: Re: Old Bailey On Line Available?
Post by: Abiam2 on Saturday 19 April 08 15:33 BST (UK)
Don't know about anyone else - but I'm hoping for one!  My mostly ag. labs. appear to have hardworking honest souls.  Someone must have been a bit 'dodgy'!
Abiam
Title: Re: Old Bailey On Line Available?
Post by: trish251 on Sunday 20 April 08 00:01 BST (UK)
Don't know about anyone else - but I'm hoping for one!  My mostly ag. labs. appear to have hardworking honest souls.  Someone must have been a bit 'dodgy'!
Abiam

Those of us down under can usually find  one or two!  :) Very dodgy folks - one of mine stole a handkerchief -  7 years  :o  :o

Trish
Title: Re: Old Bailey On Line Available?
Post by: Lady Di on Sunday 20 April 08 09:52 BST (UK)

Those of us down under can usually find  one or two!  :) Very dodgy folks - one of mine stole a handkerchief -  7 years  :o  :o

Trish

That's not fair Trish - my guy was given LIFE for the same offence    :o

Oh how the times have changed!!   ::)

Di
 

Edit: Old Bailey is now back on (well, I had no problems) and they say:

"What's New?
Trials between November 1834 and April 1913 and the Ordinary of Newgate's Accounts between 1690 and 1772 have now been added."


Di
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Post by: dollylee on Sunday 20 April 08 09:55 BST (UK)
Abiam.... I keep hoping for a couple as well but all the ones I have checked so far have come up blank....ho hum  how boring   :D

dollylee
Title: Re: Old Bailey On Line Available?
Post by: Abiam2 on Sunday 20 April 08 10:07 BST (UK)
Hi all,

Have just spent a couple of hours hunting and only found policemen or jurymen and they don't give any details, addresses etc.

Ah well, must go and polish the family halo!!!  Seriously though, I do think sentences these days are too soft but then - well.  Life for a handkerchief!  And I think a lot of the crime then was because of need and today it is for greed.

Regards,
Abiam
Title: Re: Old Bailey On Line Available?
Post by: dollylee on Sunday 20 April 08 10:09 BST (UK)
or boredom..... we have a lot of teenage crime here and it seems to always boil down to that they were bored.........poor dears...they should bring back work farms they wouldn't be bored then.

dollylee
Title: Re: Old Bailey On Line Available?
Post by: trish251 on Sunday 20 April 08 11:06 BST (UK)

Those of us down under can usually find  one or two!  :) Very dodgy folks - one of mine stole a handkerchief -  7 years  :o  :o

Trish

That's not fair Trish - my guy was given LIFE for the same offence    :o

Oh how the times have changed!!   ::)

Di
 

Edit: Old Bailey is now back on (well, I had no problems) and they say:

"What's New?
Trials between November 1834 and April 1913 and the Ordinary of Newgate's Accounts between 1690 and 1772 have now been added."


Di


Must have been sexist - even in those days Di - might as well have been life, seeing as they sent them to Australia - my lass was on the "floating brothel" - the Lady Juliana. She left England with one child and had 2 shortly after she landed! Then met up with a first fleeter and they had 5 between them - one of whom is my husband's ggg grandfather.

Nice to see the updates, impressive that it was done on time. I'm sure I had a few folks to look up for some of my friends I have been researching for. I should get organised  ::)

Trish
Title: Re: Old Bailey On Line Available?
Post by: MarieC on Sunday 20 April 08 11:32 BST (UK)
Great to know that the site has been updated!  Will have to do some searching.  I don't know how I'd cope without Rootschatters to tell me these things!!  ;D ;D

MarieC
Title: Re: Old Bailey On Line Available?
Post by: Lady Di on Sunday 20 April 08 12:21 BST (UK)
I don't think I want to find any more convicts  ::). They are so hard to trace back in UK. Most of my brick walls are convicts and we have no idea just where they originated  :(

Give me a free settler any day  ;D

"I should get organised" - Trish - that's just what I have been planning for years - one day.......    ::)

Di