Family Secrets Timeline: Trace the threads of lives clouded by secrecy, maybe because of a criminal past, adultery or adoption.

Using the Timeline: Click on an event for more information, including related archives and records. A document icon appears below an event if further information is available on another timeline. These are colour coded by theme: Military , Working Life and Migration

The Census 1801 County Asylums Act 1808 Central Criminal Court Established 1834 Introduction of Poor Law 1834 Registration of Birth, Marriage & Death 1837 Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 Court of Probate Established 1858 Abolition of Transportation 1868 Establishment of Supreme Court of Judicature 1875 Trial of Oscar Wilde 1895 National Adoption Register 1927 Herbert Divorce Act 1937 End of Assize Trials 1971