Between 22nd and 25th February 2017, Digital Panopticon historians, including Barry Godfrey are coming to Wigtown, Scotland’s National Book Town to discuss the history of eighteenth and nineteenth century Scottish convicts. Digital Panopticon PhD student, Aoife O’Connor and representative of Findmypast will also be on hand on Saturday 25th February (10am- 4pm) to provide members of the public with free one to one guidance on how to use online sources to trace family histories of criminal lives. Looking forward to the event, Barry has said, “It’s always good fun to talk about crime history with family and social historians, and I can’t think of a better place to do that than in the Scottish town of books. It’s our very own book festival!”