Smile for the Camera – Mug Shots Online

Now here is a great source for some photos to liven up your genealogy files! Have you ever considered adding mug shots!

Sheriff Joe Arpaio, in Maricopa County Arizona has gotten a lot of publicity lately for his “Mugshot of the Day” competition on the Sheriff’s Department website. However, if you’re looking for non-flattering photos, there are actually quite a number of sites that post these things. I was surprised at how many Meitzlers I found! Following is a listing of just a few of the websites that post mugshots. Some allow comments, which are often pretty crude, so be forewarned…

Maricopa County Mugshot of the Day Competition – Website Getting a Lot of Publicity

Mugshots.com – Large Mugshot Database

Muggen.com – Interesting & Funny Mugshots

The Smoking Gun/Mugshots – Celebrity & Civilian Mugshots

Tampabay.com Mugshots – Featuring the Last 24 Hours of Mugshots in Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee and Pasco counties.

Google Images Mugshots – 2,250,000 Mug Shots

Local Mugshots – A Periodical that sells on newsstands for $1 – now available in 18 States (including Utah) and 27 Cities.

About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

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