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Hunter Griffin History of Fingerprints
The History of Fingerprints
1903
14th Century A.D
1996
1000-2000 B.C
Fingerprints were used on clay tablets for buisness transactions in ancient babylon.
The use of fingerprinting in Children is urged due to a large number of missing and abducted children.
Fingerprint technology comes into widespread use in the U.S.
Many official government documents in Persia have print impressions. One government physician maks the observation that no two fingerprints were the same.
3rd Century B.C
1924
1882
1999
The U.S congress acts to establish the identification division of the FBI.
The FBI phases out the use of paper fingerprint cards with their new integrated AFIS site at Clarksburg West Virginia, it starts with 33 million criminal fingerprint records.
Fingerprints begin to be used on clay tablets in China as a way to sign documents.
Girbert Thomson, exployed by the U.S Geological survey in New Mexico, uses his print to guard against forgery. This event is the 1st known use of fingerprints for identification in America.
Source Cited
"Fingerprint America - History of Fingerprints." Fingerprint America - History of Fingerprints. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Nov. 2015.