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200 BCE
Early China Used Fingerprinting
China had used handprints and fingerprints as evidence in crimes like burglary and robbery in early 200BC. To capture the handprint they would use clay seals. -
Professor Jean-Paul Coulier
Coulier made and published findings about fingerprints and how they be developed and preserved. -
Vucetich
He began to create the first fingerprint database for the pattern types of Galton. -
Fingerprinting Becoming More Used
The NYCSC, New York State Prison, and the Leavenworth Penitentiary started to use fingerprinting in there databases. -
The U.S Services
The U.S Navy and U.S Marine Corps began to use fingerprinting in their databases. -
12 Point Rule Dropped By FBI
The FBI dropped the 12 point rules because they agreed that there was no basis for a minimum number of corresponding details to determine the identification. -
Manual Fingerprinting
The FBI had manually processed 100 million fingerprints into their database. -
INTERPOL
The INTERPOL automated fingerprint identification system had passed 150,000 sets of fingerprints. -
Worlds Biggest Database
There is a database in India that is the worlds largest fingerprint system. It is called the Unique Identification Authority. -
Americas Largest Database
The Department Of Homeland Security took over the AFIS. Making it the biggest fingerprint database in America.
