Forensics Timeline

By Edward P.
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    Finger Prints are used to seal documents

    Finger Prints are used to seal documents
    Fingerprints were used to seal documents, contracts, and legal documents.

  • Henry Faulds Nature Magazine

    Henry Faulds Nature Magazine
    In 1880 Henry Faulds created a magazine on fingerprints observing that they could catch criminals

  • First Criminal Finger Print Identification

    First Criminal Finger Print Identification
    The first criminal fingerprint identification is made by Eduardo Alvarez in 1892

  • First time forensic evidence is used

    First time forensic evidence is used
    This was the first time a fingerprint was used as forensic evidence done by James Marsh

  • Valid identifcations

    Valid identifcations
    Fingerprints became verified by U.S courts as valid identification

  • Fingerprint Identification Setup

    Fingerprint Identification Setup
    FBI setup its fingerprint identification system

  • First Scientific Paper on Automated Fingerprint

    First Scientific Paper on Automated Fingerprint
    The first scientific paper on automated fingerprint matching is published by Mitchell Trauring. This also documented significant progress of biometric recognition

  • Creation of AFIS

    Creation of AFIS
    The creation of the AFIS the Automated Fingerprint Identification System

  • UID of India

    UID of India
    The Unique Identification Authority of India started functioning in August 2009 and government committed itself to issuing first set of Unique ID numbers

  • 2FA

    2FA
    Fingerprints are used a valid 2FA