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- BlackSheepAncestors.com
Search for your blacksheep ancestors in free genealogical prison and convict records, historical court records, executions, insane asylum records and biographies of famous outlaws, criminals & pirates in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada.
- Check Criminal Records
- Family Tree Connection - Prison Records
Search the listings for free, view full details with a fee-based subscription.
- GenealogyMagazine.com - Vintage True-Crime Magazines: An Untapped Goldmine For Genealogists
Article by James Pylant. Dedicated genealogists are relentless when seeking facts on our families. We want to be thorough and consider every source available, even the obscure and unconventional. Oftentimes the history of a family has been impacted by crime, whether a relative was victim or perpetrator. The era of the true-crime magazine has virtually ended. Yet those countless articles that first came into print more than eighty years ago are a unique, untapped goldmine for family historians.
- genealogyPro - Criminal - Arrest Researchers
- Genealogy Today - Ancestral Criminal Records - Vintage Mug Shots for Genealogy (1902-1981)
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 GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES Mailing List
For people whose family genealogies include "unsolved mysteries." Postings should include only mysterious disappearances or appearances, unsolved murders, questionable incarcerations, and other mysterious or unsolved events in an ancestor's life. Postings should not include "brick walls" since these would be repetitive of the content of other lists.
- International Black Sheep Society of Genealogists (IBSSG)
For those who have a dastardly, infamous individual of public knowledge and ill-repute in their family...within 1 degree of consanginuity of their direct lines. This individual must have been pilloried in disgrace for acts of a significantly anti-social nature.
- International Committee of the Red Cross - Archives ~ Geneva, Switzerland
Instructions on how to request information on victims of armed struggle (prisoner of war, civilian held captive, deceased or interned).
- Law Enforcement Memorial Directory
Links to states and cities who have memorial pages including names and often descriptions of officers who have died in the line of duty.
- Legal Research Guide - Criminal Records, Federal
Links for US federal criminal record databases.
- Legal Research Guide - Criminal Records, State
Links for online criminal searches for each US state.
- Prison Records Federal and State Records before 1900
Postal addresses for national and state organizations.
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 Shaking Your Family Tree: Transported Felons Hang on Family Trees
Article by Myra Vanderpool Gormley, C.G.
- Unlocking the Files of the FBI: A Guide to Its Records and Classification System
A book by Gerald K. Haines.
- Assisted Immigrants Indexes
Searchable online indexes from State Records New South Wales.
- AUS-CONVICTS Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the convicts that were transported to Australia.
- AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the convicts that were transported to Port Jackson, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, from 1788-1842.
- AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the history and genealogy surrounding the Tasmanian (formerly Van Diemens Land) convicts and their records in other states of Australia and in the United Kingdom.
- AUS-WA-PENSIONER-GUARDS Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the ex-army personnel and their families who went as Pensioner Guards on the Convict Transport ships carrying prisoners from the British Empire to Western Australia.
- Australian Shipping Arrivals and Departures 1788 to 1967 - Convictions
- Australia's First Fleet
Convicts transported from England in 1788.
- Australia's Second Fleet
Convicts transported from England in 1790.
- Australia's Third Fleet
Convicts transported from England in 1791.
- AUS-WA-CONVICT Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in prisoners from the British Empire, including the "Parkhurst boys", who were sent to Western Australia.
- AUS-WA-PENSIONER-GUARDS Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the ex-army personnel and their families who went as Pensioner Guards on the Convict Transport ships carrying prisoners from the British Empire to Western Australia.
- Claim-A-Convict
Online searchable index to over 20,000 of the convicts arriving at Port Jackson, NSW, Australia from 1788 onwards.
- Convict Connections - an Interest Group of the Genealogical Society of Queensland Inc.
Located in Brisbane, Australia. An interest group of the Genealogical Society of Queensland listing members' researched convicts to Australia and many interesting articles.
- convicts-australia Mailing List
For the discussion and sharing of information on Australia and the convicts that were transported there.
- Convict Gangs in 1821
Alphabetical list of names for 3,217 men, women and children who were issued with rations in Sydney on Saturday September 8, 1821.
- Convict Indexes for NSW Australia
Book for sale.
- Convicts to Australia: A Guide To Researching Your Convict Ancestors
In depth information and lists of convicts, ships, a timeline and convict's stories.
- Convict transportation registers database (State Library of Queensland)
Over 123,000 out of the estimated 160,000 convicts transported to Australia are recorded in this database. These include prisoners sent to New South Wales, Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), Moreton Bay (Brisbane), Port Phillip. Western Australia and Norfolk Island. Also recorded are some ships which were bound for Gibraltar. The records cover the period of 1787 to 1867.
- Descendants of Convicts Group Inc.
A special interest group formed by members of the Genealogical Society of Victoria, Australia.
- Fellowship of First Fleeters
An organisation composed of descendants of those who arrived in Sydney Cove with the First Fleet on 26 January 1788. Aim to spread knowledge about our eary history for future generations. Australia, New South Wales, Australian Convicts.
- Genealogy_Aus_Convicts_Mary_Ann Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the convicts that were transported to Australia on the Mary Ann in 1822.
- International Centre for Convict Studies
For the study of penal transportation and convict experience within the British Empire from 1600-1940.
- Ireland-Australia transportation database (1791–1853)
Convicts from Ireland to Australia, 1788 to 1868.
- Jill’s Black Sheep Search
Publications for sale on CD-ROM. Convict & criminal research, 1780-1900. Including machine breakers, rioters & protestors.
- Lincolnshire Convicts Transported to Australia, Gibraltar and Bermuda
Lincolnshire Archives Index of Convict Records 1788 - 1868.
- The Origins of Irish Convict Transportation to New South Wales
A book by Bob Reece.
- Society of Australian Genealogists - NSW Ships' Musters 1816-1825
This index is derived from musters of passengers and crew on departing ships, 1816-1825.
- Society of Australian Genealogists - NSW Tickets of Leave 1810-1875
This index is derived from the butts of the original tickets of leave.
- South Australian Transported Convicts
- State Records NSW - Convicts - Indexes to Convict Records
Online searchable databases from State Records New South Wales.
- The Transportation of Irish Convicts to Australia (1791-1853): Introduction
Detailed review of the sources available for convict research held at the Archives. Includes links to specific descriptions of record types and their reference class numbers.
- Transportation to Australia 1787-1868
Research Guide from the National Archives, United Kingdom.
- Use Convict Records To Trace Your Ancestor Online
A guide to using online records to discover if your British ancestor was a convict, and to discover more about his or her transportation and life in Australia or Tasmania.
- Before the Needles
A detailed state by state listing of 14,490 executions that occurred under civil authority in the United States or within territory that later became the United States. From George Kendal being shot for espionage in Virginia (1608) until Gary Gilmore met his maker for murder in Utah (1977), it includes (when known) the convict's name, age, race, sex, occupation, crime, date of execution, method of execution and whether it was a single or multiple execution.
- BlackSheepAncestors.com
Search for your blacksheep ancestors in free genealogical prison and convict records, historical court records, executions, insane asylum records and biographies of famous outlaws, criminals & pirates in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada.
- Capital Punishment in Canada - Canada Death Penalty Index
List of prisoners executed in Canada. Listed chronologically by province. Includes name, date, location, age, occupation, and crime.
- AUSTRALIAN-POWS Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in Australian soldiers in prisoner-of-war (POW) camps. Archives: browse or search.
- Beveren-Waas, Prisons 1857 ~ Belgium
- Canada Criminal Databases
- Civilian Internees of the Japanese in Singapore during WWII , as well as messages regarding that site
From Alex Glendinning's Asian Pages.
- Institute of National Remembrance: Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes Against the Polish Nation ~ Poland
Preserving the memory of the losses suffered by the Polish Nation as the result of World War 2 and the post-war period.
- Internment of Ukrainians in Canada 1914-1920
- Japanese-American Internee File, 1942 - 1946
From the National Archives. Personal descriptive data about Japanese-Americans evacuated from the states of Washington, Oregon, and California to ten relocation centers operated by the War Relocation Authority during World War II. Each record represents an individual internee and includes the internee's name, relocation project and assembly center to which assigned, previous address, birthplace of parents, occupation of father, education, foreign residence & more.
- Memorial
Preservation of the memory of the victims of political persecution in the former Soviet Union.
- Never Forgotten
The story of the Taiwan POW Camps.
- The Men
Alphabetical listing of POWs.
- Upper Canada Genealogy - Gore District Debtors
An index of names of residents of Gore District who were jailed for unpaid debts and the people to whom they owed money, for the period 1832 to 1849. The Gaol (Jail) was located in Hamilton, and Gore District covered the counties of Wentworth, Halton, Wellington, Waterloo, Brant and Oxford in Ontario, Canada (also known as Upper Canada and Canada West). The original register also includes the amount of the debt, the specific dates of committal and discharge, and the names of the judge and attorneys involved.
- Alaska Lynchings
- California Lynchings, 1875-1947
- Delaware Lynchings, 1889-1918
- Iowa Lynchings, 1834-1907
- Louisiana Lynchings, 1878-1946
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Lynchings: The National Lists
Includes the names of 2400 of the African-Americans who were lynched in the United States from 1865 to 1965.
- Minnesota Lynchings, 1882-1920
- Missouri Lynchings, 1836-1981
- Near Lynchings in Iowa, 1878-1909
- New York State Lynchings, 1863-1918
- A Partial Listing of Negroes Lynched in the United States Since 1859
From Christine's Genealogy Website.
- Washington Territory and State Lynchings, 1860-1919
- Wisconsin Lynchings, 1849-1891
- Wyoming Territory and State Lynchings, 1874-1918
- 1886 - Professional Criminals of America
A book by Thomas Byrnes.
- Evolution of an Outlaw Band: The Making of the Barker-Karpis Gang - Part 1 and Part 2
- The Dillinger Gang
From the Indiana State Archives.
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
Dillinger, The Hidden Truth
Book for sale.
- Family Skeletons: Exploring the Lives of Our Disreputable Ancestors
A book by Ruth Paley.
- The Family Story of Bonnie and Clyde
A book by Phillip W. Steele.
- Finding Your Famous and Infamous Ancestors: Uncover the Rogues, Renegades, and Royals in Your Family Tree
A book by Rhonda McClure.
- George "Machine Gun" Kelly: Bank Robbing and Kidnapping Desperado
- George "Machine Gun" Kelly - A Brief Narrative
From AlcatrazHistory.com.
- Jill’s Black Sheep Search
Publications for sale on CD-ROM. Convict & criminal research, 1780-1900. Including machine breakers, rioters & protestors.
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The John Dillinger File
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
John Dillinger Scrapbook
Photos and information on the John Dillinger and his gang members.
- Machine Gun Kelly's Last Stand
A book by Stanley Hamilton.
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
The Man They Could Not Hang
The world's only full website dedicated to the 1884 Babbacombe Murder in which JOHN HENRY GEORGE LEE of Abbotskerswell allegedly murdered his mistress EMMA ANN WHITEHEAD KEYSE. This work includes transcribed court, police, witness, inquest, home office and media archive. Also discusses potential involvement by Lee's step-sister, ELIZABETH HARRIS and his lawyer REGINALD GWYNNE TEMPLER. Statements from JANE and ELIZA NECK, the other servants in the house, and many others who lived in the area. ISIDORE CARTER who was Miss Keyse lawyer represented the prosecution.
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
Minniesoda's Manor
Website almost completely devoted to the notorious "Harp Brothers". These men are thought to be the first serial killers in the United States.
- Ned Kelly: Australian Ironoutlaw
- Notorious Ancestors
- Witch Hunters: Professional Prickers, Unwitchers and Witch Finders of the Renaissance
A book by P. G. Maxwell-Stuart.
- Yahoo!...Outlaws
- Your FBI - History - Famous Cases
- An Abstract of the Civil Law and Statute Law Now in Force, in Relation to Pyracy (1726)
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
Anne Bonny's Home Page
"The most notorious female pirate that ever lived.".
- Beej's Pirate Image Archive
- Blackbeard the Pirate
- BlackSheepAncestors.com
Search for your blacksheep ancestors in free genealogical prison and convict records, historical court records, executions, insane asylum records and biographies of famous outlaws, criminals & pirates in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada.
- Capt. Kidd, Pirate
10 September 1696. Articles of agreement between Capt. William Kidd, commander of the good ship Adventure, and John Walker, Quartermaster.
- Grace O'Malley, 1530-1603
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
Piracy
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
Pirate Roster
- Pirates and Privateers - The Order of Descendants of Pirates and Privateers
For descendants of pirates and privateers (see complete description) during the period 1609-1865.
- Pirates Homepage
- PIRATES Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in all pirates.
- Sir Henry Morgan - A Welsh Buccaneer
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
Web Index of Piracy
- Yahoo!...Piracy
- AUSTRALIAN-POWS Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in Australian soldiers in prisoner-of-war (POW) camps. Archives: browse or search.
- British Concentration Camps of the South African War 1900-1902
Online searchable database of the registers of the Boer population forced into the camps. It does not include Boer prisoners of war held by the British. Searchable by name, camp, farm or unique ID. Information includes cause of death, farm history, camp history of the individual, relationships to other persons in the camps and even tent number in the camp.
- Japanese-American Internee File, 1942 - 1946
From the National Archives. Personal descriptive data about Japanese-Americans evacuated from the states of Washington, Oregon, and California to ten relocation centers operated by the War Relocation Authority during World War II. Each record represents an individual internee and includes the internee's name, relocation project and assembly center to which assigned, previous address, birthplace of parents, occupation of father, education, foreign residence & more.
- My father was a prisoner of War
Tribute to Allen Godfrey Jones 1919-1959, A prisoner of war at Changi, Great World Camp, River Valley Road Camp, Fukuoka #1 and #17.
- National Ex-Prisoner of War Association ~ United Kingdom
- The Ruhleben Story
Genealogical resource aid and project to try and identify the 4,000 British civilian prisoners interned at Ruhleben concentration camp near Berlin in World War One.
- The U.S. National Archives & Records Administration - Access to Archival Databases (AAD)
- NARA - AAD - List of Series - Genealogy/ Personal History: Prisoners of War
- Records of American Prisoners of War During the Korean War, created, 1950 - 1953, documenting the period 1950 - 1953 - Record Group 319
- Records of Repatriated Korean War Prisoners of War, created, 1978 - 1980, documenting the period 7/5/1950 - 10/6/1954 - Record Group 15
- Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 - 1947, documenting the period 12/7/1941 - 11/19/1946 - Record Group 389
- Records on Military Personnel Who Died, Were Missing in Action or Prisoners of War as a Result of the Vietnam Conflict, created, 1/20/1967 - 12/1998, documenting the period 6/8/1956 - 1/21/1998 - Record Group 330
- World War II Prisoners of the Japanese Data File, created, 4/2005 - 2/2006, documenting the period ca. 1941 - ca. 1945 - Collection ADBC
- Yahoo! Groups - scottish_war_prisoners · Scottish War Prisoners
A mailing list for those interested in tracing soldiers who were captured at the Battle of Dunbar (1650) or Battle of Worchester (1651) and sent to the American colonies.
- Ancestry.com - Search Court, Land, Wills & Financial Records
Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription.
- England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892
Original source: Home Office: Criminal Registers, Middlesex and Home Office: Criminal Registers, England and Wales; Records created or inherited by the Home Office, Ministry of Home Security, and related bodies, Series HO 26 and HO 27; The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England.
- Assizes: Criminal Trials
Research Guide from the National Archives, United Kingdom.
- Aylesbury Prison, 1891 Index of Prisoners ~ Buckinghamshire, England
- The Black Sheep & Police Index
The Black Sheep, the Police, & World War II Indexes.
- British & Commonwealth POWs, Java 1942-45, Index
Index of British & Commonwealth POWs, Java 1942-45, from published & unpublished sources.
- British Transport Police History Society
- Brixton Convict Prison, 1871 Index of Prisoners, Surnames A - K ~ London, England
- Brixton Convict Prison, 1871 Index of Prisoners, Surnames L - Z ~ London, England
- Brixton Convict Prison, 1881 Index of Prisoners ~ London, England
- Border Reivers ~ Scotland & Northern England
- Buckinghamshire Constabulary
- Canterbury Prison, 1901 Index of Prisoners ~Kent, England
- Capital Punishment in Britain
Including lists of those executed.
- Chattenden Convict Prison, 1881 Index of Prisoners ~ Kent, England
- Crime & Punishment in the 19th Century ~ Scotland
Scanned examples of original documents from the Lamb Collection of the Dundee Library.
- Criminal Ancestors: A Guide to Historical Criminal Records in England and Wales
A book by David T. Hawkings.
- Clandestine Marriages in the Chapel and Rules of the Fleet Prison: 1680-1754
A book by Mark D. Herber.
- Dartmoor Convict Prison, 1871 Index of Prisoners, Surnames A - K ~ Devon, England
- Dartmoor Convict Prison, 1871 Index of Prisoners, Surnames L - Z ~ Devon, England
- Dartmoor Convict Prison, 1891 Index of Prisoners ~ Devon, England
- Dumfries Jail Books and Bail Bond Registers 1714-1810 ~ Scotland
Online searchable index.
- ENG-CORNWALL-CRIMINALS Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in people who were convicted criminals in Cornwall. Archives: browse or search.
- Galleries of Justice ~ Nottingham, England
Collections focus on law and policing.
- The Rainer Foundation Archive
Holds the extant records of Associated Societies for the Protection of Women and Children, Church of England Temperance Society, London Police Court Missions, London Haven for Women and Girls, London Probation Committee, Society of Juvenile Courts Probation Officers.
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
Garda Síochána Historical Society - Irish Police History
- Genealogy Quest: Criminal Pardons, 1770
A searchable database showing pardons, remissions and commutations for criminals in England in 1770.
- Genealogy Quest: Criminal Pardons, 1771
A searchable database showing pardons, remissions and commutations for criminals in England in 1771.
- Genealogy Quest: Criminal Pardons, 1772
A searchable database showing pardons, remissions and commutations for criminals in England in 1772.
- Genealogy Quest: Criminal Pardons, 1773
Searchable online index of warrants and letters relating to criminals in England in the year 1773. Database includes pardons, remissions & commutations of sentences.
- Kent Police Museum ~ Chatham, England
- List Of Executions - England 1606 Onward
- The Metropolitan Police Service Historical Archives ~ London, England
- Millbank Prison, 1881 Index of Prisoners ~ London, England
- The National Archives | The Catalogue | Full Details | PCOM
Records created or inherited by the Prison Commission and Home Office Prison Department, 1770-1978.
- National Ex-Prisoner of War Association ~ United Kingdom
- Newgate - Newgate Prison ~ England
A list of inmates, victims and those associated with the prison.
- Newgate Prison ~ England
- Newport Pagnell Police Museum ~ England
- North Eastern Police History Society ~ England
The history of policing in the North East of England including Northumberland and Durham; and Middlesbrough in the North Riding of Yorkshire.
- Old Bailey Online - The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913 - Central Criminal Court
Searchable online database of 200,000 records, years 1674 - 1913. Searchable by name, place, crime, verdict, punishment, date & more.
- Parkhurst Prison, 1881 Index of Prisoners, Surnames A - K ~ Hampshire, England
- Parkhurst Prison, 1881 Index of Prisoners, Surnames L - Z ~ Hampshire, England
- Parkhurst Prison, 1901 Index of Prisoners, Surnames A - K ~ Hampshire County, England
- Parkhurst Prison, 1901 Index of Prisoners, Surnames L - Z ~ Hampshire County, England
- Pentonville Prison, 1881 Index of Prisoners, Surnames A - K ~ London, England
- Pentonville Prison, 1881 Index of Prisoners, Surnames L - Z ~ London, England
- Police Ancestors
An index to Police Review magazine (UK) 1893-1919 providing references to articles about 25,000 policemen including biographies and photos.
- Police Roll of Honour Trust
In remembrance of those police officers of the United Kingdom who have lost their lives in the line of duty.
- Police Service of Northern Ireland - Police Museum
- POLICE-UK Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in former police officers of the United Kingdom, the formation and history of all United Kingdom police forces, and general discussion of related matters. Archives: browse or search.
- Portland Convict Prison, 1891 Index of Prisoners, Surnames A - K ~ Dorset, England
- Portland Convict Prison, 1891 Index of Prisoners, Surnames L - Z ~ Dorset, England
- Portland Convict Prison, 1901 Index of Prisoners, Surnames A - K ~ Dorset, England
- Portland Convict Prison, 1901 Index of Prisoners, Surnames L - Z ~ Dorset, England
- Prisons in Herefordshire ~ England
- PRISONS-UK Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in British prisons and prisoners. Archives: browse or search.
- Rossbret UK Institutions
Information on asylums, almshouses, prisons, hospitals, orphanages, workhouses & the Poor Law.
- The Royal Irish Constabulary; A Short History and Genealogical Guide with a Select List of Medal Awards and Casualities
A book by Jim Herlihy.
- The Ruhleben Story
Genealogical resource aid and project to try and identify the 4,000 British civilian prisoners interned at Ruhleben concentration camp near Berlin in World War One.
- Scottish Criminal Justice
From Ayrshire Roots.
- Sources for Convicts and Prisoners 1100-1986
Research Guide from the National Archives, United Kingdom.
- The Thin Blue Line
History of the men from the six constituent Sussex Police Forces who fought in the Great War. Includes biographies of some of the men.
- Tracing 19th Century Criminals in the National Archives
Research Guide from the National Archives, United Kingdom.
- Using Criminal Records (Pocket Guides to Family History)
A book by the Keeper of Public Records.
- Victorian Prisoners in Buckinghamshire ~ England
Online searchable database of details of prisoners entering the County Gaol in Aylesbury in the 1870s. From the Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies.
- Wakefield Prison, 1891 Index of Prisoners ~ Yorkshire, England
- West Midlands Police Museum ~ Birmingham
- Woking Invalid Prison, 1881 Index of Prisoners, Surnames A-K ~ Surrey, England
- Woking Invalid Prison, 1881 Index of Prisoners, Surnames L-Z ~ Surrey, England
- Wormwood Scrubs Prison, 1881 Index of Prisoners ~ London, England
- Yahoo! Groups - scottish_war_prisoners · Scottish War Prisoners
A mailing list for those interested in tracing soldiers who were captured at the Battle of Dunbar (1650) or Battle of Worchester (1651) and sent to the American colonies.
- Alabama State Prison Camp 1930 Index of Prisoners
- AlcatrazHistory.com
Designed to help introduce us to the rich history of Alcatraz during the penitentiary years, and many of the inmates who called "the Rock" home.
- Alcatraz Inmate Lists
A database with names and crimes of prisoners who were on Alcatraz Island between 1933 and 1963.
- Anamosa State Penitentiary ~ Iowa
- Ancestry.com - Search Court, Land, Wills & Financial Records
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.
- Arkansas State Convict Farm #1, 1930 Index of Prisoners
- Arkansas State Convict Farm #2, 1930 Index of Prisoners
- Arkansas State Convict Farm #3, 1930 Index of Prisoners
- Arkansas State Convict farm #8, 1930 Index of Prisoners
- Arkansas State Penitentiary Records 1880 (A - J) and (K - Z)
- Boone County Jail, 1930 Index of Prisoners ~ West Virginia
- CB Smith Convict Farm, Lines 8 - 71, 1900 Index of Prisoners ~ Texas
- Champaign County Prison, 1930 Index of Prisoners ~ Illinois
- Chatham County Farm Convict Camp # 1, 1900 Index of Prisoners ~ Georgia
- Chicago Police Department Homicide Record Index, 1870–1930
- Circuit Court Criminal Records Search ~ Grand Traverse County, Michigan
Online searchable index.
- Clarendon County Chain Gang, Line 65, 1930 Index of Prisoners ~ South Carolina
- Coffee County Convict Camp, 1930 Index of Prisoners ~ Georgia
- Colleton County Convict Camp, 1930 Index of Prisoners ~ South Carolina
- Colorado State Archives Corrections Records
- Colorado State Reformatory Records 1887-1939. From the Denver Public Library
- Connecticut State Prison, 1930 Index of Prisoners (Surnames A - K)
- Connecticut State Prison, 1930 Index of Prisoners (Surnames K - Z)
- Convict Ledgers and Indexes - Texas State Library
Texas State Library microfilm records of Rusk and Huntsville Prisons which are available through interlibrary loan.
- Corrections Department, Penitentiary, Convict Record, 1877-1888
Searchable online database from the Washington Secretary of State. Contains the prison register of more than 500 inmates housed in the Seatco Prison. The Prison operated from 1877 until 1888 when the new Territorial Penitentiary was built in Walla Walla, Washington.
- Crime and Punishment in Pioneer Illinois: 1833-1847 Inmate Records from the First State Prison at Alton
A book by Cynthia Sutton.
- Dekalb County Chain Gang Lines 8 - 100, 1900 Index of Prisoners ~ Georgia
- Denver Police Intelligence Files ~ Denver, Colorado
In 1953 the Denver Police Department began to gather information on individuals and groups regarding activities that might pose a threat to public safety. The files came to be known as the Spy Files during the publicity surrounding an American Civil Liberties Union class action lawsuit in 2002. According to the lawsuit, as many as 3,200 individuals and 208 organizations had been targeted for intelligence gathering operations. These groups and individuals included not only criminal elements but also peace activists and education and human rights organizations. The lawsuit was settled in 2003 with the city revising its policies governing the gathering of this type of information. The open collection of the Denver Police Department Intelligence Files consists of copies of newspaper clippings, pamphlets, flyers, articles and photographs. This material was copied from the unrestricted portion of the collection. It is available through the Denver Public Library's Western History/Genealogy Department. Customers must first fill out the manuscript request form. Restricted files will be made available only to persons or organizations named in the files.
- Douglas County Jail, 1930 Index of Prisoners ~ Wisconsin
- Down on Parchman Farm : The Great Prison in the Mississippi Delta
A book by William Banks Taylor.
- Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site ~ Pennsylvania
- Essex County Jail, 1880 Index of Prisoners ~ New Jersey
- Fairfield County Jail, 1880 Index of Prisoners ~ Connecticut
- Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator
Online searchable database includes all federal inmates from 1982 to the present.
- Florida State Road Camp #28, 1930 Index of Prisoners
- Franklin County Convict Camp, 1930 Index of Prisoners ~ Georgia
- Fulton County Convict Camp, 1900 Index of Prisoners ~ Georgia
- Georgia Penitentiary Convict Camp # 3, 1880 Index of Prisoners
- Glynn County Convict Camp, 1930 Index of Prisoners ~ Georgia
- Granville County Convict Camp, 1930 Index of Prisoners ~ North Carolina
- Greenwood Convict Camp Lines 30 - 44, 1930 Index of Prisoners ~ South Carolina
- Harnett County Convict Camp, Index of Prisoners for the year 1930 ~ North Carolina
- Houston County Chain Gang, 1930 Index of Prisoners ~ Georgia
- Idaho State Historical Society - Idaho State and Territorial Penitentiary Inmate Files, from 1864
Old Idaho Penitentiary. Multiple indexes covering 1864-1975.
- Illinois State Reformatory, Surnames A - B, 1930 Index of Prisoners
- Illinois State Reformatory, Surnames C - D, 1930 Index of Prisoners
- Illinois State Reformatory, Surnames E - G, 1930 Index of Prisoners
- Illinois State Reformatory, Surnames H - J, 1930 Index of Prisoners
- Illinois State Reformatory, Surnames K - L, 1930 Index of Prisoners
- Illinois State Reformatory, Surnames M - O, 1930 Index of Prisoners
- Illinois State Reformatory, Surnames P - R, 1930 Index of Prisoners
- Illinois State Reformatory, Surnames S, 1930 Index of Prisoners
- Illinois State Reformatory, Surnames T - Z, 1930 Index of Prisoners
- Inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary 1831 - 1850
From the Tennessee State Library and Archives.
- Index To Life Prisoners' Statements: State Prison At Michigan City
Index from the Indiana State Archives.
- Jacobus Books: Sins of the Pioneers: Crimes & Scandals in a Small Texas Town
James Pylant's book explores the emergence of Stephenville (Erath County), Texas from wild frontier to bustling village. Studded with shocking stories, it tells of vigilantes, horse-thieves, train robbers, bigamists, prostitutes, saloon brawlers, and mysterious murderers.
- Japanese-American Internee File, 1942 - 1946
From the National Archives. Personal descriptive data about Japanese-Americans evacuated from the states of Washington, Oregon, and California to ten relocation centers operated by the War Relocation Authority during World War II. Each record represents an individual internee and includes the internee's name, relocation project and assembly center to which assigned, previous address, birthplace of parents, occupation of father, education, foreign residence & more.
- Jefferson County Alabama Convict Camp 1930 Index of Prisoners
- Jefferson County Convict Camp # 7, 1930 Prisoner Index
- Jefferson County Jail, 1930 Index of Prisoners
- Kent County Jail, 1930 Index of Prisoners ~ Delaware
- Kern County Jail, 1930 Index of Prisoners ~ California
- Kilby Prison Index of Prisoners 1930 ~ Alabama
- Limestone Township Jail, Index of Prisoners 1930 ~ South Carolina
- Lisbon Convict Camp, 1900 Index of Prisoners ~ Georgia
- Logan County Jail, 1930 Index of Prisoners ~ West Virginia
- Louisiana State Convict Camp, 1930 Index of Prisoners
- Macon County Jail, 1930 Index of Prisoners ~ Illinois
- Marion County Jail, 1930 Index of Prisoners ~ West Virginia
- Middlesex Reformatory Prison for Women, 1880 Index of Prisoners ~ Massachusetts
- Miller County Chain Gang, 1930 Index of Prisoners ~ Georgia
- Monongalia County Jail, 1930 Index of Prisoners ~ West Virginia
- The Montana Sedition Project
Montana's state Sedition Law was similar to that of the United States law of 1917. The Montana Sedition Project acquired pardons for those imprisoned under the Sedition Law in 2006. Included in this site is the list of Montana's Sedition Prisoners along with their scanned prison in-take forms.
- My father was a prisoner of War
Tribute to Allen Godfrey Jones 1919-1959, A prisoner of war at Changi, Great World Camp, River Valley Road Camp, Fukuoka #1 and #17.
- Nevada State Library and Archives - Nevada State Prison Inmate Case Files
An online name index to the Nevada State Prison Inmate Case files in the State Archives, dating from 1863 to 1972.
- New York City Prison The Tombs
Transcription of 934 names of inmates in the New York City Prison on the 1850 US Census.
- New York Correction History Society
- Oconee Convict Camp, 1900 Index of Prisoners ~ Georgia
- Ohio County Jail, 1930 Index of Prisoners ~ West Virginia
- Ohio State Penitentiary
For every inmate of the Ohio State Penitentiary (Columbus) with a Marion County connection, admissions for the years 1834-1875.
- Oklahoma Department of Corrections History
History of Corrections in Oklahoma ~ 1908-1988.
- Pardons Granted by the Governors of Michigan through 1867
- Peachtree Convict Camp, Lines 51 - 79, 1900 Prisoner Index
Buckhead Township, Fulton County Georgia.
- "Pleading the Belly" -- Angela BARNETT Avoided 18th Century Death Penalty
The compelling story of Virginia "woman of color" who avoided hanging by becoming pregnant while imprisoned.
- Plymouth Convict Camp Lines 46-65, 1930 Index of Prisoners ~ North Carolina
- Prison Records
Historical and current prison records from every state in US.
- Prison Records
From the Pennsylvania State Archives.
- Pueblo County Jail, 1930 Index of Prisoners ~ Colorado
- Rhode Island State Reformatory for Women, 1930 Index of Prisoners
- Salt Lake City Jail, 1930 Index of Prisoners ~ Utah
- San Quentin Prison, 1900 Index of Prisoners (A - I)
- San Quentin Prison, 1900 Index of Prisoners (J - Z)
- San Quentin Prison, 1930 Index of Prisoners (A - H)
- San Quentin Prison 1930, Index of Prisoners (I - Z)
- Skeletons in Michigan's Closets
Annual Report of Inspectors and Officers of the Michigan State Prison for the Year Closing September 30 1885.
- South Carolina Penitentiary 1880
- Spartanburg Convict Camp Line 15, 1930 Index of Prisoners ~ South Carolina
- Springfield City Prison, 1930 Index of Prisoners ~ Illinois
- State of Illinois Corrections Inmate Search
Searchable database of current and some former inmates of Illinois prisons.
- Stringer Convict Camp, 1910 Index of Prisoners ~ Alabama
- Summers County Jail, 1930 Index of Prisoners ~ West Virginia
- Sumter County Chain Gang Lines 24-49, 1930 Index of Prisoners ~ South Carolina
- Texas Prison Museum ~ Huntsville, Texas
- US-CONVICT-ANCESTORS Mailing List
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the resources available for researching ancestors in the United States who were convicted of a crime. Archives: browse or search.
- US Criminal Databases
- The U.S. National Archives & Records Administration - Access to Archival Databases (AAD)
- NARA - AAD - List of Series - Genealogy/ Personal History: Prisoners of War
- Records of American Prisoners of War During the Korean War, created, 1950 - 1953, documenting the period 1950 - 1953 - Record Group 319
- Records of Repatriated Korean War Prisoners of War, created, 1978 - 1980, documenting the period 7/5/1950 - 10/6/1954 - Record Group 15
- Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 - 1947, documenting the period 12/7/1941 - 11/19/1946 - Record Group 389
- Records on Military Personnel Who Died, Were Missing in Action or Prisoners of War as a Result of the Vietnam Conflict, created, 1/20/1967 - 12/1998, documenting the period 6/8/1956 - 1/21/1998 - Record Group 330
- World War II Prisoners of the Japanese Data File, created, 4/2005 - 2/2006, documenting the period ca. 1941 - ca. 1945 - Collection ADBC
- The U.S. National Archives & Records Administration - Guide to Federal Records - Records of the Bureau of Prisons
- Union County Jail, 1900 Index of Prisoners ~ New Jersey
- Vermont State Prison, 1930 Index of Prisoners
Searchable database of prisoners in Vermont State Prison for the year 1930.
- Virginia State Road Camp Lines 1 - 50, 1930 Index of Prisoners
- Walla Walla Penitentiary
Searchable online database from the Washington Secretary of State. Contains extracts from the Record of Penitentiary Convicts of more than 3,000 inmates housed in the Walla Walla State Penitentiary from 1887-1904.
- Washington County Chain Gang, 1930 Index of Prisoners ~ Georgia
- West Virginia Penitentiary, 1930 Index of Female Prisoners
- West Virginia Penitentiary, 1930 Index of Prisoners, Surnames A - C
- West Virginia Penitentiary, 1930 Index of Prisoners, Surnames D - H
- West Virginia Penitentiary, 1930 Index of Prisoners, Surnames I - M
- West Virginia Penitentiary, 1930 Index of Prisoners, Surnames N - S
- West Virginia Penitentiary, 1930 Index of Prisoners, Surnames T - Z
- Wethersfield Prison Records ~ Connecticut
Database from the Connecticut State Library includes prisoner's name, aliases, residence, crime committed, victim (if known), sentence, court and date of issue.
- Wetumpka State Prison 1930 Index of Prisoners (A - L) ~ Alabama
- Wetumpka State Prison 1930 Index of Prisoners (M - Z) ~ Alabama
- Wilson County Stockade, 1930 Index of Prisoners ~ North Carolina
- Wisconsin State Prison, 1930 Index of Prisoners (A - H)
- Wisconsin State Prison, 1930 Index of Prisoners (I - Z)
- Wisconsin State Reformatory, 1930 Index of Prisoners, Surnames A - K
- Wisconsin State Reformatory, 1930 Index of Prisoners, Surnames K - Z
- Wyoming State Penitentiary, 1930 Index of Prisoners
- Wyoming Territorial Prison
During its use as a federal and then state penal facility (1873-1903) more than 1,000 men and 12 women did time at the Wyoming Territorial Prison.
- The 48th Ohio at Camp Ford
History of Camp Ford, the largest Confederate Prisoner of War Camp west of the Mississippi.
- Alton in the Civil War - Alton Prison ~ Illinois
- Ancestry.com - Search Military Records
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.
- Andersonville Prisoners of War
Original source: Andersonville, Georgia. Andersonville Prisoner of War Database. Andersonville, GA, USA: National Park Service, Andersonville National Historic Site.
- Camp Morton, 1861-1865 : Indianapolis prison camp
Original source: Winslow, Hattie Lou.. Camp Morton, 1861-1865 : Indianapolis prison camp. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1940.
- Capture and escape : a narrative of army and prison life
Original source: Kellogg, John Azor,. Capture and escape : a narrative of army and prison life. Madison: Wisconsin History Commission, 1908.
- ANDERSONVILLE Mailing List
For the descendants and interested historians of Andersonville, the Civil War's most notorious prison camp, to swap knowledge and research the lives of Union prisoners before, during, and after their time in Andersonville.
- Andersonville National Historic Site
from the National Park Service.
- Bits of Blue & Gray - Andersonville/Camp Sumter
A presentation about the Civil War Prison Andersonville/Camp Sumter as given by Kevin Frey to the American Civil War History chat on AOL.
- Brothers Bound
A source page for information on the Civil War era prisoner of war experience - links to histories, biographies, rosters, and primary documents.
- Cahaba Civil War Prison ~ Selma, Alabama
- Camp Douglas, Illinois
Prison camp and training camp.
- Camp Ford, C.S.A.
The largest Confederate Prisoner of War Camp west of the Mississippi River.
- Camp Ford - Texas Beyond History
- Civil War - Confederate and Union Prisoners of War
Searchable database of Civil War Union and Confederate Prisoners of War.
- Civil War Prison Elmira
- Civil War Prison Point Lookout
- Civil War Prisons
Online searchable database of Andersonville and Fort McHenry prisoners. From the Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System.
- Civil War Richmond - Prisons
Including information about Belle Isle Prison and Libby Prison.
- The Confederate Dead in Brooklyn (New York): Biographical Sketches of 513 Confederate POWs
A book by John F. Walter.
- Confederate POW Graves at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery ~ St. Louis, Missouri
- Confederate POW's Listed in Kentucky Units Who died at Rock Island, IL
- CW-POW Mailing List
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the Civil War prisoner of war camps and prisoners of war, both Union and Confederate.
- Elmira Prison Camp (Civil War) History
History of the Elmira Prison Camp (Civil War) and burials of those who died there.
- Elmira Prison Camp OnLine Library
- Friends of the Florence Stockade ~ Florence, South Carolina
- Fort Delaware Society
- GALVANIZED TARS: Confederate Prisoners of War Who Enlisted in the Union Navy
Information on the many Confederate Prisoners of War who enlisted in the Union Navy. Includes a listing of a small number of these personnel.
- Gratiot Street Prison
Gratiot Street Prison, a Union Civil War prison in St. Louis, Missouri.
- Handbook of Texas Online: CAMP FORD
- The Johnson's Island Memorial Project ~ Sandusky Bay, Ohio
Civil War prison and cemetery. A project of the Ohio Division United Daughters of the Confederacy.
- Kansas Prisoners of War at Camp Ford, Texas 1863-1865
- Libby Prison ~ Richmond, Virginia
Names of soldiers who escaped, died or were admitted to the prison, both Union and Confederate.
- Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia
- MA Ryan, Co B 14th Miss Vol Inf CSA
Experience of a Confederate Soldier in Camp and Prison in The Civil War 1861-1865.
- Macon County, Georgia
- Ohio Prisoner of War Camp Sources
- Point Lookout, Md., Prison Camp
A prison camp for Confederate prisoners of war was built at Point Lookout, Md., on the tip of the peninsula where the Potomac River joins Chesapeake Bay. In all, over 50,000 men, both military and civilian, were held prisoner there.
- Point Lookout POW Descendants Organization
Point Lookout Prison Camp for Confederates in the state of Maryland, 1863 to 1865.
- Union Civil War Prison at Elmira, NY
- Unlikely Allies : Fort Delaware's Prison Community in the Civil War
A book by Dale Fetzer.
- Xerxes Knox, Private, Co. G, 3rd Iowa Cavalry in the Civil War
Cyndi's 3rd great-grandfather and a prisoner at Camp Ford in Tyler, Texas.
- Billy the Kid Outlaw Gang
- Cattle Brands
From the Handbook of Texas.
- Chronology of Jesse JAMES
Detailed information on activities of the James gang, including several excellent images of Jesse and Frank James.
- Fort Smith National Historic Site
Dedicated to telling the story of two frontier forts and the Federal Court for the Western District of Arkansas. Commemorates the Federal District Court for the Western District of Arkansas during the years that the court's jurisdiction included the Indian Territory, 1872-1896.
- History of Cattle Brands
- Jesse and Frank James: The Family History
A book by Phillip W. Steele.
- JESSE-JAMES Mailing List
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the friends and family of the outlaw Jesse James.
- Kansas Gunfighters
- Lawmen & Outlaws - Oklahoma Lawmen & Outlaws Including O. T. & I. T.
- Murder, Mayhem and More: Palo Pinto and Parker County
A book by Jean Ebert Bennett. Spiralbound (2009), 195 pp., indexed. On early crimes in two Texas counties. Compiled from newspaper accounts, it includes fascinating instances of jailbreaks, lynchings, cattle rustling, horse-theft, embezzlement and murder.
- National Association for Outlaw & Lawman History, Inc.
- OKLAHOMBRES Online!
Oklahombres is an association for the preservation of lawman and outlaw history in Oklahoma. Has a searchable archive of past issues of our quarterly publication and a message board where researchers can exchange information.
- OK Lawmen & Outlaws
Lawmen and outlaws from Oklahoma Territory, Indian Territory or the State of Oklahoma.
- OK-LAWMEN-OUTLAW Mailing List
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding ancestors who were lawmen or outlaws in the Oklahoma or Indian Territories.
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
Outlaw JAMES Gang
- Books for sale.
- The Outlaws - Bud and Donnie Pence
They rode with the James gang.
- OUTLAWS-OF-THE-OLD-WEST Mailing List
For anyone who is researching their ancestors who were outlaws of the old West.
- Scribe's Tribute to Billy the Kid
- Scribe's Tribute to Jesse James
- Shaking Your Family Tree: Marshals, Lawmen, Rangers: Historical Characters on the Family Tree
Article by Myra Vanderpool Gormley, C.G.
- U.S. Marshals, Arizona Territory
U. S. Marshals and Deputy Marshals sworn in 1864 - 1912.
- Western Outlaw Lawman History Association
-
 Wild West Personalities Produce Bang-Up Pedigree
By Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG.
- The Wild Wild West
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