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U.S. Penitentiary Records, 1875–1963 - Ancestry

Washington, U.S., U.S. Penitentiary McNeil Island, Photos and Records of Prisoners Received, 1887-1939 Web: Chester County, Pennsylvania, U.S., Criminal and Prison Record Indexes, 1681-1911 Free View all collections included in this search

https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/uspen/ U.S. Penitentiary Records, 1875–1963 - Ancestry

Records of the Bureau of Prisons - National Archives

129.5 Records of the U.S. Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, CA 1938-63 129.6 Records of the U.S. Penitentiary, Atlanta, GA 1902-21 129.7 Records of the U.S. Penitentiary, Leavenworth, KS 1895-1920 129.8 Records of the U.S. Penitentiary, McNeill Island, WA 1881-1981 129.9 Cartographic Records (General) 129.10 Motion Pictures (General) 1935

https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/129.html Records of the Bureau of Prisons - National Archives

California, U.S., Prison and Correctional Records, 1851-1950 - Ancestry

This collection includes a variety of records from state prisons and reform schools, including inmate registers, photo albums, photo identification cards, mug shots, and descriptive lists. Details will vary depending on the type of record, but the registers often include the following items: date and number of commitment; name; nativity ...

https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8833 California, U.S., Prison and Correctional Records, 1851-1950 - Ancestry

How to look up prisoners and prison records | USAGov

Prisons and prisoners Look up prisoners and prison records How to look up prisoners and prison records You can search for prisoners and prison records based on when and where someone was incarcerated. Find out how to look up federal, state, or local prison records. Look up state and local prison records

https://www.usa.gov/prisoner-records How to look up prisoners and prison records | USAGov

Georgia, U.S., Central Register of Convicts, 1817-1976 - Ancestry

The files were compiled between 1902 and 1921 and include information such as: name, age, race, crime, date incarcerated, date released, crime committed, and inmate number. Savannah, Georgia, U.S., Court Records, 1790-1934 Find more about your ancestors living in Savannah, Georgia with this collection of court and municipal records. More help

https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3056/ Georgia, U.S., Central Register of Convicts, 1817-1976 - Ancestry

Prison Records at the National Archives | National Archives

Name Index to Inmate Case Files, U.S. Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas, 1895 - 1931 McNeil Island Digitized Photographs of the McNeil Island Penitentiary Available in Our Catalog General Records Records of the Bureau of Prisons, RG 129, Series Title List, at the National Archives in Kansas City

https://www.archives.gov/research/prisons Prison Records at the National Archives | National Archives

Finding Prisoner Information - LibGuides at John Jay College of ...

John Jay Library has digitized photographs of Incarcerated Death Row Prisoners as well as Prisoners incarcerated for lesser crimes at Sing-Sing Prison in the Lewis Lawes Papers, which does not contain any further records on individual prisoners. Those records are at the New York State Archives.Some are digitally available, such as Sing Sing Inmate Case Register, the Sing Sing Prison ...

https://guides.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/c.php?g=288375&p=1922774 Finding Prisoner Information - LibGuides at John Jay College of ...

68,937 and Counting | National Archives

Searching Inmate Case Files from the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas Summer 2010, Vol. 42, No. 2 | Genealogy Notes By Tim Rives and Steve Spence Enlarge Francisco Salinas was sentenced to one year and one day for concealing smuggled property in 1900—"forty gallons of foreign distilled spirits commonly called mescal; four gallons of brandy; one hundred and sixty two

https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2010/summer/leavenworth.html 68,937 and Counting | National Archives

Prison Records and Your Genealogical Research | Ancestral Findings

You can find these records in the archives of the town in which the prison was located. Most old local prison records, especially in England, are now in archives. You can sometimes find mentions of the crime and the prisoner and why they went to jail in local newspapers.

https://ancestralfindings.com/prison-records/ Prison Records and Your Genealogical Research | Ancestral Findings

Prison Records | Oklahoma Historical Society

The prison housed both male and female inmates as well as individuals of all races. The Oklahoma State Penitentiary Collection [2010.055] consists of prisoner picture cards, fingerprint cards, prison rodeo records, and guard shift logs. Although there are thousands of cards in the collection, not all prisoner cards are available at the OHS.

https://www.okhistory.org/research/prisonsearch Prison Records | Oklahoma Historical Society