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Ancestry.com - Court, Governmental & Criminal Records $
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
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Black Sheep: 10 Things to Know (Wayback Machine) FREE
A free 4-page how-to article from the Ancestry.com Learning Center.
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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.
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Family Tree Connection - Prison Records
Search the listings for free, view full details with a fee-based subscription.
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Findmypast - Search - Institutes & Organizations $
Findmypast has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.
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GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES Mailing List (Archived on RootsWeb)
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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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Legal Research Guide - Criminal Records, Federal
Links for US federal criminal record databases.
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Researching Black Sheep Ancestors
By Gena P. Ortega.
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Unlocking the Files of the FBI: A Guide to Its Records and Classification System
A book by Gerald K. Haines.
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