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Ancestry.com - Alcatraz, California, U.S. Penitentiary, Prisoner Index, 1934-1963 $

Original source: Alphabetical Index of Former Inmates of U.S. Penitentiary, Alcatraz, 1934

Ancestry.com - Alcatraz, California, U.S. Penitentiary, Prisoner Index, 1934-1963 $

Original source: Alphabetical Index of Former Inmates of U.S. Penitentiary, Alcatraz, 1934

Ancestry.com - California, Prison and Correctional Records, 1851-1950 $

Original source: Department of Corrections. Folsom State Prison Records, 1879

Ancestry.com - Tulare County, California, Sheriff's Office and Jail Records, 1874-1963 $

Original source: Original data: Sheriff's Records. Textual records. Tulare County Sheriff's Office, Visalia, California, USA.

Before the Needles - California

A detailed listing of executions that occurred under civil authority in California. Listing 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.
[The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]

California Blacksheep Ancestors

Directory of links for prison and convict records, court records, executions, famous outlaws, criminals & bandits.

CSU Japanese American History Digitization Project

A Collaborative Digital History Project of the California State University Libraries.