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• Ancestry.com - New York, Clinton Prison Admission Ledgers, 1851-1866, 1926-1939 $

  Original source: Clinton Prison. Inmate admission ledgers, 1846, 1851

• Ancestry.com - New York, Discharges of Convicts, 1882-1915 $

  Original source: New York (State) Department of State. Discharges of Convicts by Commutation of Sentences, 1883

• Ancestry.com - New York, Executive Orders for Commutations, Pardons, Restorations and Respites, 1845-1931 $

  Original source: New York (State) Department of State. Executive restorations of citizenship rights, 1869

• Ancestry.com - New York, Governor's Registers of Commitments to Prisons, 1842-1908 $

  Original source: Governor

• Ancestry.com - New York, Prisoners Received at Newgate State Prison, 1797-1810 $

  Original source: State Prison of the City of New York. Register of prisoners received, 1797

• Ancestry.com - New York, Sing Sing Prison Admission Registers, 1865-1939 $

  Original source: Sing Sing Prison. Inmate admission registers, 1842

• Before the Needles - New York

  A detailed listing of executions that occurred under civil authority in New York. 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]

• Criminal Trial Transcripts of New York County Collection (1883-1927)

  Lloyd Sealy Library Digital Collections | John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

• New York Blacksheep Ancestors

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

• New York State Archives - Prison and Reformatory Records

  The State Archives holds numerous inmate registers, cards, and case files from several State correctional facilities.