Crime and Criminals

Genealogy and historical  information about crime and criminals and other black sheep ancestors.  Many prison records and information about prisoners are available on the internet.  These records can help find information about the prisoners as well as the victims of  crimes.
   

General

• International Black Sheep Society of Genealogists (IBSSG)
    
• Before the Needles - Executions in the US before lethal injections.
    
• Oklahombres 
    

Gangs and Outlaws

• Baldnobbers
    
• Billy The Kid
    
• The Clanton Gang
    
• The Dalton Gang
    
• The Dillinger Gang  Brief bios and family history on Dillinger gang members.
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• Doolin-Dalton Gang
    
• The Dalton Bank Robberies at Coffeyville, KS 
    
• Charles Arthur Floyd aka "Pretty Boy Floyd"
    
• Jesse James
    
• James & Younger Gang
    
• The Musgrove Gang
    

City Records

• Chicago Police Department Homicide Index 1870-1930

State Records

• Record of Early Crime in Windham County, Connecticut, taken from “History of Windham County, Connecticut” by Richard Bayles, 1889.
    
• Colorado State Archives Penitentiary and Reformatory Records
    
• Executions in Oklahoma 
    
• Inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary 1831 - 1850
    
• Utah Index to Prisoner's Pardon Application Case Files
    

International

• 1788 Convicts Sent to Australia
    
• 1790 Convicts Sent to Australia
    
• 1791 Convicts Sent to Australia
     

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