Genealogy
Prison Records Online
General:
- Black Sheep Ancestors: National and international directory of online resources.
United States--Current:
United States--Historical, By State:
- Arizona Department of Corrections Historical Register (inmates received before 1972)
- Executions at Fort Smith, Arkansas, 1873-1896
- Chicago Police Department Homicide Record Index, 1870-1930
- Colorado State Archives Penitentiary Photograph Collection, 1893-1980
- Colorado State Penitentiary Prisoner Index, 1871-1973
- Nevada State Prison Inmate Case Files, 1863-1972
- Inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary, 1831-1850
- Texas Executions Index, 1819-1982
- Walla Walla State Penitentiary (Washington State) Online, 1887-1922
United States--Historical, Specialized:
- Alcatraz Inmate Lists
- Center for Research, Allied POWs Under the Japanese
- Civil War Prisons (Fort McHenry and Andersonville)
- Japanese-American Internee Lists, 1942-1946 (select subject in popup box, "Japanese Americans"). Also see “Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II” database at Ancestry Library Edition.
- Japanese-POW Home Page: Links to many resources on Americans held prisoner by the Japanese during World War II.
- World War II, Korean and Vietnam Prisoners of War (select subject in popup box, "Prisoners of war")
International:
