This may sound too simple, try writing to the warden of the facility, and inquire if records of a family member(deceased) may be obtained for historical purposes. My mother had written to a warden once who was very cooperative, and gave the information requested - I wish everything was that easy. Dave On Mon, 24 Jun 2002 15:49:20 -0500 "John and Helene Ennor" <Ennor@cfu.net> writes: > I have finally found one of my relatives (Joe Kristovich) in the 1920 > Fed. Census. He was a prisoner in Leavenworth, Kansas. My question > is, has anyone ever requested a prison record? If so how did you go > about it? Did it contain anything of value? > Thanks much. > Helene Ennor > ennor@cfu.net > >

http://www.lvarea.com/data/usp_info.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: <dave9759@juno.com> To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 5:44 PM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Kristovich in Penitentiary > This may sound too simple, try writing to the warden of the facility, and > inquire if records of a family member(deceased) may be obtained for > historical purposes. > My mother had written to a warden once who was very cooperative, and gave > the information requested - I wish everything was that easy. > Dave > On Mon, 24 Jun 2002 15:49:20 -0500 "John and Helene Ennor" > <Ennor@cfu.net> writes: > > I have finally found one of my relatives (Joe Kristovich) in the 1920 > > Fed. Census. He was a prisoner in Leavenworth, Kansas. My question > > is, has anyone ever requested a prison record? If so how did you go > > about it? Did it contain anything of value? > > Thanks much. > > Helene Ennor > > ennor@cfu.net > > > > >