> > Good morning from Brooklyn New York, > > > Family lore has it that prior to WWI my grandfather did a short > > stint in prison. > > > He was working for the Post Office and got caught stealing stamps. > > > Would anyoine have any idea where I might be able to locate these > > records? > > > emmydbd > > Assuming that your grandfather also lived in Brooklyn,and since this > was a crime against the federal government, his records should be > in NARA at the Northeast Region, New York City office at Varick > Street; email newyork.archi...@nara.gov, 1-866-840-1752 or > 212-401-1620. Brooklyn is in the Eastern District of New York > > I also found a free on-line site: > http://www.criminal-info.com/prisonrecords/ > Check that out. > > bob gillis Thanks for all the replies. They were a big help. No it wasn't James Sheridan and of course I had the time period wrong. But thanks to the help of this group I was able to find what I was looking for. emmydbd <emmydbd@yahoo.com>