Hi Patricia, Note that the location is Ossining, NY. There is a very interesting Wilkipedia website article on the history of the town and on Sing Sing prison. If you feel strongly that the (gangster) DALY individual is someone in your family, try contacting the Ossining Historical Society website. I believe that is where I saw them list newspapers that carried news about the prison in various years and a volunteer might check microfilms or have a card file, newspaper file, or book about gangland to draw on. There is a very interesting on-line "Time" magazine archived article on Sing Sing, dated Monday January 7, 1929, which gives details of life in prison and execution of prisoners. One of several books available for background: "LIFE AND DEATH IN SING SING" - Lewis E. LAWES-Doubleday, Doran. He was a warden there in the 1920s. If you determined date of birth and death, how long he had been in prison, found where he resided in early life, or as a member of a gang, you might be able to find him on a USA Federal Census. I should think that old prison ledgers would exist with details on prisoners. Although the fact that DALY is identified as a "gangster" makes it likely he was Irish, one should keep in mind that many blacks have Irish surnames going back to the days of slavery and plantation owners. Rootsweb at Ancestry.com has, I believe, an interesting board for researchers with "Black Sheep" ancestors. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 9:06 AM Subject: [IRISH-AMER] How to find person executed in Sing Sing > The following was printed in an Elyria, OH paper, the The > Chronicle-Telegram," 1926 June 25: > > "Ossing. N.Y., June 25---Frank Daly, gangster, paid the penalty in the > electric chair at sing sing shortly before midnight for the murder of two > street railroad emplyoyes[sic]." > > I'd like to know what records I need to locate in order to determine this > man's ancestry. > Thank you, > Patricia >