------_Part_3a12b72e-023f-3eab-010203040506 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I would suggest that you contact the New Jersey State Department of Corrections for any old prison records. Depending on their record retention schedule, they should have a record covering your ancestors entire stay in State Prison. Most of the information in these records should be public record EXCEPT for any medical, mental health, or victim information. At the very least, you should get a record of what crime they committed, what county they were incarcerated from and a limited physical description (in case of escape). Be aware that if the record is still held by the Corrections Department, they may be too busy to fulfill a search request. If they have transferred the records to the State Archives, you may have better luck. I work for the Department of Corrections in Colorado and that is generally how it works here. I also have an ancestor who turned up in the Missouri State Correctional system in about the same time period (1913 or so) and found his information on an archival microfilm at a library. For Court records I would try the county. Beth Klingensmith Colorado Springs, CO ------_Part_3a12b72e-023f-3eab-010203040506 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <NJMERCER-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-yc04.mx.aol.com (rly-yc04.mail.aol.com [172.18.149.36]) by air-yc05.mail.aol.com (v76_r1.23) with ESMTP; Tue, 14 Nov 2000 21:53:43 -0500 Received: from lists6.rootsweb.com (lists6.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.125]) by rly-yc04.mx.aol.com (v76_r1.19) with ESMTP; Tue, 14 Nov 2000 21:53:13 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists6.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id eAF2q9C27061; Tue, 14 Nov 2000 18:52:09 -0800 Resent-Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 18:52:09 -0800 X-Original-Sender: Jimmycoyot@aol.com Tue Nov 14 18:52:09 2000 From: Jimmycoyot@aol.com Message-ID: <e3.c6b3313.27435443@aol.com> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 21:51:47 EST Subject: old criminal court/prison records Old-To: NJMERCER-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL for Macintosh sub 7 Resent-Message-ID: <U4iAl.A.pmG.ZpfE6@lists6.rootsweb.com> To: NJMERCER-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: NJMERCER-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <NJMERCER-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1100 X-Loop: NJMERCER-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: NJMERCER-L-request@rootsweb.com It seems we might/might not have a black sheep in the family from earlier this century. Can anyone tell me where I might find old criminal court records or prison records from the 1920s or maybe 1930s for the Trenton/Mercer area? And whether those records would be public record? My ancestor is deceased, so I wouldn't be violating his privacy. Can anyone help? Thanks. Pam ------_Part_3a12b72e-023f-3eab-010203040506--