Here's a lengthy and detailed guide to those records: http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/researchroom/rr_family_corrections.shtml --- YCSSALLAM@aol.com wrote: > You can check the New York State Archives. There is a section > that has > information on the correctional facilities in NYS. I recently > found one of my > relatives listed as an inmate at Elmira in the 1920's census. > I contacted the > archives to see if I could get prison records for him ( I know > that he died in > 1958), but they told me that they do not release the > admissions records until > 75 yrs. after the death of the person. However they do have > Biographical > registers and receiving blotters. Unfortunately, I would have > to go to Albany to > research it. > > Good luck! > > Christine > > > ==== NYERIE Mailing List ==== > List Administrator: Dick Rose <dtrose@cox.net> > My Genealogy: http://members.cox.net/dtrose/ > Archived Messages at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your > family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 > months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-* Cynthia Van Ness, MLS, bettybarcode AT yahoo DOT com www.buffaloresearch.com "My heart is moved by all I cannot save: So much has been destroyed I have to cast my lot with those who, age after age, perversely, with no extraordinary power, reconstitute the world." -Adrienne Rich