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Finding Your Famous and Infamous Ancestor

Getting Started With Your Research

Cyndi's List has a directory of links for the category of Famous People. Also see the related categories: Prisons, Prisoners & Outlaws and Royalty & Nobility.

Blacksheep Ancestors
Find links to genealogical prison records for the US and the UK. You will also find links to historical court records, execution records and biographies of famous outlaws and criminals.

Finding Your Famous and Infamous Ancestors by Rhonda McClure
Call Number: 929.1072 MCC
ISBN: 1558706542
Publication Date: 2003-11-15
Wanted! U. S. Criminal Records ~ Sources and Research Methodology by Ron Arons
Call Number: 929.1 ARO NCC
ISBN: 9781935125648
Publication Date: 2009-12-15

Visit The Gaston - Lincoln Biography & History Index to locate biographical information “buried” in the Gaston County Public Library's NCC book collection.

Last Updated: Apr 29, 2021 4:51 PM
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Subjects: Genealogy & Local History, History & Biography

Tags: biographies, family history, genealogy, history

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