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.
- Ancestor Hunt has web links to Free Online North Carolina Criminal Records organized by county name, and for other states.
- Blacksheep AncestorsFind 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 Call Number: 929.1072 MCCISBN: 1558706542Publication Date: 2003-11-15
Wanted! U. S. Criminal Records ~ Sources and Research Methodology by Call Number: 929.1 ARO NCCISBN: 9781935125648Publication 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.