Cornwall Court & Legal Records

New York Governor's Prison Registers (1842-1908)

Images of registers recording the name, date and court of sentence, presiding judge, county, crime, sentence and other details for 295,000 prisoners.

Sing Sing Prison Admission Registers (1865-1939)

An index to and digital images of admission registers for a prison in Ossining. They may list name, county tried in, crime convicted for, dates of conviction and admission, sentence, age, place of birth, family details, physical description, literacy, language spoken, religion, habits and occupation.

New York Convict Discharges (1882-1915)

An index and digital images of registers recording the names of over 44,000 convicts who had their sentence reduce or suspended. The records contain name, crime, judge, date of sentencing, date received in prison, sentence, commutation earned and date of discharge.

Inmates in New York Almshouses & Poorhouses (1830-1920)

An index and digital images of 250,000 forms containing biographic and genealogical details of New York's poor.

New York, Clinton Prison Admission Ledgers (1851-1939)

An index to and images of inmate admission ledgers, recording over 4,000 people admitted to a state prison.

New York Criminal Citizen Restorations (1845-1930)

Over 26,000 convicts who had revoked citizen's rights restored by the Governor of New York. Records include felon’s name, crime, date and county of conviction, sentence and prison.

Prisoners Received at Newgate Prison, New York (1797-1810)

Profiles of over 5,000 prisoners, including women, held in the prison.

New York Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society Records (1884-1925)

An index and images of records detailing the admission and discharge of over 13,000 Jewish orphans to asylums in New York and Pleasantville.

Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum Records (1878-1969)

An index and images to around 14,000 records relating to the care of Jewish orphans, including admissions, discharges, correspondence, awards and administrative records.

New York Hebrew Orphan Asylum Records (1860-1934)

An index to and digital images of records detailing over 38,000 Jewish orphans. Records may relate to admissions, discharges, medical, administrative, financial, property and other matters.

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