Genealogy Chat

Hu All, Can anyone tell me if there is a wabsite that lists people who served in the force. I have found a 3rd gt grandfather who was a P.C in 1851 and would like to see if I can find anymore info. Many Thanks Marie

Hello there Marie, Cannot help you one bit, but you and i are the only one's asking for help, with no replies, and i felt sorry for you, as i do myself. So good luck! Mandy

Sorry Marie I can't help either but I am interested in any answer as I too have found a relative in the police force. Good luck hope you get an answer soon.

Hello I don't know what years it covers but there is a site where you can check Metropolitan police London if that is helpful, it is: www*externalserver*me*uk:8085/ and www*gendocs*demon*co*uk/police*html Hope this helps. Maggie

Hi there, This is a long short, but if your rellie happened to live in Lancashire, you can check if he had records here http://www.lancashire.(.gov).uk/education/lro/records/police.asp remove brackets And they will send you a copy if you are lucky enough to find him. I did this, they replied quickly by email with several details, and I sent off then for a photo copy of the actual document. Great stuff! Regards Jane xxx

Hi Marie In Saturdays Daily Telegraph column Family Detective, one of Kate Winslet's ancestors was a policeman and at the end it said and I quote '' Although there is no central archive for police records, the records of service for police officers who worked in the Metropolitan Police can be found at the National Archives, because they were administered by the Home Office. Local authorities had responsibility for running other forces, so you would have to look in the relevant county archive, local police museum or even the police force itself ''. Hope this helps. Derek

Why is my name in black? Probably a simple answer.

because you don't need to message yourself or when ypou are looking down a thread for you answer it stand out more jeanette

If you put ''police'' in the thread-search, you'll find other threads which may have some relevant info for you, where others have been researching similar topics. Christine

Thank you everyone for your tips and replies Marie

This is the National Archives online research leaflet about policemen. It is mainly about the Met as their records are kept at Kew, but it also gives advice on where to go for City of London policemen and for other police forces. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=104 nell

Hi All You don't say which force, but if it was the Metopolitan force you could try the following. This was sent to me a while ago, but as yet I have not been able to go to Kew to search for my relative. Kew has an index to officers joining the Metropolitan Police 1830-1933. It's on microfilm and the index will give you the officer's warrant number. Bookcases 28-31 have a list marked MEPO 4 in the catalogue references. In the left-hand column find numbers 333-338. In these volumes find the range of years in which your officer joined the service and note the number in the left-hand column, this is the microfilm number. It will be something like MEP 4/334. Go to the locations table to find instructions to get your film. Load the film onto the reader and search for your officer. The number next to his name is his warrant number. Now find MPO 4 list in bookcases 28-31. Go to numbers 352-360 in left-hand column to find attestation ledger, and numbers 361-477 to find the certificate of service. The range of warrant numbers including the one you want will be the document you want. Hope this helps Ericx