Tracing Your Police Ancestors - A Guide for Family Historians by Stephen Wade

Description

This book will help you locate and research officers who served in any of the police forces of England and Wales from the creation of the Metropolitan Police by Sir Robert Peel in 1829. Assuming that the reader has no prior knowledge of how or where to look for such information, Stephen Wade explains and describes the various archives and records and provides a discussion of other sources. Case studies are used to show how an individual officer's career may be traced and understood from this research. He also explains the range of secondary sources open to the family or local historian, many of which offer a broader account of the social and cultural history of the British police forces.

*Comprehensive introduction to researching police history
*Shows how to trace the careers of individual officers within each regional force
*Insight into life in the police force since the time of the Peelers in 1829
*Explains how the Metropolitan Police and City of London Police function
*Describes how the various regional forces developed and recruited
*Information on the Archive sources and organisations

Paperback published by Pen and Sword