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Offline BarnabyP

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Metropolitan Police Records Online
« on: Friday 12 June 09 15:14 BST (UK) »
Hello Rootschatters.

I have been slowly working on a project to get transcribed indexes for books in the Registers of Leavers for the Metropolitan Police (London). As a by-product of this I have uploaded the photographs that I am using on to flickr.

There are transcribed indexes for some of the <a href="http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Category:Metropolitan_Police_Registers_Of_Leavers">Registers of Leavers</a> on <a href="http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/">Your Archives</a>. There are also <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/naphotorecords/collections/72157613987467704/">photographs</a> for all but a few of the pages of these books on flickr too. I am going to continue to add the transcribed indexes as and when I complete them to the <a href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/">National Archives'</a> <a href="http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/">Your Archives</a> website.

Other records also include the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/naphotorecords/collections/72157615952312310/">Numerical Registers</a>, which cover the very first officers who joined the force. There are also some of the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/naphotorecords/collections/72157618696862035/">Attestation Ledgers</a>.

I hope that it's all helpful for other people researching their family history.

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Re: Metropolitan Police Records Online
« Reply #1 on: Friday 12 June 09 21:13 BST (UK) »
That is brilliant, found my great uncle had been dismised after almost 5 years service. Wonder what he had been up to? ;D ;D
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« Reply #2 on: Friday 12 June 09 22:26 BST (UK) »
There might be a record somewhere else in the National Archives collection that has more information.

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« Reply #3 on: Friday 12 June 09 22:57 BST (UK) »
what a star you are!

jaywit told me of your wonderful resources, I found a ggrandfather on one of the leavers photographs. I already knew the date he died which made it quite simple to find him!

 Brilliant!
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« Reply #4 on: Friday 12 June 09 23:24 BST (UK) »
Glad that it's of use. I have other photographs that will go up in the near-ish future.

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« Reply #5 on: Friday 12 June 09 23:28 BST (UK) »
Wonderful, just found him the Attestation ledger too, which is nice as it has his signature!

a very big thank-you!
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« Reply #6 on: Friday 12 June 09 23:34 BST (UK) »
I'd like to look for gt grandad Charles Colgan warrant 58785 but I can't seem to get to the links. What am I doing wrong ?  >:(
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« Reply #7 on: Friday 12 June 09 23:51 BST (UK) »
Hi Jen
his attestation will probably be before my ggrandfather's. His number was 63095 and he joined 19 Aug 1878

try opening MEPO 4/352  there are 138 photos, I think it will be in that folder.  You need to scroll through them, they are in numeric order

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« Reply #8 on: Friday 12 June 09 23:55 BST (UK) »
Try this link Jen  ;)

straight to him

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