Tracing Your Police Ancestors 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 n 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 form 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. AUTHOR: Stephen Wade is a freelance writer specializing in the history of crime and law in Britain and Ireland. He has written fourteen true crime history books, including several volumes in the Wharncliffe Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths series. His history of detectives, Plain Clothes and Sleuths, was published in 2007 and he is currently completing a history of the City of London Police. He also teaches crime history at the University of Hull and, as a visiting lecturer, at Oxford. He has contributed to Family Tree Magazine, Ancestors and other periodicals. Stephen is also a member of the Police History Society and writes for their journal. SELLING POINTS: 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 forces since the time of the Peelers in 1829. Explains how the Metropolitan Police and City London Police function. Describes how the various regional forces developed and recruited. Information on the archive sources and organizations. 40 b/w illustrations
