Warrington U3A's Family History Transcription Group has transcribed two volumes of police records from the beginning of 20th century, one a Register of Warrants, and a second one of Robberies. These will both be compiled into publicly searchable electronic databases.

Project ID	676
Description	Warrington U3A's Family History Transcription Group has transcribed two volumes of police records from the beginning of 20th century, one a Register of Warrants, and a second one of Robberies. These will both be compiled into publicly searchable electronic databases.
Topic	Social history
Type	U3A-led research (SLP)
U3A	Warrington U3A
Organization/partner	Warrington Museum and Art Gallery
Year started	2017
Source of reference	Sources 52, Sep 17, p.13
Output	On 1st March 2019, Group members gave a presentation to a Warrington Family History Group meeting, describing the information available in the ledgers, some particularly interesting cases, the Legal and Court systems of the time, and the early days of what became the Probation Service. Other members had traced reports of some of the cases in local newspapers and found pictures and biographical details of come of the Police officers involved. This session followed visits arranged for 40 members of the Family History Group to the 'Museum of Policing in Cheshire', which is situated in the old Police Station in Warrington.
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