| 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. |
| Topics | Social history
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| Type | U3A-led research (SLP) |
| U3A | Warrington U3A
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| 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 some 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. |
| Notes | The searchable databases resulting from these projects can be found at :-
https://wmag.culturewarrington.org/local-history/resources/robberies-database/
and
https://wmag.culturewarrington.org/local-history/resources/warrants-register-database/ |