Hi Could anyone tell me how I would find information on Excise Officers? I have a Thomas Rutledge born c1828 in Tyrone that I am trying to prove was married in Fermanagh in 1861 to Jane Palmer. His occupation at the time was Excise Officer. I have found him in 1861 in Argyll, Scotland as an officer of the Inland revenue, he then returned to Ireland to marry and then went back to Argyll where his first child was born, his second child was born in Londonderry in 1864 and I found in an Irish newspapers where he may have been transferred to Glasgow in 1867. From there I lose track of him but on an Ancstry.com tree it states he died in 1872 in Ballina which I believe is in Mayo. Any information on where to look for records of excise men would be appreciated. Regards Kerrie Australia
Hello Kerrie, I queried this same topic at one of the Ulster Historical Foundation's conferences I have attended and was advised that records for Excise Officers/ Revenue Police were destroyed in the firing of the Four Courts in Dublin in 1922. Same story for court records. Regards, Len Swindley,Melbourne, Australia > To: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com > Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 20:17:22 +1000 > Subject: [CoTyIre] Excise Officers > From: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com > > Hi > > > > Could anyone tell me how I would find information on Excise Officers? I > have a Thomas Rutledge born c1828 in Tyrone that I am trying to prove was > married in Fermanagh in 1861 to Jane Palmer. His occupation at the time was > Excise Officer. I have found him in 1861 in Argyll, Scotland as an officer > of the Inland revenue, he then returned to Ireland to marry and then went > back to Argyll where his first child was born, his second child was born in > Londonderry in 1864 and I found in an Irish newspapers where he may have > been transferred to Glasgow in 1867. From there I lose track of him but on > an Ancstry.com tree it states he died in 1872 in Ballina which I believe is > in Mayo. > > > > Any information on where to look for records of excise men would be > appreciated. > > > > Regards > > Kerrie > > Australia > > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message