Elaine, Thank you for your kind offer. My mother had a story that one of our forebears was a constable and his helmet and truncheon had been donated to a local museum.  He was probably surnamed Macer. I'd be delighted to hear if you did find anything. Thanks, Ro --- On Wed, 27/1/10, Elaine Saunders <Elaine_Saunders@completetext.com> wrote: > From: Elaine Saunders <Elaine_Saunders@completetext.com> > Subject: [HRT] Hertfordshire police > To: eng-hertfordshire@rootsweb.com > Date: Wednesday, 27 January, 2010, 23:00 > I'm going to be spending the next few > weeks over at the archives researching Hertfordshire police > history from the first half of the 19th > century.   If anyone would like me to keep an > eye out for their relatives in the force, or if they have > any info on policing between 1800 and 1850, please get in > touch. > > I'll occasionally post any interesting finds to the list > too > > Elaine Saunders > Author: A Book About Pub Names > www.completetext.com/ebooks.html >  > > Hertfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/hertford.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >