Dan, The records show the date the person enlisted eg 14 Oct 1853. Almost all records say single when they enlisted. The date means he got married on 11 April 1871 to a lady from County Kerry. They don't give the wife's name. Only her county. Probably because they moved them to a new county if they married a local girl. The only assignment they are showing is Monaghan which I usually spell out. 16362 WHELAN, James 21 14 Oct Wicklow C[atholic] s 11 Apr '71 Kerry Lab Mon[aghan]. 1853. He was 5'11 � There is a second page that usually tells when or how the person left the service. Died, pensioned, discharged, that sort of thing. I have not copied each of these pages, but I can check it if this is your man. You can see the image at: http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/8609334/1/RIC?h=2ec764 The letters on the far right of the image have to do with promotions or something you would need to have a long list of abbreviations to figure out. I don't know what they stand for. I hope this helps. Christina > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 13:52:10 -0800 > From: Dan Connors <danny.connors@gmail.com> > Subject: [IRL-WICKLOW] Wicklow Royal Irish Constabulary files To: > irl-wicklow@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <9B7BC26F-B943-49B8-94D1-895BF38FD3DB@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Can someone explain the dates. For example, on the Sep 1852-Oct > 1853 there is listed a James Whelan who apparently is 21 years old > and was appointed to the constabulary on 14 Oct (1853). His status > is single and he was married on 11 April 1871 to a lady named > Kerry. Howzzat work? > Dan

--- On Wed, 3/9/11, Christina Finn Hunt <chrisnina@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks to the information about the RIC, I have finally gotten some information about my great grandfather Richard Fulham who enlisted in the RIC in 1846.  How do I go about finding the additional information which is available? This is the first breakthrough I have had in years!  Thank you.  Barbara Corotto

Is there an index to this information please ? Cheers from Valerie in sunny Sydney -----Original Message----- From: irl-wicklow-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-wicklow-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of barbara corotto Sent: Thursday, 10 March 2011 4:23 AM To: irl-wicklow@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-WICKLOW] RIC records --- On Wed, 3/9/11, Christina Finn Hunt <chrisnina@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks to the information about the RIC, I have finally gotten some information about my great grandfather Richard Fulham who enlisted in the RIC in 1846.  How do I go about finding the additional information which is available? This is the first breakthrough I have had in years!  Thank you.  Barbara Corotto *************************************** 1- Only leave in the body of the mail what is relevant to your answer 2- Change the SUBJECT LINE to suit the body of your own Mail to List. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-WICKLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message