Thanks very much Judi ..he died in the 1930s Kelly On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 1:22 PM, judi <[email protected]> wrote: > > Kelly, this is the return address on the envelope... > If he died before 1898, they won't have it, but if he died on the job, > they > probably do. > Good luck! > Judi > > First Deputy Commissioner > > New York City Police Department > > One Police Plaza รข RM. 1412 > New York, NY 10038 > > On 04/02/14, Kelly<[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Judi > Would you please share the address you wrote to for police records in > NYC? > Is there a fee? My great uncle > my great uncle Jack Devlin was an NYPD on foot patrolling in Harlem, > died > young. Family says when he was waked "half of Harlem came down to show > their affection " > Thanks > Kelly > On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 6:45 AM, Judi <[1][email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I recently requested my 2X great grandfather's records from the NYPD. > I > > received a very nice response yesterday that a search of their records > > turned up nothing, though several state and federal censuses list his > > occupation as police, as do city directories and several articles in > the > > Brooklyn Daily Eagle. He was a patrolman with 20 years' service, and > the > > Eagle published his retirement announcement. The trouble seems to be > that > > he > > retired in 1892, and "Brooklyn was not consolidated into the > municipality > > of > > NYC" until 1898. Documents from that period are not maintained within > the > > NYCPD for that reason. > > > > They included pages of options as to what to do next - including > Municipal > > Archives, Dept of Health, and dozens of others, followed by > instructions > > for > > requesting BMD certs...which I don't need, in this instance. Has > anyone > > else > > encountered this, and if so, what did you do next? > > > > Thanks, > > Judi > > > > ====NY-Irish Mailing List==== > > Don't forget to check out the NY-Irish mailing list website. Also, > > check/add your NY-Irish surnames on the Surname Registry: > > [2]http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [3][email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ====NY-Irish Mailing List==== > Don't forget to check out the NY-Irish mailing list website. Also, > check/add > your NY-Irish surnames on the Surname Registry: > [4]http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [5][email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > References > > 1. mailto:[email protected] > 2. http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ > 3. mailto:[email protected] > 4. http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ > 5. mailto:[email protected] > ====NY-Irish Mailing List==== > Don't forget to check out the NY-Irish mailing list website. Also, > check/add your NY-Irish surnames on the Surname Registry: > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message