So sorry! I was sending that to my house to get the address for Kelly :-) Too many things open here. I'll send it in a minute, Kelly! On 04/02/14, judi<[email protected]> wrote: Can you do me a favor? The env from the police (ny) is on the shelf where i keep my calendars. Can you send me the return address? On 04/02/14, Kelly<[1][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 <[2][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: > [3]http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [4][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: [5]http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [6][email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. mailto:[email protected] 3. http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ 4. mailto:[email protected] 5. http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ 6. mailto:[email protected]