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Police Records

Police Records. Colin Waller Archivist (Highland Archive Service). Highland Archive Centre, Inverness. Highland Archive Service Types of Records. Official documents eg local authority records The Highland Council Highland Region Council Counties, Burghs and Parishes etc.

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Police Records

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  1. Police Records Colin WallerArchivist (Highland Archive Service)

  2. Highland Archive Centre, Inverness

  3. Highland Archive Service Types of Records • Official documents eg local authority records The Highland Council Highland Region CouncilCounties, Burghs and Parishes etc. • Privately deposited records Businesses, Societies, Estates, Individuals NHS HighlandPolice Scotland (Northern Constabulary) • Charge and superintendence records Church Records, Customs and Excise Records

  4. Northern Constabulary records [HCA/R91] • Records cover:County and burgh police forces,1832-2000 • Main record series:Chief Constable’s annual reports, returns and letterbooks Police station daily occurrence books Some incident reports e.g. Aircraft Crashes Personnel records • Access restrictions:Enquiries may need to be referred to the Police Scotland Freedom of Information Officer

  5. Potential Users • Family Historians • Creative Writers • Local and Social Historians

  6. Case Study 1 Family Historians Donald and Margaret Sutherland,Wonthaggi, Australia

  7. Inverness-shire Constabulary Personal Record and Defaulters Book, 1882-1911 [HCA/R91/D/9/3]

  8. Foyers Station Daily Occurrence Book, P. C. Campbell and P. C. Sutherland 1908 - 1911 [HCA/R91/D/B/5/7/1]

  9. P.C. William Sutherland Inverness-shire Constabulary, 1899-1901 [HCA/R91/D/9/3]

  10. Gold theft in KildonanThe story of an unlucky thief(or a lucky policeman) Case Study 2 Creative Writersand Local and Social Historians

  11. Sutherland Estate Gold Miner’s License, 1869 [HCA/D1359/1/2] Ordnance Survey map3rd Edition, 1911Sheet 109 - Auchintoul

  12. Crime scene: Baile an Òr Kildonan Station Daily Occurrence Book - 4 September 1869[HCA/R91/B/5/10/1]

  13. Helmsdale[HCA/R91/B/5/10/1]

  14. From Helmsdale to Dornoch[HCA/R91/B/10/5/1]

  15. Dornoch Dornoch Station Daily Journal of Inspector G. Bridgeford[HCA/R91/B/5/5/2]

  16. Register of parties accused of crimes and offences, Dornoch, 1863-1873 [HCA/R91/B/2/a] Sutherland Constabulary Record Form A , 1867-1874[HCA/R91/B/2/b]

  17. Sutherland County ConstabularyCash Book [HCA/R91/B/7/5] Account Book

  18. Thank You

  19. Ian Murray Chief Executive High Life Highland 12-13 Ardross Street Inverness IV3 5NS Tel: 01463 663824 ian.murray@highlifehighland.com www.highlifehighland.com

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