Thank you to those who responded. I have now worked out what FA LA stands for - Farm Labourer. Leonie Fretwell [email protected] Burra, South Australia -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Leonie Fretwell Sent: Saturday, 3 January 2009 1:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ENG-WILTSHIRE] Query on Militia As part of my research on Wiltshire Osmans I came across a reference in the 1881 census for the Lafford family of Maisey Hampton (not Wiltshire I know!) in which the father and older son were described as Fa La & Private In The North Glost Militia I have checked google but could find no clue as to what Fa La meant. Can anyone throw any light on these abbreviations? Leonie Fretwell [email protected] Burra, South Australia ------------------------------- 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