The 99th Regiment of Foot ran a bell with me because it seemed to me that's the same regimental number as for those soldiers who were given land grants around Perth in Upper Canada following the War of 1812, some of which I'm trying to shake out of my tree. I looked into this - you can easily be lost and I'm not sure I got all of it straight. Here goes : The 99th Regiment of Foot which was in Canada 1816 was disbanded in 1818. It was also known as "The Prince Regent's County of Dublin Regiment" (and previously the 100th Regiment of Foot from 1804 to 1816). It was later reconstituted in 1858 as "the 100th (or Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot". Another "99th Regiment of Foot" was formed in 1824 . It seems curious, but perhaps absolutely normal that they were recruiting in Clones because in 1832, they became known as the 99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot, and continued to exist as a separate regimental unit until 1881. This regiment won battle honors against the Maoris in New Zealand 1846-47 and in Pekin 1860. http://www.regiments.org/milhist/uk/bargxrefn.htm Tom (in France) [email protected] sur 14/03/2001 23:40:28 Pour : [email protected] cc : Objet : Re: WADE- FERMANAGH IRELAND In a message dated 3/14/01 3:38:04 PM, [email protected] writes: << As I will be in Ireland in May I was hoping someone could tell me were I might start finding any info on the births of the foll or their parents:- Thomas WADE b abt 1808 George WADE b abt 1806 Robert WADE b abt 1804 Parents of above - Thomas WADE & Annie nee THOMPSON. Army records show they were all born in or around the town of Newtown Butler, Co Fermanagh they joined the 99th r'gment of foot in May1824 at Clones, and served 11 years in Mauritius before George & Thomas came to Australia as guards on convict ships Robert stayed in Ireland. >> Besides army records, what have you already looked at? Have you tried church records? And just for my own interest, where did you find the Army records? And was the 99th a Fermanagh regiment? Janet C-S ============================== Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com