Hello Everyone: In the above-mentioned book, there is the following (sorry, I did not keep the page numbers): "In 1794, the vestry met for the purose of making provisions for the wives and children of such persons who had been ballotted into the Fermanagh Militia, belonging to the parish. 10 pounds to be levied. In 1975, the vestry met for the purpose of assessing the parish with 6 pounds per man, for the quota to be furnished by the Parish of Enniskillen to make up the augmentation of the militia prescribed by the Act of Parliament, during the Great War with France. In 1806, the vestry met for laying on money to compensate the parish officer for providing the quota of men to be furnished by the parish under the defense. It was agreed to assess 16 shilling 6 d." Would anyone know if there exists, in the parish records, a list of the "families" who received any of the above "provisions"? Or a list of the men who comprised the "quota" of men, from the parish, for the defence? Also, does anyone know if these men were sent to Arragh, Co. Cavan, where there was a barracks and stables for the cavalry, apparently???? Would the military records of these men be held in London? Thank you, Sylvia Robinson-Leonard, in Virginia (searching WHITELY).

May I recommend the following website for those interested in individual Military records at the Public Records Office in England: http://catalogue.pro.gov.uk/ Simply type a surname of interest in Box #1 (e.g. MAGUIRE). Do not enter any information in Box #'s 2 and 3 on your first try. You will receive the most hits this way. Based on the results, you can narrow your search the next time. Rita in NJ GYMSYL@aol.com wrote: > Hello Everyone: > > In the above-mentioned book, there is the following (sorry, I did not keep > the page numbers): > > "In 1794, the vestry met for the purose of making provisions for the wives > and children of such persons who had been ballotted into the Fermanagh > Militia, belonging to the parish. 10 pounds to be levied. > > In 1975, the vestry met for the purpose of assessing the parish with 6 pounds > per man, for the quota to be furnished by the Parish of Enniskillen to make > up the augmentation of the militia prescribed by the Act of Parliament, > during the Great War with France. > > In 1806, the vestry met for laying on money to compensate the parish officer > for providing the quota of men to be furnished by the parish under the > defense. It was agreed to assess 16 shilling 6 d." > > Would anyone know if there exists, in the parish records, a list of the > "families" who received any of the above "provisions"? Or a list of the men > who comprised the "quota" of men, from the parish, for the defence? > > Also, does anyone know if these men were sent to Arragh, Co. Cavan, where > there was a barracks and stables for the cavalry, apparently???? > > Would the military records of these men be held in London? > > Thank you, > Sylvia Robinson-Leonard, in Virginia (searching WHITELY). > > ==== FERMANAGH Mailing List ==== > If you want your genealogy page for Fermanagh listed in these taglines, please submit your URL to listmaster at: Fermanagh-admin@rootsweb.com