Thanks Maureen, I shall try what you have suggested. Regards. Clive In a message dated 15/09/2010 13:41:39 GMT Daylight Time, maureen.evers@bigpond.com writes: Hello List Clive said: I would be more then grateful for any information or for someone to point me in the right direction to obtain more information on my Great Grandfather , who was in the 48th Regt in 1877, and of my Grandfather Samuel who may have been a guard working on the Indian Railways. The FIBIS Fibiwiki has a page British Army http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=British_Army which may assist. In particular, the online soldiers' discharge papers (WO 97 Chelsea Pensioners records) may be relevant. The FIBIS Fibiwiki page "48th Regiment of Foot" gives general background http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=48th_Regiment_of_Foot For general guidelines refer the FIBIS Fibiwiki Beginners Guide http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Beginners%27_Guide Cheers Maureen (Sydney) ===== India Mailing List ===== Families in British India Society: http://www.fibis.org Archives for this list can be found at: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=INDIA and at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/INDIA ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message