Hello List Penny said: I have been trying to search for John CAMERON b. 1841 Scotland d. 1927 Maymyo, Maynmar and his family in India. I have had loads of luck with Ecclesiastical records on the family search site https://beta.familysearch.org so armed with my film numbers I went along to the Family Records Centre to request copies of the films, all 25 of them. However they now cost £7.50 per film and as the very helpful person in the centre told me the records wont tell me anything more than the transcribed records on the web site. So I have decided that I wont go down that road I will make do with the copies of records off the site. Some fo the records are confirmed on the FIBIS site so I think I will be happy with that information. However I still have a query...The details are John Cameron was supposed to be a Doctor in the Welsh Fusiliers. I don't think it is correct for the Family History Centre to say the original records will have no additional information. For instance in a baptism, the records will usually give information about the father's occupation, and if he is in the Army, will usually give the rank and regiment. This information is very rarely given on the beta or pilot Family Search records, other websites may have more information if they have the same record. However, it sounds as if Penny does not have this information. So if Penny has any baptismal records where John Cameron is the father, or a recent marriage record of John Cameron, I would at least look at the microfilm at the latest date available to see what it says about his Army rank and Regiment. If he was an Apothecary, which from 1894 were called Assistant Surgeons, it would be expected that this information would be shown. However,, the majority of Apothecaries/Assistant Surgeons were born in India. The earlier he arrived in India, the lower the probability he would be an Apothecary, as in the earlier days virtually all Apothecaries were born in India. For more information about Apothecaries, see the FIBIS Fibiwiki page Apothecary http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Apothecary The FIBIS Fibiwiki page "Family History Centres" http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Family_History_Centres gives information about a photocopy service which may be cheaper than ordering microfilms in some circumstances. However, you do need to have the British Library IOR Volume and page Number reference, and only some ( a few? ) of the records from the beta or pilot Family Search site actually quote this reference. Perhaps the Family History Centre which Penny attended may have the index volumes on site and could give the appropriate reference. You can search to see the microfilms on site at the London LDS Centre. (Link in the Fibiwiki page) Cheers Maureen