Hello List Frances said: I am trying to find out more about the above-referenced person.[Col. Lawtie] I know he was active and living in Calcutta in 1794. I have found mentions of a Lieutenant-Colonel Lawtie in googlebooks. I was wondering how I could find out more about this person--like his first name, when he went out to India, and so forth. I am specifically looking for a military person by the name of Lawtie and the rank of colonel or lieutenant-col. There is a James Lawtie mentioned in the following link-Bengal Officers (Archive.org) http://www.archive.org/stream/alphabeticallist00dodwrich#page/160/mode/2up/s earch/Lawtie or http://tinyurl.com/2edzlxh He went to India 1778, Lieut-Colonel 1804, retired 1811 The British Library has the following reference under Cadet papers: Lawtie, James IOR/L/MIL/9/255/15, 18 Cheers Maureen (Sydney)