A great big thank you to Rhoda for her help. I have just found on Find my Past, I hope my elusive Thomas Barr.He signed up for the above Regiment on 1st June1882 in Newry.He has listed his Mother as Jessie Barr living in Govan near Glasgow.It says in his enlistment form he has come from the 3rd Batt R Lancaster Regiment I'm wondering if this is why i could not find him on the 1881 census. Can anyone help me with these Regiments or direct me to a good site have googled but found them quite confusing. thanks Liz ----- Original Message ----- From: "CandROverson" <overson12@btinternet.com> To: <lanark@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 7:57 AM Subject: Re: [Lanark] 1881 census BARR FERGUSON > Elizabeth > > I hope you don't mind me asking a few questions. What information do you > have on Thomas Barr and his parents. I couldn't find a marriage on > Scotlands People between a Thomas Barr and Jessie (or Janet) Burlee or > Buslee. Was Thomas their only child? I am assuming that you haven't > found > his birth certificate as you say that he was born "abt" 1865. So how do > you > know the names of his parents? Do you have Thomas's and Jessie's death > certificates? > > Rhoda > > > > ------------------------------- > > LANARK, SCOTLAND MAILING LIST > > > LIST TOPIC: The discussion and research of genealogy or history > information pertaining to Lanark, Scotland at any point in its history. > > WHEN REPLYING to any list post please remember to snip most of the earlier > message before you post any reply > > LIST INFORMATION PAGE: Contact the List Admin at > lanark-admin@rootsweb.com; or to search the list archives, get information > on subscribing or unsubscribing, or to obtain other useful information to > help you use the list more effectively, please click on the following link > to the list information page online: > > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Elizabeth I am not by any means an expert on military history but googling Royal Lancaster Regiment suggests that the Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment had a connection with the Border Regiment because by 1959 the two had amalgamated to form the Kings Own Royal Border Regiment. See: http://www.armymuseums.org.uk/sot-infantry.htm The Kings Own Royal Regiment Museum is in Lancaster and I think they should be able to advise you what information the Regiment's records might hold on Thomas Barr. (It is interesting that he joined an English, rather than a Scottish, regiment). See: http://www.kingsownmuseum.plus.com/ Rhoda ----- Original Message ----- From: "elizabeth" <liz.dave@farmside.co.nz> To: <lanark@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 5:33 AM Subject: [Lanark] 1st Border Regiment/3rd Batt R Lancaster Regiment > I have just found on Find my Past, I hope > my elusive Thomas Barr.He signed up for the above Regiment > on 1st June1882 in Newry..It says in his enlistment form he > has come from the 3rd Batt R Lancaster Regiment . > Can anyone help me with these Regiments or direct me to a good > site have googled but found them quite confusing. > thanks Liz >