Thank you Chris for the address for the Militia databases. I have been trying for years to find something on my thrice great grandfathers military information. I had his marriage at Holy Rude saying he was in the Perthshire Militia. He is under the name that is on the marriage certificate which changes in other listings. Shuster to Shewster. His wife Binston to Beanstone. Don't think I will get an argument the Shuster is not a typical Scottish name. Wonder if his father was a Hanoverian Soldier at Stirling. Do you have any idea of how I would go about finding some of those names in the 1700's? Wonderful to get this. Thanks. Kaye In a message dated 6/2/2010 3:51:57 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, christopherpaton@tiscali.co.uk writes: There are three searchable Perthshire militia databases online at http://www.pkc.gov.uk/Education+and+learning/Libraries+archives+and+learning +centres/Archives/Archive+collections/Online+sources/Militia+collections+PE6 6/ Chris ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PERTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Some further Perthshire militia sources (source: Militia Lists and Musters 17578-1876, Gibson and Medlycott): The Black Watch Museum in Perth apparently has a local militia muster roll from 1804 [BW Arch 0416]. The National Archives (www.nationalarchives.gov.uk) - Local militia records for Perth 1753-75; Supplementary militia papers 1802-1816 - all located in class WO13 Also, 1802 Militia Act returns for the burgh of Perth are on Ancestry.co.uk - a listing of all men aged between 18 and 45 who were liable for service. It's not complete, there are entries missing for Craigie and a good part of Pomarium, for example. NB: The Black Watch was the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot, the regiment Peter later joined. Might be easier to look for their records for some form of attestation paper which might name his father? Also, see www.theblackwatch.co.uk/index/napoleonic-wars - he was obviously in Spain fighting during the Peninsula Wars. There is a Peninsula Medal Roll index for 1793-1814 at FindmyPast.co.uk, but it only lists officers. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: <CEHAUGHEE@aol.com> To: <perthshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 4:15 PM Subject: Re: [PERTHSHIRE] PETER CARMICHAEL > Thank you Chris for the address for the Militia databases. I have been > trying for years to find something on my thrice great grandfathers > military > information. I had his marriage at Holy Rude saying he was in the > Perthshire Militia. He is under the name that is on the marriage > certificate > which changes in other listings. Shuster to Shewster. His wife Binston > to > Beanstone. Don't think I will get an argument the Shuster is not a > typical > Scottish name. Wonder if his father was a Hanoverian Soldier at > Stirling. Do you have any idea of how I would go about finding some of > those > names in the 1700's? Wonderful to get this. Thanks. Kaye > > > In a message dated 6/2/2010 3:51:57 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > christopherpaton@tiscali.co.uk writes: > > There are three searchable Perthshire militia databases online at > http://www.pkc.gov.uk/Education+and+learning/Libraries+archives+and+learning > +centres/Archives/Archive+collections/Online+sources/Militia+collections+PE6 > 6/ > > Chris > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PERTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject > and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PERTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >