I have an ancestor, Daniel McFarlane, who was born in Perthshire, Scotland ( though latest information suggests that this name "Daniel" may have been an alias and he may have actually been on Donald Alexander McFarlane). He was the son of one John McFarlane and Ann Stewart and born around 1802 to the best of my knowledge. My documents show that he then served in the army in Ireland sometime between 1820 and 1825. He stole a sheep while serving and was convicted of theft (in Cork) and transported to the colony of NSW for 7 years. All his records show he was a "soldier/groom". Can anyone tell me how I could find records of a Perthshire soldier serving in Ireland in the early 1820's? Does anyone have any information in general about Scottish soldiers serving in Ireland around this time? Anything would be appreciated. Kerri _____ I am using the Free version of SPAMfighter <http://www.spamfighter.com/len> . SPAMfighter has removed 144 of my spam emails to date. Do you have a slow PC? <http://www.spamfighter.com/SLOW-PCfighter?cid=sigen> Try free scan!

Hello Kerri The birth/baptism index on the Scotlands People website has the birth/baptism of a Donald MACFARLANE on 24 July 1802 in Dull, Perthshire, son of John Macfarlane and Ann STEWART. This couple have 3 other children recorded on the index - Peter in 1798, John in 1800 and James in 1805. The parish registers recorded the baptisms of children but sometimes also included the dates of birth. Donald/Daniel could be interchangeable in Scotland; I have a number in my tree who were recorded under either name on different occasions. Do you have any idea of his regiment? The Black Watch (The Royal Highland Regiment) was headquartered in Perth. They have a museum and archives in Perth. But the service records of British army regiments (including the Scottish regiments) are held by the UK National Archives at Kew in London. You could have a look for him in the British Army Service Papers on the Find My Past website which has transcribed the records held at Kew. I just did a free search for Donald Macfarlane born 1802 +/- 2 in Perthshire, and found 3 Donald Macfarlanes but you have to pay to view the transcripts. My Great Grandfather was in the Black Watch in the 1870s and I downloaded his service papers from Find My Past, and followed that up by contacting the Black Watch archives in Perth, Rhoda ----- Original Message ----- From: "kerriferguson" <kerriferguson@dodo.com.au> To: <PERTHSHIRE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 12:25 AM Subject: [PERTHSHIRE] Military in Ireland and Daniel McFarlane >I have an ancestor, Daniel McFarlane, who was born in Perthshire, Scotland > ( though latest information suggests that this name "Daniel" may have been > an alias and he may have actually been on Donald Alexander McFarlane). > > He was the son of one John McFarlane and Ann Stewart and born around 1802 > to > the best of my knowledge. > > My documents show that he then served in the army in Ireland sometime > between 1820 and 1825. > > He stole a sheep while serving and was convicted of theft (in Cork) and > transported to the colony of NSW for 7 years. > > All his records show he was a "soldier/groom". > > Can anyone tell me how I could find records of a Perthshire soldier > serving > in Ireland in the early 1820's? > > Does anyone have any information in general about Scottish soldiers > serving > in Ireland around this time? > > Anything would be appreciated. > > Kerri > >

In Scotland, Daniel and Donald were pretty much the same name. Daniel was not an "alias." Sheila