Would like to share a resource for British military records from 1760 to 1872. Before dismissing this because it is British, please be advised there are many Scots in the records. Go to the Public Record Office web site http://pro.gov.uk (url for memory; but you can type in Public Record Office in google.com and get right there). Using their search engine for the catalog, type in WO. This gives you the War Office series of records. Type in your surname of interest. My search for McCallums and McAllums yielded over 115 hits. This gives you basic catalogue entry details including name, birthplace and regiment served in; date or age at discharge and years covered. Next, using the on-line Family History Library Catalog of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, you want to locate: Soldiers Documents: Service Documents of Soldiers 1760-1872. What you will access is over 1200 reels of microfilm which give additional information on those soldiers listed in the War Office search you completed at the Public Record Office site. The PRO search identified the Regiment for the individual. Using that number, scroll down the FHL listing until you come to the appropriate regiment number - Example: 26th Foot. Order or view that film and you will get additional information. Some of the information will not be a great deal more than what the PRO catalogue entry details show. But, in many cases, there is a great deal more information - sometimes several pages on one soldier. It details overseas service, disability, reason for discharge; physical description, sometimes gives wife and children; age; problems while in the military; hospitalization - just all kinds of information - It is easiest to access the correct films on the FHL by using the film/fiche number search. Here is a number of one of the films to enter: 872369 - This will give you the records of the 21st Foot Regiment. ------- Hope this helps someone. Lois ===== My personal website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~virginiawesttooregon The complete database of our family history: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~familylibrary/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com