Debebee wrote: >I have a John EWART born in Fort Augustus barracks abt 1815, his father >William EWART was a Soldier and a weaver. I would like to know which >soldiers would be stationed there at that time. Fort Augustus is in the united parishes of Boleskine & Abertarff, and the earliest Old Parochial Register (ca. 1760-1821) has a separate section for Fort Augustus. This register was regularly kept from 1760 onwards, unlike the part referring to Boleskine itself, where the pre-1797 register was lost at an early date, and any entries prior to that date were apparently reconstructed later. Anyway, the Fort Augustus part of the register has lots of entries relating to soldiers. Unfortunately for John Ewart born ca. 1815, the Fort Augustus part ends abruptly at July 8 1813, and doesn't resume in the same form again. I scanned all the baptismal entries from the end of 1809 onwards, looking for soldiers. Between Dec 6 1809 and Jul 8 1813 there are 22 baptisms of children whose fathers are said to be soldiers. One is of a private in the 79th Regiment, 3 are of soldiers in "the Artillery" or "the Royal Artillery", and the rest are of the 6th Royal Veterans Battalion (often abbreviated R. V. Batt, or R Vettn Battn, etc.). Most of the last group were privates, but a sergeant and a corporal are also mentioned. >From this, I assume that the 6th Royal Veterans Battalion was the unit actually stationed at Fort Augustus till mid-1813 at least. It's possible that the unit was withdrawn from Fort Augustus at that time, but others may know more. There are no Ewarts among the soldiers - or at all, for that matter. There was one soldier of the 6th R. Vettn Battn called John EWEN (the reading is clear), whose wife Ann Campbell had a daughter Margaret, baptized March 25 1812. As far as I can see, there are no baptismal records at all for the parish between mid-1813 and some time in 1819, apart from a few entries for local families, entered after the fact. It would be worthwhile checking the source of the information for John Ewart's birth, and also, if it hasn't been done, checking the IGI for any birth entry of a John Ewart, son of William, in case the father was actually stationed elsewhere, e.g. Fort George (parish of Ardiseir - its register is in better shape than Boleskine & Abertarff). Harry Duckworth