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Once you know the ship name[s] or the regiment name or number, the following records may help you trace your ancestor’s career, age, and birthplace: | Once you know the ship name[s] or the regiment name or number, the following records may help you trace your ancestor’s career, age, and birthplace: | ||
==== '''Muster Rolls:''' ==== | ==== '''Muster Rolls:''' ==== | ||
[[Image:Wo12book.png|thumb|left]]"Muster Rolls and Pay Rates" were monthly accounts that were kept of military enlistment and pay schedules. They were kept for privates up through officers and may contain valuable information such as "good conduct" awards, punishments, special assignments, and the like. A commanding officer made every effort to list everyone on his muster rolls since the number of men determined his funding. The records usually list each person assigned to a ship or regiment at the muster date, his age on joining, the date he joined, the place where he joined, and sometimes information such as a dependent list (in later army musters) and birthplace (on sea musters from 1770). Muster records for the Royal Artillery are the earliest, beginning in 1708. Other army musters exist for 1760 to 1878. After 1790, they were kept in bound volumes.<u><ref>Hamilton-Edwards, Gerald (1977). In Search of Army Ancestry. Phillimore, p. 73.</ref></u> Navy musters cover 1667 to 1878. Naval musters contain "alphabets" (indexes organized by the first letter of the surname) from 1765.These records can also be used to track the movements of a specific individual. | [[Image:Wo12book.png|thumb|left]]"Muster Rolls and Pay Rates" were monthly accounts that were kept of military enlistment and pay schedules. They were kept for privates up through officers and may contain valuable information such as "good conduct" awards, punishments, special assignments, and the like. A commanding officer made every effort to list everyone on his muster rolls since the number of men determined his funding. The records usually list each person assigned to a ship or regiment at the muster date, his age on joining, the date he joined, the place where he joined, and sometimes information such as a dependent list (in later army musters) and birthplace (on sea musters from 1770). Muster records for the Royal Artillery are the earliest, beginning in 1708. Other army musters exist for 1760 to 1878. After 1790, they were kept in bound volumes.<u><ref>Hamilton-Edwards, Gerald (1977). In Search of Army Ancestry. Phillimore, p. 73.</ref></u> Navy musters cover 1667 to 1878. Naval musters contain "alphabets" (indexes organized by the first letter of the surname) from 1765.These records can also be used to track the movements of a specific individual. | ||
*Photo curtesy of National Archives at Kew, London, England | *Photo curtesy of National Archives at Kew, London, England<br> | ||
<br> | ==== WO 12 Series: General Muster Books and Pay Lists<br> ==== | ||
These records begin in 1732 and end in 1878. They cover guards, infantry, cavalry, and household troops. According to the National Archives these records also include special groups, such as colonial troops, various foreign legions, special regiments, and other depots.<br> | |||
These records show an individual's enlistment dates, his movements and dischage dates as show below, notice the sections under "First Muster, Second Muster, and Third Muster", these are the locations of the soldiers at the time of their pay. <br> | |||
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*Photo curtesy of the National Archives at Kew, London, England<br> | *Photo curtesy of the National Archives at Kew, London, England<br> | ||
If the information you seek is after 1868. there is a "Roll of Married Establishment" which lists husbands and wives as shown below:<br> | If the information you seek is after 1868. there is a "Roll of Married Establishment" which lists husbands and wives as shown below:<br> | ||
[[Image:Marriage-roll-2a.png|585x293px]]<br> | [[Image:Marriage-roll-2a.png|585x293px]]<br> | ||
*Photo curtesy of the National Archives at Kew, London, England<br> | *Photo curtesy of the National Archives at Kew, London, England<br> | ||
Recording all this information must have been a daunting task as these books are very large as shown in the earlier picture. There are 13, 307 volumes of these records located at the National Archives. To view them, you have to be there and view them in a special document room. <br> | Recording all this information must have been a daunting task as these books are very large as shown in the earlier picture. There are 13, 307 volumes of these records located at the National Archives. To view them, you have to be there and view them in a special document room. <br> | ||
Because photopying these very large volumes would be extremely difficult, you can use a camera (without flash) to capture the images. <br> | Because photopying these very large volumes would be extremely difficult, you can use a camera (without flash) to capture the images. <br> | ||
If you are unable to visit the National Archives, they provide a document service at £0.40 per page.<br> | If you are unable to visit the National Archives, they provide a document service at £0.40 per page.<br> | ||
To learn more about these valuable records visit their web page on this set of records at http://tinyurl.com/43beoku. <br> | To learn more about these valuable records visit their web page on this set of records at http://tinyurl.com/43beoku. <br> | ||
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