I have just tracked down one of my Brick walls , a Robert Campbell and I am now trying to sor out his wife Helen BLack.
Helen was born about 1790-1795 in Elgin , Morayshire to a Sergant Black.
I cannot find her and Roberts marriage but they start producing children in 1808 in Ardeseir , which means Foer George.
On Helens Death Certificate in 1869 she is aged82 and her father is listed as Sergeant Black.
Does anyone know what regiment was in Elgin in the 1790s or where to find out ?
Robert Campbell was in 42nd then the 6th Veterans, i have searched at Kew for Black 42nd and found at least 5 candidates but dont know if the 42nd is the right regiment to be looking at !!!!
Which Regiment was there ?
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David Lang
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Which Regiment was there ?
Lang/loynachan/oloynachan/Gillies/Scally/McIlchere- Argyll, Denovan/Rollo, Stirling/Burns-Stirling Mackie/Grant/Ingils/Campbell-Aberdeen,Stewart/Bell-Glasgow
Brown-Ardrossan/Dundonald, Gemmell- Johnstone/Partick
McKelvie-Arran/ayrshire
Brown-Ardrossan/Dundonald, Gemmell- Johnstone/Partick
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DavidWW
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There is a multi-volume book by John M Kitzmiller II "In Search of the 'Forlorn' Hope - A Comprehensive Guide to Locating British Regiments and Their Records (1640 - WWI)", but I'd advise you read the review of this on the regiments.org site at http://www.regiments.org/about/faq/kitzmill.htm before you invest time in locating a library with a copy, - it's expensive to buy. It also appears to be out of print, and I can't see a second hand copy available anywhere....
On the www.regiments.org site it wouldn't take that long to check the location of all the Scottish regiments, but there's no absolute guarantee that the regiment in Elgin would have been Scottish, nor, for that matter, that it was a regular regiment rather than a militia unit; or, of course, a veterans unit!
If you have any possibility of access to a microfilm of the OPR for Elgin (having checked first of course to see that it is extant!, - on an initial look at the summary details it does appear to be, but that doesn't mean that there are gaps in the runs of years) then a scan though the 1790s could possibly show you details of births and marriages involving soldiers stationed there, thereby possibly identifying the regiment. Similarly regarding the kirk session records, although you are less likely to find that these have been microfilmed (they have recently been digitised and the images are currently available at National Archives of Scotland at Register House in Edinburgh).
David
On the www.regiments.org site it wouldn't take that long to check the location of all the Scottish regiments, but there's no absolute guarantee that the regiment in Elgin would have been Scottish, nor, for that matter, that it was a regular regiment rather than a militia unit; or, of course, a veterans unit!
If you have any possibility of access to a microfilm of the OPR for Elgin (having checked first of course to see that it is extant!, - on an initial look at the summary details it does appear to be, but that doesn't mean that there are gaps in the runs of years) then a scan though the 1790s could possibly show you details of births and marriages involving soldiers stationed there, thereby possibly identifying the regiment. Similarly regarding the kirk session records, although you are less likely to find that these have been microfilmed (they have recently been digitised and the images are currently available at National Archives of Scotland at Register House in Edinburgh).
David