General Leighton's Regiment

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 5:15 pm

If she was an official wife then births of children should appear in the regimental records.

David

Post by **SarahND** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 6:30 pm

DavidWW wrote:If she was an official wife then births of children should appear in the regimental records.

Are these to be found anywhere on SP or are they at Kew also, so I would need to look there? There is no such category on the OPRs, so I assume they are not on SP... but maybe I am missing something?

Regards,
Sarah

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:09 pm

SarahND wrote:
DavidWW wrote:If she was an official wife then births of children should appear in the regimental records.
Are these to be found anywhere on SP or are they at Kew also, so I would need to look there? There is no such category on the OPRs, so I assume they are not on SP... but maybe I am missing something?

Regards,
Sarah

Kew as far as I can recall ............... Nope, it's GRO, see http://www.findmypast.com/resources/ove ... talreg.jsp for the background.

Birth and Baptism, 1761-1924, Marriage records for 1786-1924 exist but, sadly I seem to recall that the records haven't survived for all regiments.

David

Post by **SarahND** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:44 pm

Thanks for that! I will have a look... Never knew those records existed!
Regards,
Sarah

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:54 pm

SarahND wrote:Thanks for that! I will have a look... Never knew those records existed!
Regards,
Sarah

See TalkingScot

, see the things that you find out

But I'm not a happy chappie, as I have a niggle at the back of my mind that I've read somewhere recently that these regimental records have been indexed ..................

, or was it that there is an ongoing or proposed project to index them

David

Post by **SarahND** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:11 pm

DavidWW wrote:See TalkingScot , see the things that you find out

It's brilliant! [talkingscot]

DavidWW wrote:But I'm not a happy chappie, as I have a niggle at the back of my mind that I've read somewhere recently that these regimental records have been indexed .................. , or was it that there is an ongoing or proposed project to index them

It looked as though the births, anyway, were indexed on the findmypast site you gave me the link for-- no? Of course, they want you to pay £5 to buy credits to have a look. Haven't quite decided to do it yet, since nearly everything else on the site I already have on my ancestry subscription and I've been spending quite a bit lately on the OPRs...

Sarah

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:20 pm

SarahND wrote:
DavidWW wrote:See TalkingScot , see the things that you find out
It's brilliant!

DavidWW wrote:But I'm not a happy chappie, as I have a niggle at the back of my mind that I've read somewhere recently that these regimental records have been indexed .................. , or was it that there is an ongoing or proposed project to index them

It looked as though the births, anyway, were indexed on the findmypast site you gave me the link for-- no? Of course, they want you to pay £5 to buy credits to have a look. Haven't quite decided to do it yet, since nearly everything else on the site I already have on my ancestry subscription and I've been spending quite a bit lately on the OPRs...

Sarah

On several reads and rereads of the 1837online site info, now known as Findmypast, as I was completely confused, even discombobulated

, as regards what this site has or hasn't for the pre-1837 regimental records............

David

Post by **SarahND** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:33 pm

It seemed to allow a search here:

http://www.findmypast.com/OverseasStart ... archType=B

and then the results are... I don't know. It might be one of those indexes that give you the pages where the surname you want would be if it were there... but no guarantee it is. OR, it might be a real search and the names are there. Not sure.

Sarah

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:37 pm

SarahND wrote:It seemed to allow a search here:

http://www.findmypast.com/OverseasStart ... archType=B

and then the results are... I don't know. It might be one of those indexes that give you the pages where the surname you want would be if it were there... but no guarantee it is. OR, it might be a real search and the names are there. Not sure.

Sarah

Further clarification from you or some other TS member awaited with great interest

David

Post by **SarahND** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:47 pm

DavidWW wrote:Further clarification from you or some other TS member awaited with great interest

I think I'll wait to see if anyone has used that search before and can tell us what it means

If not, I'll give it a try...

Sarah