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Family History Indexes

 

 

                                   

Militia Musters, 1781-82   (WO 13)

 

 

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The Militia Act of 1757 provided for men to serve in the militia at home in order to counter any threat arising while the majority of the regular army was stationed abroad.  Lists of eligible men in each parish were known as militia ballot lists and from these, the men actually chosen appeared in the militia lists which are often to be found in county record offices.  At the National Archives (former Public Record Office), however, are the muster and pay lists in series WO 13.  These record the men actually serving and the indexes provide details for each man at the three or four musters during the two year period for which records survive.  County regiments, although recruited locally, often served away from home and these indexes tell precisely where, under whom and on what dates the men were mustered.

 

 

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Files on 3½" disks are plain ASCII text files for IBM PC. They can be imported into wordprocessors, spreadsheets and databases running under Windows.  Files on CD are in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (.PDF) and support searching and printing as well as many options for navigation.  Acrobat Reader software for Windows 3.1/95 & later is supplied on each CD.  The files are also compatible with Apple MAC and UNIX if you already have the Reader software or download it from Adobe.com

         

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Militia Musters, 1781-82 Volume 1

Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset & Wiltshire

CD-ROM £9.99

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