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From '''1878 to 1898''', all muster rolls are in [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/details?Uri=C14227 '''WO 16''']. The majority of the records for the years 1878 to 1888 contain detailed pay lists with names. From 1888 onwards (WO 16/2917-3049) the series consists of company muster rolls only, and these do not contain pay lists.
The Muster Rolls for the 63rd Regiment of Foot in the period 1819-1840 are known to contain Officers names<ref>Tilley, Megan [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2017-07/1499083135 Troopships] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 3 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.</ref>, but generally the rolls are of enlisted men.
Muster roll records are unfortunately NOT available on [[LDS]] microfilms. If you are a FIBIS member and are unable to visit Kew, the [http://www.fibis.org/research/ FIBIS Research team] should be able to assist.
=====National Archives Guides=====
*The National Archives have the following research guides:
**[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/recordshelp-with-your-research/research-guides/lookingbritish-army-forofficers-person1913/britisharmyofficerbefore1913.htm Looking for records of a British Army officer up to 1913]
***Regarding records mentioned in this link, note that WO 76 records are now available on findmypast, refer above, and are also available to download free as pdf files from the National Archives' Discovery catalogue. See "Free online records: digital microfilm" (link follows later in this section). For Army Lists, see [[Military periodicals online#New Annual Army List|Military periodicals online-New Annual Army List]]
***[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/recordshelp-with-your-research/research-guides/british-army-officers-1660up-to-1913.htm -further-research/ British Army officers up to 1913: further research] (Military Records Information 4)**[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/recordshelp-with-your-research/research-guides/lookingbritish-forarmy-officers-after-person1913/officerbritisharmyafter1913.htm Looking for records of a British Army officer after 1913] **[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/recordshelp-with-your-research/research-guides/lookingbritish-forarmy-soldiers-up-to-person1913/britisharmysoldierupto1913.htm Looking for records of a British Army soldier up to 1913]***[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/recordshelp-with-your-research/research-guides/british-army-soldiersmuster-rolls-dischargepay-andlists-pension1730-records.htm 1898/ British Army soldiers up to 1913: further researchMuster Rolls and Pay Lists, c1730-1898] (Military Records Information 5)***[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/recordshelp-with-your-research/research-guides/british-army-mustersoldiers-1730after-1898.htm 1913/ Looking for records of a British Army: Muster Rolls and Pay Lists, c1730-1898soldier after 1913] (Military Records Information 7)**Additional guides may be located in [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/recordshelp-with-your-research/research-guides/looking?research-forcategory=military-and-person/britisharmysoldierafter1913maritime Military and maritime].htm Looking for records of a British Army soldier after 1913]
**[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/free-online-records-digital-microfilm/ Free online records: digital microfilm]. Includes a number of records in the WO series, including WO 25, War Office and predecessors Registers; WO 42 War Office: Officers’ Birth Certificates, Wills and Personal Papers; WO65 War Office: Printed Annual Army Lists; WO 76 War Office: Records of Officers’ Services, etc. Download through the record references in the National Archives' Discovery catalogue. (Note, some of these records may be available online on commercial sites such as Ancestry. For example, a selection of WO 25 records is available on Ancestry, in the dataset "Canada, British Regimental Registers of Service, 1756-1900").
*The National Archives has published the book ''Army Records: A Guide for Family Historians '' by William Spencer 2008. 160 pages. It is mainly about records in the National Archives and the India Office at the British Library. It contains a chapter "The British Army in India and the Indian Army", in addition to over twenty chapters about British Army records.
