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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.
'''Please note that muster roll records may be missing for some Regiments and periods''', in India and generally. For example, there are virtually no muster roll records for the Royal Artillery in India, .
=====Online records=====
*Ancestry (pay site with a free search) has a collection [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=60546 UK, British Army Muster Books and Pay Lists, 1812-1817]. In addition there are some rolls outside this date range, from 1779 and also up to 1821. Comprises selected WO 12 muster books and pay lists of the Cavalry, Foot Guards and regular infantry regiments of the line. Also included are special regiments or corps, colonial troops, various foreign legions and troops, garrison battalions, veteran battalions and depots.
**[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/british-army-soldiers-up-to-1913/ Looking for records of a British Army soldier up to 1913]
***[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/british-army-muster-rolls-pay-lists-1730-1898/ British Army: Muster Rolls and Pay Lists, c1730-1898]
****[https://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/webinar-army-musters-just-accounts/ Webinar: "Army musters – more than just accounts"] by William Spencer 13 February 2014.
**[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/british-army-soldiers-after-1913/ Looking for records of a British Army soldier after 1913]
**Additional guides may be located in [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/?research-category=military-and-maritime Military and maritime]. including
=====British Library Guides=====
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130320010401/http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/offpubs/ukofficalpub/servlists/armylist.pdf British Library Guide to Service Lists for the [British<nowiki>]</nowiki> Army, Navy and Air Force], now an archived webpage.
===India Office military records at the British Library===
