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This series of records provides <blockquote>"...a comprehensive means of establishing dates of enlistment, movements throughout the world, and of discharge or death. The first entry may show age on enlistment. An entry on the form "Men becoming non-effective", sometimes to be found at the end of each quarter's musters, shows the birthplace, trade, and date of enlistment of any soldier discharged or dead during the quarter. From about 1868, at the end of each muster, may be found a Marriage Roll, which enumerates wives and children for whom married quarters were provided." </blockquote>
From about 1868, at the end of each muster, may be found a Marriage Roll, which enumerates wives and children for whom married quarters were provided. See an An 1889 example of data from a Marriage Roll in this can be seen [http://web.archive.org/web/20040417222802/members.ozemail.com.au/~clday/married.htm linkhere] from on Cathy Day’s archived site. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/browser.asp?CATLN=3&CATID=13072&GPE=False&MARKER=0 Browse] the Regiments listed in WO 12.
→Military records: material from tna catalogue transferred to a quote, link to wo12 on the first ref to it
===Military records===
Unlike those of the presidency armies, muster rolls for British Army regiments stationed in India are not at the British Library but are instead at [[The National Archives]] at Kew in London. The majority of the Muster records up to 1878 are in [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/browser.asp?CATLN=3&CATID=13072&GPE=False&MARKER=0 WO 12]. The catalogue describes the records as:
Discharge papers (usually contains service/attestation information) and pension records may also be found at TNA. Discharge papers up to 1854 are listed alphabetically by name and can be searched online. Copies (paper or digital) of TNA records can be ordered by distance for a fee. Another useful TNA source may be the WO22 subseries ''Army and other pensions paid out locally in India, Ceylon and China''. The National Archives is working with findmypast.com to scan and place online two series of records: WO 97 (Royal Hospital Chelsea: Soldiers' Service Documents 1760-1913) and WO 96 (War Office: Militia Attestation Papers 1806-1915). The aim is to have all the records online by 2011. This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-10/1255209460 link] is about WO 97 documents.
