If your ancestor was an officer then the chances of finding a record of him are better. Private family papers held by us or other archives may also provide details of individuals who had been granted a commission to be a colonel of a regiment. Our military source list is one of our published sources and will help you to identify specific documents. Dalton's 'The Scots Army, 1661-1688' (republished in 1989 by Greenhill Books) although only officers appear in his index.
Some of these rolls are also printed in C. Therefore, if you know the estate or even area where your ancestor lived, and can match this to a likely regiment, a search through the muster rolls may prove to be less problematic. Of some assistance may be the fact that many regimental recruits came from the estate owned by the colonel or his family. Without knowing which regiment your ancestor served in, however, any search through the muster rolls will prove to be an arduous and time-consuming task. Ranks are also stated, other than for troopers. They name all the officers and men in a troop or company at a certain place and date. Most are dated after 1680, although the earliest dates from 1641. These are arranged by regiment and companies or troops.
National archives veterans series#
The main record of individuals in the Scottish army before 1707 that we hold is the series of muster rolls (NRS reference E100). There are no surviving lists of the ordinary Scottish soldiers who fought in the wars of independence 1296 -1329 or in the subsequent Anglo-Scottish conflicts between the 1340s and 1603. The first part deals with army personnel records while the second part covers more general sources for military history. This guide deals with the records held at National Records of Scotland (NRS) relating to the military.
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