Some Scottish Sources on Militias, Fencibles and Volunteers 1790-1830

Résumé du livre

"This booklet aims to demonstrate the importance of the records of Fencibles, Militias and Volunteers to those family historians who may wish to use them. The first part deals briefly with the historical background to these auxiliary forces and with their recruitment and organisation ... The second part describes the information that may be found and its uses by family historians ... There is then a substantial listing of the records and their locations ... The emphasis throughout will be on the late Eighteenth and early Nineteenth centuries..." --introduction