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Armed Forces / Re: 63rd Regiment of Foot (1830, Tasmania) - Sgt MACKIE/MACKEY
« on: Friday 27 October 23 03:00 BST (UK) »
I am so sorry to have taken so long to get back here to this Forum and specifically, this thread.
I lost a lot of my access information due to a computer failure, and have only just now worked my way down to this site! I am sooooooo slack!!!
In any case, an UPDATE TO Sgt MACKIE/MACKEY !!!!
In 2016 I spent 5 months in the UK (I live in Sydney, Australia) and spent a lot of time with the War Office records for the 63rd Regiment, specifically my 3rd Great Grandfather Edward Mackey.
During my time at Kew in The National Archives (TNA) speaking with the staff there, I found out that the only WO records available digitally or online have come from similar researchers visiting Kew and transcribing records specific to their requirements who have posted the data on their own databases as sources or blog entries, etc.
I came away from Kew with over 100 images taken from the 63rd Regiment Muster Rolls. I have created a timeline of the Regimental movements and also discovered the date my 3GGF left India for England.
It was such a worth-while visit to Kew!!!!
Megan in Sydney Australia
I lost a lot of my access information due to a computer failure, and have only just now worked my way down to this site! I am sooooooo slack!!!
In any case, an UPDATE TO Sgt MACKIE/MACKEY !!!!
In 2016 I spent 5 months in the UK (I live in Sydney, Australia) and spent a lot of time with the War Office records for the 63rd Regiment, specifically my 3rd Great Grandfather Edward Mackey.
During my time at Kew in The National Archives (TNA) speaking with the staff there, I found out that the only WO records available digitally or online have come from similar researchers visiting Kew and transcribing records specific to their requirements who have posted the data on their own databases as sources or blog entries, etc.
I came away from Kew with over 100 images taken from the 63rd Regiment Muster Rolls. I have created a timeline of the Regimental movements and also discovered the date my 3GGF left India for England.
It was such a worth-while visit to Kew!!!!
Megan in Sydney Australia