Genealogy Australia

The Militia Act of 1757 provided for men to serve in the militia at home in order to counter any threat arising when the majority of the regular army was stationed abroad. Lists of eligible men in each parish were known as militia ballot lists and from these, the men actually chosen appeared in the militia lists which are often to be found in county record offices. At the Public Record Office, however, are to be found the muster and pay lists. These indexes record the men actually serving and provides details for each man at the musters in 1781 and 1782.