General Resource Sites

• Ancestry.com - Loyalist Reseach of Canada 
  Article by Rob Leicester Wagner.
• Getting a Handle on Your Loyalist Ancestor Using Published Sources 
• A Loyalist Bibliography 
• Loyalist Institute Home Page 
  While the material contained herein is for use by anyone interested in this aspect of the American Revolution, it is primarily intended for those with a working background in Loyalist studies.
• Loyalist Units 
  From the Brigade of the American Revolution Home Page
• The Olive Tree Genealogy: Loyalist Section 
• On the Trail of Our Ancestors / Loyalist Muster Roll Index 
• United Empire Loyalist 
  A personal web site with many UEL links as well.
• United Empire Loyalist Genealogy & History Articles 
  From the Global Gazette Online Family History Magazine.
• United Empire Loyalist Webring 

Libraries, Archives & Museums

• Loyalist Collection - Harriet Irving Library 
  University of New Brunswick.
• New York State Library - Loyalist Records 
• Surrey Public Library - Genealogy: Loyalist Records  ~ British Columbia
• U E L Heritage Centre & Park  ~ Adolphustown, Ontario

Locality or Regiment Specific

• Ancestry.com 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
  • Search Military Records 
    • Loyalists in the American Revolution: Miscellaneous Records 
      Original source: a mixture of various Loyalist databases.
    • Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War, Vol. I 
    • Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War, Vol. II 
    • Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War, Vol. III 
    • Orderly Book of the Maryland Loyalists Regiment, June 18, 1778, to October 12, 1778 
    • Orderly Book of the Three Battalions of Loyalists 
• Black Loyalists: Our History, Our People 
• British Headquarters Papers, New York City 1774-1783 The Carleton Papers 
  The King's Name Project.
• Butler's Rangers 
• Genealogy Quest - Maryland Loyalists, 1699 
  An Association to defend His Majesty's most sacred person and Government against the late King James and all his adherents.
• Georgia Loyalists 
  A list of 225 Georgia Loyalists published in a 1783 issue of the Georgia Gazette.
• The King's Men: Loyalist Units in New York and North America 
• List of Cape Breton Loyalists 
  This list was published with Dr. Morgan's essay "The Loyalists of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia in the collection Cape Breton Historical Essays".
• The Loyal American Regiment 1777-1783 
  New York Loyalists from lower Dutchess and Westchester Counties.
• The Loyalists 
  From the Digby County, Nova Scotia GenWeb site.
• Loyalists of Digby, Nova Scotia  and Black Loyalists of Digby, Nova Scotia
• The Maryland Loyalist Battalion Home Page 
• Muster Roll at Gulliver's Hole, St. Mary's Bay and Sissiboo  ~ Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
• The Old Loyalist Burial Grounds  ~ Saint John, New Brunswick
• The Olive Tree Genealogy: Loyalist & British Muster Rolls 28th Regiment of Foot 
  Muster roll of British Military Regiment in the French Indian Wars of 1763. Many of these soldiers were granted land in Canada, and became Loyalists.
• Remembering Black Loyalists, Black Communities in Nova Scotia 
  • Black Loyalist Surnames 
• Westchester Loyalists, NYGenWeb 
  Some Loyalist resources for researchers in Westchester County, New York.
• Westchester Mountain Pioneer Cemetery 
  Westchester Mountain, Cumerland County, Nova Scotia. RUSHTON, WEATHERBEE, EAGLES, BARKER, JOHNSON, PATRIQUIN, TEED, MORRELL, MCLEOD, MOORE.

Mailing Lists, Newsgroups & Chat

• Genealogy Resources on the Internet - Mailing Lists 
  Most of the mailing list links below point to this site, wonderfully maintained by John Fuller. John indexes links for all known genealogy mailing lists, including RootsWeb and others.
• RootsWeb: Genealogy Mailing Lists 
  The majority of genealogy mailing lists are hosted by RootsWeb.com. Messages on RootsWeb lists are archived. The links to RootsWeb below point you to the archives (browse or search).

• AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List 
  For the discussion of events during the American Revolution and genealogical matters related to the American Revolution. The French-Indian Wars and the War of 1812 are also suitable topics for discussion. Archives: browse or search.
• UNITED-EMPIRE-LOYALIST Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical, cultural or historical interest in the United Empire loyalists who came to Canada from the United States during and after the American Revolution. Archives: browse or search.
• The United Empire Loyalists' Mailing List Homepage 
  The Mailing List dedicated to those men and women "who had adhered to the Unity of Empire, and joined the Royal Standard in America before the Treaty of Separation in the year 1783".

People & Families

• Ancestors of Julia and Tim RICE 
• Edward KIPP: Family History, KIP/KIPP Genealogy, Loyalist Genealogy, Princeton, Ontario, Alumni Western, HTML Basics 
• William OSTERHOUT, United Empire Loyalist 

Professional Researchers, Volunteers & Other Research Services

• Brenda Dougall Merriman, CGRS, CGL 
  Specializes in Loyalists, Ontario documents, 18th and 19th century records.
• Professional Genealogist for Ontario - United Empire Loyalist Research 

Publications, Software & Supplies

• Cyndi's List Genealogy Bookstore 
  A categorized list of genealogy research books that looks a lot like my bookshelf at home.

• Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - Loyalist 
  The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.
  • American Loyalists Claims : Abstracted from the Public Record Office 
    A book by Peter Wilson Coldham.
  • Inventing the Loyalists : The Ontario Loyalist Tradition and the Creation of Usable Pasts 
    A book by Norman Knowles.
  • Loyalist Children of Upper Canada: A Collection of Names 
    A book by Barbaranne Wright. Fiats and Warrants never before published, Sample Warrant enclosed. Maps of Ontario Frontier with township endex listed. Over 7700 indexed entries.
  • Loyalists in North Carolina During the Revolution 
    A book by Robert O. Demond.
  • The Loyalists of Massachusetts: Their Memorials, Petitions & Claims 
    A book by Alfred E. Jones.
  • Ontario People, 1796-1803 
    A book by E. Keith Fitzgerald.
  • Research Guide to Loyalist Ancestors Archives Manuscripts and Published Sources 
    A book by P. J. Bunnell.
  • UE Loyalists and Military Claimants of Upper Canada 
    A book by Barbaranne Wright. Fiats and Warrants of Claimants to Upper Canada (Ontario) 1798-1820.
  • United Empire Loyalists 
    A book by Fraser.
  • United Empire Loyalists 
    A book by Arthur G. Bradley.
  • While the Women Only Wept : Loyalist Refugee Women 
    A book by Janice Potter-MacKinnon.
• Ancestry.com - Loyalists and Their Times, Vol. 1 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Original source: Ryerson, Egerton. The Loyalists of America and Their Times (1620-1816). Toronto, Canada: William Briggs, 1880.
• Ancestry.com - Loyalists and Their Times, Vol. 2 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Original source: Ryerson, Egerton. The Loyalists of America and Their Times (1620-1816). Toronto, Canada: William Briggs, 1880.
• Ancestry.com - Loyalists in the American Revolution 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Original source: Van Tyne, Claude Halstead. The Loyalists in the American Revolution. New York, NY, USA: Peter Smith, 1929.
• Ancestry.com - Old United Empire Loyalists List 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Original source: Centennial Committee. The Old United Empire Loyalists List. Toronto, Canada: Rose Publishing Co., 1885.
• Ancestry.com - United Empire Loyalists, Part I 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Original source: Fraser, Alexander. [United Empire Loyalists]: Second Report of the Bureau of Archives for the Province of Ontario. Toronto, Canada: L. K. Cameron, 1905.
• Carleton's Loyalist Index and The Book of Negroes 
  A Select Index to Names of Loyalists and their Associates Contained in the British Headquarters Papers, New York City 1774-1783 - The Carleton Papers.
• Genealogical.com - Loyalists 
  The online store of Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. & Clearfield Company.
  • American Migrations 1765-1799 
    A book by Peter Wilson Coldham.
  • Loyalists in the American Revolution 
    A CD-ROM by Genealogical.com.
  • The Loyalists of Massachusetts 
    A book by Alfred E. Jones.
  • The Loyalists of Massachusetts 
    A book by James H. Stark.
  • The Loyalists in Ontario 
    A book by William D. Reid.
  • Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War Volume II 
    A book by Murtie June Clark.
  • Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War Volume III 
    A book by Murtie June Clark.
• Global Genealogy - Books - United Empire Loyalists Genealogy & History 
• Heritage Books: Loyalists 
• Loyalist Books, Documents and Related Materials 
• Russ Waller's Genealogy Data Books: Frontenac, Lennox and Addington, Kingston, Brockville, Port Hope 
  United Empire Loyalist and English immigrants.

Societies & Groups

• The United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada 
  • Branches of The United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada 
    • The Abegweit Branch, U.E.L. Assn. and PEI Muster Rolls - 1784  ~ Prince Edward Island
    • Bay of Quinte Branch of the United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada  ~ Ontario
    • Chilliwack Branch of the U.E.L.A.C.  ~ British Columbia
    • Grand River Branch of the United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada  ~ Ontario
    • The Kawartha Branch of The United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada  ~ Ontario
    • St. Lawrence Branch United Empire Loyalists' Association Of Canada  ~ Ontario
    • The United Empire Loyalists' Association Of Canada Colonel John Butler (Niagara) Branch  ~ Ontario
    • United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada London and Western Ontario Branch 
    • United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada Manitoba Branch 
    • The United Empire Loyalists Association (New Brunswick)  ~ Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
    • United Empire Loyalists-Edmonton Branch  ~ Alberta

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