Genealogy Links
This list of online research tools will continue to grow, so check back often. If you know of a resource that might be useful to our community, please let us know!
UE Loyalists Bridge Annex Members can access our branch genealogist to assist with your UELAC Lineal Descent Certificate application.
For Additional Information GO TO: Historical Research Links (maps, general histories, regional histories, etc…)
Library and Archives Canada (LAC): Loyalist Collection: Included in this Collection: Databases, Audit Office 12 and 13 (MG14), Book of Negroes, British Headquarters Papers (MG 23 B1), British Military and Naval Records (RG 8, C Series), Land Petitions, Loyalist Lists, Sir Frederick Haldimand (MG 21), War Office 28: Headquarters Records (MG 13 WO28), Published Sources, External Links to other Institutions.
Ontario Archives – Loyalist Records (pdf list of resources)
University of New Brunswick: Loyalist Collection
Provincial Archives of New Brunswick
A few specific to help focus your research into New Brunswick Records:
- Government Records Finding Aid
- RS686 New Brunswick Land Grant Records
- Index to New Brunswick Land Grants, 1784-1997 (RS686)
- County Guide (NB) showing when county and parishes were created
- Index to Land Petitions: Original Series, 1783 – 1918 (RS108)
- Wallace Hale’s Early New Brunswick Probate, 1785-1835
- New Brunswick, County Deed Registry Books, 1780-1930 (FamilySearch.org)
Provincial Crown Grant maps in one place. http://www.snb.ca/geonb1/e/apps/apps-E.asp Click on “Grant Reference Plan (GRP) Viewer” the 8th one down on the list and you are off to the races.
Thank you to the UELAC community for contributing the specific New Brunswick links above
Nova Scotia Archives (Virtual Collection)
Prince Edward Island Loyalist Archives (Memory PEI)
United Empire Loyalists’ Association of Canada (UELAC): Information on Individual Loyalists
United Empire Loyalists’ Association of Canada (UELAC): Facebook Group
Family Search (HINT: If you sign up for a free account you get access to even more records!)
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec – BAnQ
Loyalist Records: New York State Library
Canada, Find-A-Grave Index, 1600s-Current
New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (Archive.org)
Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution, with historical essay (Archive.org)
Family Tree Knots (Blogspot) – numerous research links!
Cindy’s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet (excellent research portal!)
REGIONAL LINKS:
Glengarry (ONT) County Archives
Cornwall (ONT) Public Library – Local History Room: Searchable Index on Link
Cornwall Ontario: Trinity Anglican Church Records (Reel C-3028)
Nova Scotia Archives: Gideon White Family Papers – Loyalists of Shelburne
Fulton County New York (FultonCoGenWeb)
