Canada Loyalist Records

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What Are Loyalists?
The term "Loyalists" refers to American colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown. Many of them served under the British during the American Revolution (1775-1783). Loyalists settled in what are now the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Quebec and Ontario.

Online Records

 * United Empire Loyalists, Parts I-II, ($), index
 * The Loyalists Of America and Their Times From 1620 To 1816, ($), index
 * United Empire Loyalist's Association of Canada, index
 * Black Loyalist Refugees, 1782-1807- Port Roseway Associates, index
 * Loyalists in the Maritimes — Ward Chipman Muster Master's Office, 1777–1785, index.
 * Carleton Papers – Book of Negroes, 1783, index.
 * Carleton Papers – Loyalists and British Soldiers, 1772-1784, index.


 * United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada Directory, index
 * The Old United Empire Loyalists List, index and images, ($)
 * '''A collection of online books about U.E.L. Loyalists

Related Research Wiki Articles

 * Loyalist Ancestors in the U.S. Revolutionary War
 * American Loyalists
 * Revolutionary War Loyalist Records
 * Canada Immigration, United Empire Loyalists (National Institute)
 * New Brunswick Loyalists
 * Nova Scotia Loyalists
 * Ontario Loyalist Records
 * Prince Edward Island Loyalists

FamilySearch Catalog
 American Loyalist Claims
 * Paul J. Bunnell, Research guide to Loyalist ancestors : a directory to archives, manuscripts, and published sources Bowie, Maryland : Heritage Books, Inc., c1990 FS Library 970 D23b
 * Lorenzo Sabine, The American loyalist, or, Biographical sketches of adherents to the British crown in the war of the revolution Boston : C. C. Little and J. Brown, 1847 Digital
 * transcribed for Ray Jones by Clifford S. Dwyer, Index to Series I of American Loyalist ClaimsDeFuniak Springs, Florida : Ram Publishing, 1985 FS Library 973 R2d index
 * transcribed for Ray Jones by Clifford S. Dwyer, Index to series II of American loyalist claims DeFuniak Springs, Florida : Ram Publishing, 1985 FS Library 973 R2da index
 * Peter Wilson Coldham ; editor, Sally Lou (Mick) Haigh American loyalist claims : abstracted from the Public Record Office, Audit Office series 13, bundles 1-35 & 37 Washington, D.C. : National Genealogical Society Bookstore, 1980- FS Library 973 R2cp v. 1
 * Great Britain. Exchequer and Audit Department, American loyalist claims, 1730-1835, FS Library 201 rolls
 * Great Britain, Public Record Office, American Loyalist claims, AO 12, FS Library 32 rolls

United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada
 * The Loyalist gazette Toronto, Ontario : Central Council of the United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada, 1931- FS Library 971 B2L
 * The Loyalist gazette, index, 1963-1983 Victoria, British Columbia : Victoria Branch, United Empire Loyalists' Assoc. of Canada, [1983? FS Library 971 B2L v. 1-21 index]
 * United Empire Loyalists' Association of Ontario; United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada, Transactions Toronto, Ontario : Telford & Craddock, 1897-1926