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In other languages: 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 & 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 - International Institute
- New Brunswick Loyalists
- Nova Scotia Loyalists
- Ontario Loyalist Records
- Prince Edward Island Loyalists
FamilySearch Catalog
- 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
American Loyalist Claims
- 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