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Biographies of some Loyalists'can be found in: | Biographies of some Loyalists'can be found in: | ||
:Sabine, Lorenzo. ''Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution, with an Historical Essay''. 2 vols. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1864. (Family History Library Call No. | :Sabine, Lorenzo. ''Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution, with an Historical Essay''. 2 vols. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1864. (Family History Library Call No.{{FHL|47479|title-id|disp=973 F2sLb . Volume 1 only on film 928084 item 2}}) | ||
For additional lists, see the Wiki articles of the provinces. | For additional lists, see the Wiki articles of the provinces. | ||
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:Palmer, Gregory. ''Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution''. Westport, Conn.: Meckler Publishing, 1984. (Family History Library Call No. {{FHL|55581|title-id|disp=973 F2sLba}}.) This book contains about 3,800 entries that are alphabetically arranged. The introduction includes a rather complete list of Loyalist militia units. | :Palmer, Gregory. ''Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution''. Westport, Conn.: Meckler Publishing, 1984. (Family History Library Call No. {{FHL|55581|title-id|disp=973 F2sLba}}.) This book contains about 3,800 entries that are alphabetically arranged. The introduction includes a rather complete list of Loyalist militia units. | ||
'''Hessians''' | |||
The names of German soldiers ("Hessians") who came to Canada after the American Revolution, at the same time as the Loyalists, are listed in: | The names of German soldiers ("Hessians") who came to Canada after the American Revolution, at the same time as the Loyalists, are listed in: | ||
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:Wilhelmy, Jean-Pierre. ''German Mercenaries in Canada''. Translated by Honey Thomas. Beloeil, Qué.: La Maison des Mots, 1985. (Family History Library Call No. {{FHL|488157|title-id|disp=971 M2w}}.) This book contains a history of the German regiments who fought in the American Revolutionary War. An appendix lists the names of more than 200 officers and their regiments. | :Wilhelmy, Jean-Pierre. ''German Mercenaries in Canada''. Translated by Honey Thomas. Beloeil, Qué.: La Maison des Mots, 1985. (Family History Library Call No. {{FHL|488157|title-id|disp=971 M2w}}.) This book contains a history of the German regiments who fought in the American Revolutionary War. An appendix lists the names of more than 200 officers and their regiments. | ||
'''Loyalist Lists''' | |||
Many lists of names of Loyalists and their families have been reconstructed from a variety of sources, including military muster rolls and pay and provisioning lists. Some muster rolls have been abstracted, indexed, and printed in the following books: | Many lists of names of Loyalists and their families have been reconstructed from a variety of sources, including military muster rolls and pay and provisioning lists. Some muster rolls have been abstracted, indexed, and printed in the following books: | ||
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<br> Fryer, Mary Beacock, and William A. Smy. ''Rolls of the Provincial (Loyalist) Corps, Canadian Command, American Revolutionary Period. Toronto'': Dundurn Press, 1981. (Family History Library Call No. 971 M2f.) This book lists more than 1,100 names. Entries may include each soldier’s age, height, country of origin, and length of service. The men who served in these corps from New York and other northern areas often settled with their families in Upper Canada (Ontario) after the war. An index to this book is: | <br> Fryer, Mary Beacock, and William A. Smy. ''Rolls of the Provincial (Loyalist) Corps, Canadian Command, American Revolutionary Period. Toronto'': Dundurn Press, 1981. (Family History Library Call No. 971 M2f.) This book lists more than 1,100 names. Entries may include each soldier’s age, height, country of origin, and length of service. The men who served in these corps from New York and other northern areas often settled with their families in Upper Canada (Ontario) after the war. An index to this book is: | ||
:''Index to Rolls of the Provincial (Loyalist) Corps, Canadian Command''. . . N.p.: Halton-Peel Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, n.d. (Family History Library Call No. {{FHL|58671|title-id|disp=971 M2f}} Index.) | :''Index to Rolls of the Provincial (Loyalist) Corps, Canadian Command''. . . N.p.: Halton-Peel Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, n.d. (Family History Library Call No. {{FHL|58671|title-id|disp=971 M2f}} Index.)<br> | ||
A Loyalist list, dating from 1783 or 1784, is: | |||
:Fitzgerald, E. Keith. ''Loyalist Lists: Over 2,000 Loyalist Names and Families from the Haldimand Papers''. Toronto: Ontario Genealogical Society, 1984. (Family History Library Call No. {{FHL|228467|title-id|disp=971 M2fe; two microfiche 6010886}}) The names in this book are from: | :Fitzgerald, E. Keith. ''Loyalist Lists: Over 2,000 Loyalist Names and Families from the Haldimand Papers''. Toronto: Ontario Genealogical Society, 1984. (Family History Library Call No. {{FHL|228467|title-id|disp=971 M2fe; two microfiche 6010886}}) The names in this book are from: | ||
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:Allen, Robert S. ''Loyalist Literature: An Annotated Bibliographic Guide to the Writings on the Loyalists of the American Revolution''. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1982. (Family History Library Call No. {{FHL|344393|title-id|disp=971 H23L}}.) This publication lists major theses and a number of secondary sources. | :Allen, Robert S. ''Loyalist Literature: An Annotated Bibliographic Guide to the Writings on the Loyalists of the American Revolution''. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1982. (Family History Library Call No. {{FHL|344393|title-id|disp=971 H23L}}.) This publication lists major theses and a number of secondary sources. | ||
:Hayward,George Hatfield. Loyalist Officers, 1782-83 {{FHL|758794|item|desp=FHL book 971 M29h film 1598433 item 13}} | |||
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