New Brunswick Military Records: Difference between revisions

The militia depended on a form of universal compulsory service by all able-bodied men between the ages of 16 and 60. Units were formed on a local basis, usually by county. Published militia lists, naming officers only, are quite common in the almanacs and directories.   

*Actual muster rolls listing all militia members are rare, but may turn up in the provincial archives, or local museums.

*One muster roll from 14 July 1790, is printed by M.G.Reicker in ''Those Days are Gone Away: Queens County New Brunswick. 1643-1901'', pages 162-163, as well as a list of the officers of the First and Second Battalions, Queens County Militia, 1862, on pages 164-165.  

*David Facey-Crowther, ''The New Brunswick Militia 1787-1867'' (Fredericton: New Ireland Press and New Brunswick Historical Society, 1991), is an in-depth examination of the militia and its many units across the province. Illustrated, well annotated with a full bibliography (it started as a Masters thesis at UNB), it lists all the units of militia, dates of formation and commanding officers.