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==Militia== | ==Militia== | ||
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. | 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. | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/405236?availability=Family%20History%20Library The New Brunswick militia commissioned officers' list 1787-1867] David R. Facey-Crowther. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/new-brunswick-militia-commissioned-officers-list-1787-1867/oclc/270624772 WorldCat] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/405236?availability=Family%20History%20Library The New Brunswick militia commissioned officers' list 1787-1867] David R. Facey-Crowther. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/new-brunswick-militia-commissioned-officers-list-1787-1867/oclc/270624772 WorldCat] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/oclc/24247127?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''The New Brunswick Militia 1787-1867'' ] David Facey-Crowther. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/new-brunswick-militia-1787-1867/oclc/645318231&referer=brief_results WorldCat], 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. | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/oclc/24247127?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''The New Brunswick Militia 1787-1867'' ] David Facey-Crowther. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/new-brunswick-militia-1787-1867/oclc/645318231&referer=brief_results WorldCat], 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. | ||
*One muster roll from 14 July 1790, is printed by M.G.Reicker in [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/4951?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''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. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1368561?availability=Family%20History%20Library Index] [https://www.worldcat.org/title/those-days-are-gone-away-queens-county-nb-1643-1901/oclc/9735315 WorldCat] | |||
== British Garrisons == | == British Garrisons == | ||