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*[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] | *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] | ||
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Some families treasure great-grandfather’s “Commission,” and believe he was an officer in the British Army, when in fact he was an officer of the County Militia. Actually reading the commission will make this clear. Such militia commissions, however, do indicate that this ancestor was a man of some standing in the community. Library and Archives Canada has extensive runs of the British ''Army Lists'', which list all officers, by regiment, as well as those on half pay. A quick check will show whether or not the ancestor actually was an officer. However, a disbanded sergeant might well become a captain in the local militia, depending on how many actual officers were settled in the area. | |||
== British Garrisons == | == British Garrisons == | ||