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*[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/history-ethnic-cultural/Pages/german.aspx '''German Immigrants Genealogy Resources'''] Library and Archives Canada. | *[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/history-ethnic-cultural/Pages/german.aspx '''German Immigrants Genealogy Resources'''] Library and Archives Canada. | ||
*[http://member.tripod.com/~Silvie/Hessian.html '''Internet Listing of Hessian Soldiers of the Revolution'''] | *[http://member.tripod.com/~Silvie/Hessian.html '''Internet Listing of Hessian Soldiers of the Revolution'''] | ||
*[https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~amrevhessians/military/a/amhessians.htm '''Hessian Guide: Hessians remaining in America'''] including Canada<br> | |||
The British purchased the services of 30,000 German Soldiers for $150,000, all of which went into the royal coffers of the German princes. These troops came from Hesse Cassel, Hesse Hanau, Brunswick, Anspach, Bayreuth, Anhalt Zerbst and Waldeck. A '''large migration of Germans to Canada occurred during the period after the American Revolution'''. A total of 30,000 Germans fought in North America between 1776 and 1783; among them, '''10,000 men served in Canada and almost 2,400 settled there after the war''', mainly in Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.<ref>"Internet Listing of Hessian Soldiers of the Revolution", http://member.tripod.com/~Silvie/Hessian.html, accessed 23 October 2020.</ref> | The British purchased the services of 30,000 German Soldiers for $150,000, all of which went into the royal coffers of the German princes. These troops came from Hesse Cassel, Hesse Hanau, Brunswick, Anspach, Bayreuth, Anhalt Zerbst and Waldeck. A '''large migration of Germans to Canada occurred during the period after the American Revolution'''. A total of 30,000 Germans fought in North America between 1776 and 1783; among them, '''10,000 men served in Canada and almost 2,400 settled there after the war''', mainly in Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.<ref>"Internet Listing of Hessian Soldiers of the Revolution", http://member.tripod.com/~Silvie/Hessian.html, accessed 23 October 2020.</ref> | ||