Loyalist Trails

April 2017

Loyalist Trails 2017-15

Corcoran2021-12-03T15:07:56-05:00April 9th, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-15: April 9, 2017

In this issue:
– 2017 UELAC Conference: Discover Your Roots
– Unpacking a 1784 Land Grant (Part Three): The Tangled Story of Titus Finch, by Stephen Davidson
– Reader’s Contributions Appreciated
– Remembering the Loyalists of Queens County, Nova Scotia
– Atlantic Loyalist Connections: Silas Deane: A Secret Agent in France
– JAR: The Prowess of American Riflemen: a Mystery Now Solved
– The Loyalist Gazette: Spring 2017 Issue
– Ben Franklin’s World: Alan Taylor, American Revolutions: A Continental History
– “Branching Out”: Histories of Branches of UELAC Updated
– Where in the World?
– Region […]

Loyalist Trails 2017-14

Corcoran2021-12-03T15:08:52-05:00April 2nd, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-14: April 2, 2017

In this issue:
– 2017 UELAC Conference: Discover Your Roots
– Unpacking a 1784 Land Grant (Part Two): Lost Stories of Loyalist Grantees, by Stephen Davidson
– Rabble.ca: Canada’s earliest immigration policies made it a safe haven for escaped slaves
– Borealia: Teaching Early Canadian History in the United States
– JAR: Fort Anne: Remembering the Continental Army’s First Stand Against Burgoyne
– Rev War Talk: Thomas Carleton
– Scholar: Where Is This Place in Colonial Virginia? Help Required!
– Scholar: UELAC Pin
– UE Loyalist Certificates Issued in February
– Where in the World?
– […]

Loyalist Trails 2017-13

Corcoran2021-12-03T15:09:30-05:00March 26th, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-13: March 26, 2017

In this issue:
– 2017 UELAC Conference: Discover Your Roots
– Unpacking a 1784 Land Grant (Part One): The Prince of Wales American Regiment, by Stephen Davidson
– Book: Fire and Desolation, by Gavin Watt
– UELAC Loyalist Scholars Update: Sophie Jones
– A Guide to Online Resources for Teaching and Learning Loyalist History
– Rabble.ca: Fleeing North is a time-honoured tradition for U.S. dissidents
– Rev War Talk: John Smith, British Army, served at Fort St. Jean
– JAR: A Republic of Wool: Founding Era Americans’ Grand Plans for Sheep
– Loyalist Gazette: Last Year’s […]

Loyalist Trails 2017-12

Corcoran2021-12-03T15:10:55-05:00March 19th, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-12: March 19, 2017

In this issue:
– 2017 UELAC Conference: Discover Your Roots
– Expanding the Headlines of 1777: Unrepentant Daniel Taylor, by Stephen Davidson
– Atlantic Loyalist Connections: Finding Lost Loyalists: Research Approaches
– Borealia: Anishinaabe Aspirations — Anishinaabeg in the War of 1812
– JAR: Experience, Policies, Failures: President Washington & the Native Americans
– Loyalist Gazette: Last Year’s Spring Issue 2016 now Available To All
– Ben Franklin’s World: Death, Suicide, & Slavery in British North America
– Branches of UELAC
– Where in the World?
– Region and Branch Bits
– From the Twittersphere and […]

Loyalist Trails 2017-11

Corcoran2021-12-03T15:14:12-05:00March 12th, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-11: March 12, 2017

In this issue:
– 2017 UELAC Conference: Discover Your Roots
– Expanding the Headlines of 1777: Avenging Stephen Edwards, by Stephen Davidson
– The Battle of Red Bank
– Update from Loyalist Claims
– UELAC Loyalist Scholars Update: Stephanie Seal Walters
– Target $300 for Canada 150 Scholarship Project
– Borealia: British Honour – Anishinaabeg in the War of 1812 (Part 5)
– JAR: Benedict Arnold’s Phantom Duel
– The Junto: Book Review by Christopher F Minty of The American Revolution Reborn
– Ben Franklin’s World: How Many Loyalists There Were? How Many Left the US?
– […]

Loyalist Trails 2017-10

Corcoran2021-12-03T15:30:46-05:00March 5th, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-10: March 5, 2017

In this issue:
– 2017 UELAC Conference: Discover Your Roots
– Expanding the Headlines of 1777: The Victim of Ambition, by Stephen Davidson
– UE Loyalist Certificates Issued in January
– Further Comments on Loyalist Claims (Part 2 of 2), by John Noble
– Atlantic Loyalist Connections: Lost Loyalists: Volume 1
– Borealia: The Importance of Michilimackinac – Anishinaabeg in the War of 1812
– JAR: A ‘Heavenly Harvest’ of Vulnerable Women in North Carolina
– The Past is Never Dead, Only Deadly Boring: the Newport ‘Radicals’
– Ben Franklin’s World: How many Americans supported the […]

Loyalist Trails 2017-09

Corcoran2021-12-03T15:33:02-05:00February 26th, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-09: February 26, 2017

In this issue:
– 2017 UELAC Conference: Discover Your Roots
– First Nations Sons and Daughters in the Book of Negroes, by Stephen Davidson
– Further Comments on Loyalist Claims (Part 1 of 2), by John Noble
– Borealia: Jamaican Maroons in Nova Scotia: The politics of climate and race
– JAR: Preventing Slave Insurrection in South Carolina & Georgia, 1775-1776
– Ben Franklin’s World: Andrew O’Shaughnessy, The Men Who Lost America
– Veterans of Lincoln & Welland Regiment Receive France’s Legion of Honor
– Ontario Drivers Last chance: Celebrate Heritage Month with a Loyalist Licence […]

Loyalist Trails 2017-08

Corcoran2021-12-03T15:32:01-05:00February 19th, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-08: February 19, 2017

In this issue:
– 2017 UELAC Conference: Discover Your Roots
– The Course of True (Loyalist) Love, by Stephen Davidson
– More Details on Five Loyalist Claims, by John Noble
– JAR: Duncan Grant’s Wife Margaret: Someone to write home about
– The Junto – Guest Review: Never Caught: Ona Judge, the Washingtons, and the Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave
– Atlantic Loyalist Connections: In Sickness and in Health: the Black Refugees at Hammonds Plains, winter 1827
– Faux-Loyalism: Who Gets Evaluated vs. Who Gets Left Behind
– A Loyalist’s Detailed Obituary
– Ontario Drivers […]

Loyalist Trails 2017-07

Corcoran2021-12-03T15:33:46-05:00February 12th, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-07: February 12, 2017

In this issue:
– 2017 UELAC Conference: Discover Your Roots
– Valentine’s Day: Montreal 1788, by Stephen Davidson
– Comment: Pepperrell Family
– The Loyalist Regiments of the American Revolutionary War 1775-1783
– Borealia: Jean Baptiste Assiginack / The Starling (aka Blackbird): Anishinaabeg in the War of 1812
– JAR: Crossing the Great Divide: The Battle at Van Creek, Georgia, February 11, 1779
– The Junto: Fashioning the 17th Century in Boston: John and Hannah Leverett
– Brock U. Collection Shows Canada’s Rich History of Welcoming Refugees
– Ontario Drivers: For Valentine’s, a Loyalist Licence Plate
– […]

Loyalist Trails 2017-06

Corcoran2021-12-03T15:34:54-05:00February 5th, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-06: February 5, 2017

In this issue:
– Massachusetts Loyalists Buried in Halifax (Part 3 of 3), by Stephen Davidson
– UE Loyalist Certificates Issued in November and December
– Borealia: Mookomaanish / The Damn Knife: Odaawaa Chief and Warrior
– JAR: George Hanger – His Adventures in the American Revolutionary War begin
– Atlantic Loyalist Connections: The Importance of the Book of Negroes
– Ben Franklin’s World: Smuggling in Colonial America & Living History
– New Website Location: The Friends of the Loyalist Collection
– Research: Searching Loyalist Claims on Ancestry.ca and Elsewhere (Part 2 of 2)
– Ontario […]