Research Help
Subject Guides
The links below will help researchers to locate material on specific subjects within The Loyalist Collection.
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Researching Loyalists
Recommended process and sources to use when researching individual loyalists in The Loyalist Collection.
Reputable online sources which are useful for researching loyalists.
Loyalists and Slavery Maritimes Primary Sources LC.pdf
Documents from The Loyalist Collection related to slavery and enslaved people.
General Genealogy
GenealogySelectedResourcesHIL.pdf
Selected Genealogy Resources at the Harriet Irving Library.
Glossary-NB-County-Court-Records.pdf
Glossary to assist in the use of the records of the New Brunswick Count Court of the General Quarter Sessions.
Indigenous Sources
Indigenous Primary Loyalist Collection.pdf
Indigenous primary source material in The Loyalist Collection.
Palaeography Help
Tips for reading historical, handwritten documents.
RevolutionaryLetterExamples.pdf
Examples of cursive writing from the late eighteenth-century British Atlantic World.