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Research Help

Subject Guides

The links below will help researchers to locate material on specific subjects within The Loyalist Collection.

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.

Documents from The Loyalist Collection related to slavery and enslaved people.

Loyalist "Blocks" of land granted in New Brunswick by military group.

General Genealogy

Selected Genealogy Resources at the Harriet Irving Library.

Glossary to assist in the use of the records of the New Brunswick Count Court of the General Quarter Sessions.

Indigenous Sources

Indigenous primary source material in The Loyalist Collection.

Palaeography Help

Tips for reading historical, handwritten documents.

Examples of cursive writing from the late eighteenth-century British Atlantic World.