What's New
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Research Aids
A selection of genealogical resources at the Harriet Irving Library and a "tip sheet" for interpreting historical handwriting is now offered on our Research Help page.
The Black History Subject Guide now available. This guide seeks to provide a sample of the wide variety of materials in The Loyalist Collection relating to the study of people of African descent in the British Atlantic World, with an overview of what the materials contain and how to search them.
Events
UELAC Annual Conference 2017 June 22- June 25, London, Ontario.
Great Candadian Geneaology Summit October 13- October 15, Halifax, Nova Scotia, including a "Loyalist Workshop"
New Titles 2016/17
Microfilm
- Almon Family Fonds: 1646-1961; predominant 1702-1898
- Enos Collins Collection: 1816-1860
- McGrigor-Miller Collection: 1729-1888
- Papers of William Pitt the Younger: 1774-1806
- The Fulham Papers at Lambeth Palace Library: 1626-1822
- Militia Papers of Nova Scotia: 1778-1850
- Chipman Family Collection: 1821-1825
- Headquarters Office Papers for Nova Scotia: 1783-1907
- Nova Scotia Archives Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection: 1748-1991
- Nova Scotia Legislative Council Journals: 1759-1835
- Nova Scotia Legislative Council Petitons, Reports, Resolutions and Miscellaneous Papers: 1760-1841
- Glen, Elizabeth A. The License Cash Books of the Colonial Secretary of Prince Edward Island 1787-1805, 1812-1813
- Reese, George, ed. Proceedings in the Court of Vice-Admiralty of Virginia 1698-1775
- Watt, Gavin K. Loyalist Refugees: Non-Military Refugees in Quebec 1776-1784
- Watt, Gavin K. A Short Service History and Master Roll of James Rogers' 2nd Battalion, King's Rangers
New Titles 2015/16
- Antliff, Bruce W. Calendars of Treasury 77/20 and Treasury
- Bell, David. American Loyalists to New Brunswick: The Ship Passenger Lists
- Chappell, R. LaVerne, ed. The Daybooks of Benjamin Chappell
- DeGrazia, Laura Murphy, and Barbara Vines Little. Research in New York City, Long Island, and Westchester County
- Stott, Glen and Carol Hall. Taken and Destroyed: The War of 1812 losses claims, London and Western Districts, Upper Canada
- Great Britain. Army. Orderly Book Collection: Kings American Regiment, Dec 1776-Nov 1777
- Mooney, James E. Loyalist Imprints Printed in America, 1774-1785
- P.E.I. Genealogical Society. Kings County cemeteries, Prince Edward Island: index of monumental (headstone) inscriptions
- P.E.I. Genealogical Society. Prince County, Prince Edward Island Index of Monumental Inscriptions, 2nd Edition
Microfilm
- Dr. John Jeffries Papers: 1775-1835
New Titles 2013/14
- Bouchard-Lévesque Cécilia, Mariages de Gaspé-Est, 1752-1941
- Crow, Jeffrey J., A Chronicle of North Carolina during the American Revolution 1763-1789
- Goodrich, W. Eugene, Local Government in Early Westmorland County
- Morehouse, Frank, Photographs of Anglican Churches in the Diocese of Fredericton
- Mouzon, Henry, An Accurate Map of North and South Carolina with their Indian Frontiers
- Webber, David A., Uniforms of the Prince Edward Island Militia, 1794-1873
Electronic
Great Britain, War Office
- Muster Books and Pay Lists: Royal West India Rangers, 1805-1810, 1814-1819 (WO 12/11233, 11237-38)
Microfilm
New Brunswick, Commissioner of Highways (York County)
- Records of Roads, 1789-1862
Journals and Minutes of the Pennsylvania Assembly, 1776-1790
- Journals Nov 28, 1776-Oct 2, 1781
- Minutes Oct 22, 1781-Aug 24, 1790
