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2009 Newsletters
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2009-26: June 28, 2009
- UELAC Dorchester Award
- Help Preserve Upper Canada Village
- Natural Selection and a Loyalist Scientist -- © Stephen Davidson
- Loyalist and Westminster Abbey
- Loyalist Settlement in Quebec's Eastern Townships
- Bicentennial Branch UELAC Celebrating 25 years
- UELAC Grants Committee
- Grant to Col. John Butler Branch: Crown Grants of Loyalists and Early Settlers along the Niagara River Parkway
- Pictures From the Encampment and Loyalist Landing at Conference on June 13
- British Soldiers, American Revolution: A New Blog
- Loyalist Connections of Notable Canadians
- Queries:
+ Dr. James Stuart and his Family
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2009-25: June 21, 2009
- A Loyalist Constable in Africa -- © Stephen Davidson
- Elizabeth Cline: A Sketch of Her Families
- Loyalist Day "Junteenth" Celebrated in Texas
- 2010 Mohawk Valley Bus Trip in Memory of Doris Ferguson
- The Canadian History Report Card by the Dominion Institute
- Additions to the Loyalist Directory
- Queries:
+ Searching for UEL history - Rankin/Campbell/Saxton
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2009-24: June 16, 2009
A Most Determined Man -- © Stephen Davidson
Loyalist Day in Three Provinces
Memorable Conference "Loyalist Settlement Experience 255" Concludes
Boston 1775: A Blog
Loyalty & Liberty: A Webcomic of the Coming of the Revolution
Last Post: Audrey Bernice Graydon Waugh, UE
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2009-23: June 7, 2009
- Four Widows Appeal to the Montreal Hearings -- © Stephen Davidson
- Loyalist Church Service at St. Albans the Martyr in Adolphustown June 14, 2pm
- A Sketch of The Life of Randel “Randy” McDonell/McDonald U.E.L. by Jim Willis
- "Loyalist Tales From New York to Canada" by Mark Jodoin
- Phebe Huff/Hough Family Graves saved for Posterity
- Louks/Loucks Family Association Reunion July 17-19 Morrisburg
- Palatine Project yDNA Testing: Louks/Loucks Family
- 2010 Celebrations for the 300th Anniversary of the Palatine Arrival in America
- The Mystery of The Remains of Loyalist Descendant Gladys Winifred Fowler
- The First Shots of the American Revolution
- Additions to the Loyalist Directory
- Queries:
+ Parents of Eve Bowman
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2009-22: May 31, 2009
- "A Dirty, Trifling, Piece of Business" by Gavin Watt
- Three Loyalist Widows of Quebec -- © Stephen Davidson
- Bicentennial Branch UELAC Historical Plaque Project 2009 "The Loyalists of the New Settlement"
- Cornwall Cairn Ceremony Deferred
- Regiment for Zenas Ross, Garrison Pioneer Cemetery
- Ruth Redmond, UE: The Tradition of Red Geraniums on Lundy’s Lane
- Historic King George III Medal Was Listed for Auction
- Volunteer Recognition – Provincial Level
- Congratulations to Robert McBride and Roy Lewis
- Additions to the Loyalist Directory
- Last Post: FERGUSON, Doris Johnson (McWhinnie-Vogelsang)
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2009-21: May 24, 2009
- The Passengers of L'Abondance -- © Stephen Davidson
- The Bugles Have Sounded!! Get Ready!! Get Dressed!!
- UE Loyalists and the Citizenship Test
- Vancouver Branch Presents International Youth Award
- Additions to the Loyalist Directory
- Queries:
+ Response re Eamer Family
+ Loyalist Frederick Arnold(i) Family
+ Seeking Battle Map Folder
+ Edward "Old Ned" Dolson of Zorra Oxford County
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2009-20: May 17, 2009
- Boston's Wooden Refugees -- © Stephen Davidson
- Toronto Branch Workshop to Durham Historica Fair Students
- Display & Sales Tables For Conference
- UELAC Major Grant #4: Continued Funding to Complete Garrison Pioneer Cemetery Project
- Book by Brenda Dougall Merriman, CG, Wins Award of Excellence
- Loyalists on CBC Radio
- KRRNY – Spring Training
- Search Function Added to Loyalist Website
- Service to Our Country - Okill Stuart UE
- Youngest UELAC Member in Association's History?
- Additions to the Loyalist Directory
- Last Post: Dr. James Edward Parks, UE
- Queries:
+ Response re Cornelius Thompson Branch
+ Addendum to Response re Proof Needed in Line from Peter Eamer UE
+ Do I have any Loyalist Ancestors Through a Phillips Line in Leeds County?
+ Looking for Loyalist Descendants Buried in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2009-19: May 10, 2009
- Where Polly Laid Her Head -- © Stephen Davidson
- London Branch Meets 1300 Students at Longwoods
- UELAC Major Grant #3: Little Hyatt One-Room School House [Little Forks Branch]
- Newtown NY Battlefield
- "True Patriot Love" by Michael Ignatieff, and UELAC
- Henry Hudson Exhibit Includes Kierstead/Keirstead Beer Mug
- "The Forgotten War" aka "Seven Years War" aka "French Indian War" Film to Show on PBS
- Queries:
+ Response re Proof Needed in Line from Peter Eamer UE
+ Details of Frederick Arnold Family
+ Palatine Research in London England Seeking Origin of Wilhelm Zimmerman
+ Cornelius Thompson Branch of UELAC
+ Stephen Hall and Son Samuel Hall Families
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2009-18: May 3, 2009
- Billy's Boat -- © Stephen Davidson
- Follow-up to Loyalist Baggage Check: Mary Raymond and Sarah Frost
- Follow-up to Baggage Check: Daniel Fraser, Philip Dorland, Sgt.Joshua Booth, Philip Dorland, Sgt. Joshua Booth, Peter Ruttan
- More About Samuel Clegg
- UELAC Major Grant #2: Friends of the Loyalists collection at Brock University
- Welcome to the New Archives of Ontario; Your Help is Needed
- Col. John Butler (Niagara) Branch Noted in Hansard
- Edmonton Branch Annual Founders' Dinner May 20
- Talking The Loyalist Message; UELAC.org is a Teachers Resource!
- Buy Back Nova Scotia - Loyalist Connections
- Communal Bond and Stuart McLean
- Loyalist Leaders on the Mend
- Queries:
+ Response re Meaning of BSSh on Mohawk Valley Map
+ Proof Needed in Line from Peter Eamer UE
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2009-17: April 26, 2009
- Loyalist Baggage Check -- © Stephen Davidson
- Last Call to Save on Shipping for Items from UELAC Store
- UELAC Grants Committee Awards Major Grants
- Major Grant #1 to Vancouver Branch: Library & Resource Centre and Office Restoration
- Queries:
+ Response re Owen Madden and Family
+ Gilbert Thorn and Family
+ Meaning of BSSh on Old Map of Mohawk Valley
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2009-16: April 19, 2009
- Loyalist Witch Trial -- © Stephen Davidson
- Blacks Could Serve But in Only a Minimal Way in the Provincial Corps
- Update: Cairn Project to mark the 225th Anniversary of the Founding of Cornwall
- "Song of Our Ancestors," by Carolyn Goddard, UE
- Re-enactment of the First Worship Service in New Westminster BC
- Central West Regional Meeting at London, Ontario on April 18, 2009
- Call for Papers for Ontario Genealogical Society Conference 2010 "Essentials, Innovations and Delights"
- 14th Genealogy "Summer Camp" Toronto, 7-12 June 2009, OGS Toronto Branch
- Loyalist Trails can Help Climb Mountains
- Queries:
+ Response re Knitting Patterns
+ Sir Isaac Brock's Route in War of 1812
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2009-15: April 12, 2009
- The Black Loyalists (and Slaves) of Massachusetts -- © Stephen Davidson
- Another Opinion of Loyalist Ancestry by Richard Ripley, UE
- Hotel Bookings for "Loyalist Settlement Experience" Conference 2009
- Stockdale Cemetery in Murray Township Transcription Available and Bay of Quinte Activities
- "Loyalism and the Revolutionary Atlantic World" - Conference in Maine June 4-7, 2009
- Congratulations to Mildred Roblin: Oldest Loyalist Member?
- Last Post: Miriam Marie Henderson, BA, UE; June 4, 1919 - March 29, 2009
- Queries:
+ Response re British Evacuation of New York City
+ John Lane/Lean of Chaleur Bay
+ Seeking a UEL Cookie Press in Wood
+ Knitting Patterns
+ Was Widow Mallory later Hannah Munro?
+ Owen Madden and Family
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2009-14: April 5, 2009
- The Loyalists of Massachusetts: Two Widows -- © Stephen Davidson
- Joseph Merritt U.E.L.
- Casselman Connection – Murray Barkley, UE
- Central Region West (Southwestern Ontario) Region Meeting, Sat. April 18
- Save on Shipping: Order From UELAC Store and Pick up at Conference
- Podcasts: The Book of Negroes, by Lawrence Hill
- Archives of Ontario
- Last Post: James "Jim" Atkins, UE, Regina Branch
- Queries:
+ The British Evacuation of New York City
+ A Missing Cookie Press
+ Seeking a Loyalist Speaker with a Scottish Context
+ Loyalist Rose Bushes Seek a Ride Toronto to Cornwall
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2009-13: March 29, 2009
- The Loyalists of Massachusetts: Part One -- © Stephen Davidson
- Loyalists Parade Through Wind and Rain and...
- The Devil's Disciple - A Melodrama by Bernard Shaw
- Dr. Charles Duncombe (1791-1867)
- New Jersey Resources
- Addendum to Pioneer life on the Bay of Quinte article
- Last Post:
+ Hilda Grimwood, UE (née Aikens)
+ Mary Carol Hastings, UE (nee Orr)
- Queries:
+ Response re Samuel Willson: Loyalist or Not?
+ Response re Proof that Hezekiah Ingraham was a Loyalist
+ Bibles of Isaac Frazer, son of Daniel, Loyalist
+ Research Assistance for the Family History of Conrad Sills
+ Copyright and Transmission of Genealogical Source Material
+ Seeking a Copy of Building Our Pedigree, by Ida Florence Crozier
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2009-12: March 22, 2009
- The Loyalist Refugee Heritage -- © Stephen Davidson
- Loyalists Buried in Victoria BC!? - Hugh Bowlsby Willson Aikman
- "The Loyalists, Pioneers and Settlers of the West" Now Online
- Heritage Week, a Proud Canadian Activity
- Linking to Lychgate: Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Riverside Heights
- Ontario Recognizes Lorna Johnston, UE
- Book: Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte
- Last Post: Harold Detlor, UE
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2009-11: March 16, 2009
- Stories of the Union's Passengers -- © Stephen Davidson
- The Book of Negroes Matters
- 1974 Stamp: "William Hamilton Merritt" Posted
- Petition to Help Preserve Ontario Cemeteries
- Queries:
+ Response re Col. James Hewetson and his Militia
+ Looking for James Kirkpatrick Papers; Searching Daniel Lobdell, UE
+ Military Records and Other Information for Philip Wickware, Loyalist
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2009-10: March 8, 2009
- Our Hearts Are Well Inclined -- © Stephen Davidson
- Gaspesian British Heritage Village, New Richmond, Needs Your Voice
- Help Preserve Ontario Cemeteries
- Connecting Canadians to UELAC Charitable Trust
- Loyalist Cups and Trophy
- Victoria Branch Rose Garden
- Golfer Links to Loyalists
- 175th Anniversary of the Toronto Becoming a City
- Molly of the Mohawks
- March 16: New Movie about Irish Famine on History TV
- Queries:
+ Responses re Samuel Willson
+ John Moore of New Jersey and Grimsby
+ Col. James Hewetson and his Militia
+ Proof that Hezekiah Ingraham was a Loyalist
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2009-09: March 1, 2009
- Loyalists Making Music -- © Stephen Davidson
- Samuel Willson – Loyalist or Not? by David B. Clark, UE
- East Oxford Pioneer Cemetery
- The Cast of Rascals and Numskulls: A Play About Robert & Phoebe Land
- M is For Moose, by Charles Pachter
- Queries:
+ Philemon Wright
+ Response re Adam Green
+ Response re Myrtle and Ann Transport
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2009-08: February 22, 2009
- What's on Your (Loyalist) I-Pod?-- © Stephen Davidson
- Five Brothers; Two Loyalists - The Green Family, By David B. Clark, UE
- Loyalist Centennial Ribbon Picture
- Items at Auction
- Last Post:
+ Malcolm Ernest Harris, BA, BCL, UE
+ Yvonne Fleming (née Hough)
- Queries:
+ The Myrtle and Ann Transport
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2009-07: February 15, 2009
- Biographical Fragments from the Montreal Loyalist Compensation Hearings: Part Three: Displaced Scots and an Englishman -- © Stephen Davidson
- Celebrating the Centenary of Loyalist Settlement in Upper Canada, Part 4
- Centennial Ribbon for the Niagara Centennial Celebration 1884
- The Battle For Fort York Continues
- Award-winning author to publish a loyalist history book in 2010
- Additions to the Loyalist Directory
- Queries:
+ Combatants Who Served in Two 18th Century North American Wars
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2009-06: February 8, 2009
- Biographical Fragments from the Montreal Loyalist Compensation Hearings: Part Two: Refugees of New York and Pennsylvania -- © Stephen Davidson
- Celebrating the Centenary of Loyalist Settlement in Upper Canada, Part 3
- Cornwall Loyalist Cairn: Planning and Funding
- Honorary Vice-President Promotes Loyalist Studies
- "Rascals and Numskulls": A Play about Robert and Phoebe Land
- At last...A Rev War Magazine
- Measha Brueggergosman, Celebrity Loyalist Descendant
- Offer/Query: Seeking Descendant of Nathaniel Ray/Rae Thomas; Confiscation Document Available
- The Canadian Connection: Historical Programs in Northern NY
- Additions to the Loyalist Directory
- Last Post: L. Cdr. John Edward Merritt, CD, KH, UEL
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2009-05: February 1, 2009
- Biographical Fragments from the Montreal Loyalist Compensation Hearings: Part One: Johnson's First Battalion -- © Stephen Davidson
- Celebrating the Centenary of Loyalist Settlement in Upper Canada, Part 2
- 1884 Celebrations Reference and 2009 UELAC Conference
- A Tale of Winter Survival From the Ketcheson Family
- Queenston Heights & Brock's Monument Re-Open
- Recognition of Loyalists in Periodicals
- Additions to the Loyalist Directory
- Happy Birthday: Yvonne Hough Fleming, UE
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2009-04: January 25, 2009
- Benjamin Thompson, Loyalist Scientist -- © Stephen Davidson
- UELAC Conference "Loyalist Settlement Experience: 225th" Registration Form
- Quilted Cypher Badge - Following a Thread
- Celebrating the Centenary of the Loyalist Settlement in Upper Canada (Part 1)
- More on "Michael Grant Ignatieff: a Loyalist?"
- Robbie Burns and UE Loyalists
- Last Post:
+ SIMMS, Albert Eddy
+ McKINNELL, Mabel Evelyn (nee Daw), UE
+ Norma (Lewis) Reynolds
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2009-03: January 18, 2009
- The Loyalist Tailor of Charleston, South Carolina -- © Stephen Davidson
- UELAC Conference "Loyalist Settlement Experience: 225th" (Correct Date: June 11-14)
- Stephen Burritt: Soldier, Settler, Spy
- Library and Archives Canada Winkworth Collection Calendar Available
- Following a Thread of Needle Arts: A Black Powder Quilt
- BOOK: United Empire Loyalists, A Guide to Tracing Loyalist Ancestors in Upper Canada (Ontario)
- BOOK: African Hope Renewed, Along the Grand River 1400s-1800s (Ontario, Canada)
- Michael Grant Ignatieff: a Loyalist?
- Hillary Clinton and the King's Daughters
- Sod Turned for New Human Rights Museum in Winnipeg
- "The French Connection" and Battle of Plattsburgh Commemoration
- Eastman's Online Newsletter: Lost US War Office records for the period 1784 to 1800
- Last Post:
+ Charles Raymond Hardy
+ Norma Shaver
- Queries:
+ Family of Christopher Huffman
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2009-02: January 11, 2009
- Executed Loyalists III: The Revolution's Most Notorious Murder -- © Stephen Davidson
- Images of Early Canada "Peter Winkworth Collection" by LAC
- UELAC Conference "Loyalist Settlement Experience: 225th" by Bay of Quinte Branch
- Submissions for the Spring 2009 Issue of the Loyalist Gazette
- Nominations for UELAC "Dorchester Award"
- DNA Websites: Another Way To Reach The Public
- Calendars and Fund-Raising
- Sons of the American Revolution Invitation to Tallmadge Day at Fraunces Tavern
- Historical Conferences in New York
- Be careful What You Google. You might get it! Or...What's In An Initial
- Queries:
+ Laura (Ingersoll) Secord's Family
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2009-01: January 4, 2009
- Executed Loyalists I: Two Quakers -- © Stephen Davidson
- Gideon White Family Papers: Loyalists at Shelburne
- Christopher Huffman, Loyalist
- Additions to the Loyalist Directory
- Last Post: ZERAN, Douglas
- Queries:
+ Col. Cornelius (Tye) Titus Family