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2008 Newsletters
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2008-27: July 6, 2008
- Farewell and Thanks: President Peter Johnson UE
- Brothers Who Bore Arms Together, by Stephen Davidson
- Another Loyalist Doctor: Dr. Robert Kerr
- Lyons Creek United Church Closing
- Ottawa Citizen Feature on Inundated Villages of The St Lawrence Valley
- Rev War Reenactors and Loyalist Sympathizers - Shelburne NS on TV
- Wish "Yankee Doodle" a happy 250th birthday
- Loyalist Directory Additions
- Queries:
+ Response re Abraham DeForest
+ Black Powder Club and The Loyalist Cup
+ Descendants of Benedict Arnold
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2008-26: June 29, 2008
- Regina Branch's Eighth UEL Day in Saskatchewan
- The Loyalists are Coming: Article Noting the Upcoming Conference in Saint John
- Were There Any Loyalist Women? by Stephen Davidson
- Another Loyalist Doctor: Dr. James Macnab
- Loyalist Directory Additions
- Queries:
+ Information on early Burnham Family in Canada
+ Information on Edward Stooks UE, and Descendant Larry Lee
+ Descendents of Sarah Kast McGinness
+ Descendents of Jacob Bowman and his wife Elizabeth
+ Descendents of Abraham Deforest
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2008-25: June 22, 2008
- Your Loyalists and Ours -- Generally Speaking, by Stephen Davidson
- Addendum to Stephen Davidson's Ordinary Fellow, Thomas Peters
- Loyalist Day In Ontario
- Passenger List for Ship Cyrus
- Canada Day Celebration with "Robert Land, Esq." Loyalist Soldier and Spy
- The Oriskany Alliance, by James Maracle
- 10th Annual Young Family Reunion Saturday, July 12, 2008
- Loyalist Directory Additions
- Queries:
+ Information on the descendants of two Allison brothers, descendants of Casper and Henry Hover/Hoover
+ Responses re Returning Loyalists and Land Rights
- Last Post:
+ Helen Kinsley, UE
+ June Currie
+ Marguereite Huggins
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2008-24: June 15, 2008
- Two Ordinary (Loyalist) Fellows, by Stephen Davidson
- Long-lost shipwreck located; HMS Ontario Sank in 1780 in a Storm
- Government of Canada Supports Shelburne County Archives & Genealogical Society to Celebrate Loyalist Landing
- Book: The Man Who Said No: Reading Jacob Bailey, Loyalist, by Kent Thompson
- U.E. Loyalist Centennial
- Book about Loyalist Henry Cronkhite
- Loyalist Directory Additions
- Last Post: Ida Elizabeth Rogers, UE
- Queries:
+ Who was BETTY SCOTT?
+ Loyalists who Later Returned to the USA
+ Seeking Missing Families Descended from the Widow Grant, NB Loyalist
+ Response re Maritime Hawleys
+ Response re Description of Armorial Bearings
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2008-23: June 8, 2008
- Benjamin Whitecuff, Black Loyalist Spy, by Stephen Davidson
- Book Review: Loyalist and Layabout: The Rapid Rise and Faster Fall of Shelburne, Nova Scotia 17831792, by Stephen Kimber
- ACO Calls on the Province to be Pro-Active in Saving Ontario's Heritage
- Loyalist Directory Additions
- Last Post: MacMurray, Wallace P.
- Queries:
+ Church Service Suggestions
+ Information about the Maritime Hawleys
+ Widow Ruth Nichols in New Brunswick
+ Description of Armorial Bearings
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2008-22: June 1, 2008
- My New American Cousins, by Norman Hawley, Descendant of Ichabod Hawley
- Five Spies Who Settled in New Brunswick, by Stephen Davidson
- Grant Reunion August 1-3, 2008 at Southampton, New Brunswick
- Loyalist Directory Additions
- Loyalist Ships
- Last Post: SHAVER UE, Walter Edmond
- Last Post: NEVILLE, Donald Horne, UE
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2008-21: May 25, 2008
- Four Spies Who Settled in Canada, by Stephen Davidson
- Official Opening of the Butler Homestead Park and Unveiling of the Monument
- Table of Contents of Spring 2008 Loyalist Gazette
- Oldest University in the Commonwealth Outside the United Kingdom
- CD: Tour Guides to Historic Sites in the Mohawk and Hudson Valleys, Eastern Ontario and Southwestern Quebec
- Victoria Cross Addendum
- Northern New York Newspapers Online
- New Internet Address for Col. John Butler Branch
- Loyalist Directory Additions
- Last Post: Pederson, Lucy Wagar, UE
- Last Post: Moody, John Wentworth II
- Queries:
+ Information About Refugee Camp at Yamachiche Quebec
+ Peter Pilkey and the Anchor at Holland Landing
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2008-20: May 18, 2008
- UELAC Scholarship Winners: Gregory Wigmore and Catherine Cottreau-Robins
- Gregory Wigmore Studies Allegiances in the Detroit River Borderland
- Elderly Loyalists, by Stephen Davidson
- John Letteney, the last survivor of the "American Loyalists"
- Canadian Victoria Cross Unveiled
- Annual Fort Chambly Memorial Service
- Queries:
+ Responses re Andrew Thompson
+ Information about Family of Schuyler Moor (Moore), Windsor ON and Danville QC
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2008-19: May 11, 2008
- "Saint John 225": Friday Evening Gathering with Michelle Daigle
- UELAC Scholarship Winners: Catherine Cottreau-Robins and Gregory Wigmore
- Catherine Cottreau-Robins Studies the Daily Life of Slaves in Nova Scotia
- One Feisty Loyalist Grandmother, by Stephen Davidson
- Heritage Canada Foundation Welcomes Passing of Heritage Lighthouse Bill
- James Huff/Hough, Son of James and Phebe Huff/Hough
- Loyalist Directory
- Last Post: KEMLO: David H. (supplement)
- Queries:
+ Response re Loyalist Quilts
+ Captain Andrew Thompson Family
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2008-18: May 4, 2008
- "Saint John 225" Saturday Morning Seminars: Loyalist of New England Documents & Ghostly Results, by Paul J. Bunnell, UE
- One Roman Catholic Loyalist's Story, by Stephen Davidson
- Window for St. Albans Church a long Time Coming
- Burlington Workshop GENEALOGY: Exploring Your Roots
- OCAPG Seminar: Writing A Narrative Family History
- Norfolk Historical Society Receives Grant from New Horizons for Seniors Program
- Queries:
+ John Thompson of the Gaspe
+ Responses re James Rogers and DMG
+ Response re Loyalist Quilts
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2008-17: April 21, 2008
- "Saint John 225" Saturday Morning Seminars: The Black Loyalists by David Peters
- Scattered Loyalist Sisters: Sarah, Abigail, and Elizabeth Dibble, by Stephen Davidson
- Kawartha Branch UELAC Wins Heritage Award
- "Subject or Citizen: Treaty of Paris, 1783" Library and Archives Canada, May 6
- Loyalist Ships to Canada
- Last Post: Walter (Wally) Ross WERT UE
- Last Post: Gordon Franklin Osborne UE
- Queries:
+ Concerning James Rogers of the King's Rangers fame
+ Information on John C. Jackson's parents/grandparents
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2008-16: April 20, 2008
- "Saint John 225" pre-conference tours to Fredericton or King's Landing
- The Revolution's Roman Catholic Loyalists, by Stephen Davidson
- Central West Region Does It In Style
- Adolphustown UEL Centennial United Church Is Turning 124
- Loyalist Longboats and The Order of the Oar
- Loyalist Landing 2008 Stamps and Cancellations
- Probably Few Loyalists at Camp Security
- Additions to the Loyalist Ships List
- Ship's List: Possible Source in British National Archives
- Loyalist Descendant - Deric Ruttan - Makes Music
- Last Post: Carol Elaine Menhennet, UE
- Queries:
+ Descendants of David and Catherine Gabel
+ Information on Gideon Rogers of Thurlow Township, Hastings County, ON
+ Descendants of Sir William Johnson
+ Sort out 'George Buck's in Loyalist Directory
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2008-15: April 13, 2008
- "Saint John 225" Saturday Seminars: Speaker Stephen Davidson on Loyalist Refugees Shipboard
- Reminder to all Branches of the Central West Region: Meeting April 19
- The Cost of Loyalist Service: An Arm and a Leg, by Stephen Davidson
- Offer to Seek Evidence of Loyalists Who May Have Died at Camp Security
- UEL Heritage Centre and Park Employs First Full-Time Curator
- Ships Which Brought Loyalists to Canada
- Purdy Loyalist Reunion, July 4-6 - Descendents of Gabriel, Gilbert and Henry Purdy
- This Old Tavern - Betty's Tavern in Ballston NY for Sale
- Queries:
+ Information on Staats Springsteen
+ Information on Ancestors of Sarah Tripp
+ Information on Ancestors of Amarilla Smith
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2008-14: April 6, 2008
- "Saint John 225" Saturday Banquet: Speaker Peter Larocque & Guest The Hon. Herménégilde Chiasson
- The Jewish Loyalists of New York, by Stephen Davidson
- Two New Loyalist Websites - Experiences of Women and Black Loyalists - Launched by UNB
- New Web Site for The Friends of the Loyalist Collection at Brock University
- Last Post: Jean Darrah McCaw Sir John Johnson Branch
- Last Post: Reta (Pyke) Marquette
- Addition to Loyalist Directory: John Morrell
- Queries:
+ Response re Name of ship which took William Hayman and the Royal North Carolina Regiment
+ Response re Names of Ships Bringing Loyalists to Canada
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2008-13: March 30, 2008
- The Jewish Loyalists of Newport, Rhode Island, by Stephen Davidson
- UELAC Central West Region Meeting in London on April 19
- Kingston Branch Visit March 29th
- Heritage Project Goes Hi-Tech at Rose Cemetery
- Loyalist Connection to "In Flanders Fields"
- More on William Rawlins Beaumont
- OGS 13th Genealogy "Summer Camp", Toronto, June 8-13, 2008
- The Ancestry of Diana, Princess of Wales
- Hillary Clinton a Descendant of George McDougall
- Last Post: Wilbert Walt UE
- Queries:
+ Honouring Military Veterans Everywhere - John Francis Johnston
+ Information on Family of Lorne Lawrence
+ Which of Ralph Connor's Books Feature Potential Loyalists
+ Names of Ships Bringing Loyalists to Canada
+ Black Settlers from Nova Scotia to London Township Ontario
+ Response re Seeking Information about Sgt. Major Martin Kelly and Wife Rosannah
+ Response re James Rogers, and Margaret and Mary McGregor
+ Response re Name of ship which took William Hayman and the Royal North Carolina Regiment
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2008-12: March 23, 2008
- Saint John 225 Saturday Seminar: New Brunswick Genealogical Resources by Rose Staples, UE
- Shopkeeper, Glazier and Shoemaker, by Stephen Davidson
- Fort Ticonderoga Museum Opens May 10 for 100th Season
- Understanding the American Revolution: Searching for Balance
- Addendum: Capt. Peter Drummond, Forgotten Loyalist
- Heritage Lighthouse Bill a Step Closer to Becoming Law: Heritage Canada Foundation
- Halifax to Recognize Shelburne's Loyalist Landing
- Information Available: Families of Roger Barton and Jacob Langs
- For Sale: VanKoughnet Family History
- Last Post: Wilbert Arthur Walt, UE
- Last Post: Grant Campbell, UE
- Queries:
+ Name of ship which took William Hayman and the Royal North Carolina Regiment to Nova Scotia in 1783
+ James Rogers, and Margaret and Mary McGregor
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2008-11: March 16, 2008
- "Saint John 225" Welcoming Reception by Market Slip
- The Hatter, the Gardener and the Hog Farmer by Stephen Davidson
- Capt. Peter Drummond, Forgotten Loyalist
- Remsheg and Jabez Rundle: (Rich Man, Poor Man, by Stephen Davidson)
- More on Richard Cartwright
- Those Infamous Tories again...
- Renaming Strait of Georgia in British Columbia to the Salish Sea
- Source of Loyalist Era Clothing
- Last Post: Glen Bell UE, of Waterford
- Queries:
+ Proof that Henry Merritt is son of Moses Merritt
+ Response re Information on John and Phoebe Schooley
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2008-10: March 9, 2008
- Rich Man, Poor Man, by Stephen Davidson
- Video: Birchtown and Black Loyalists
- Saratoga Battlefield's First Visitor, Richard Cartwright
- To Stand and Fight Together, Richard Pierpoint — by Steve Pitt
- Leading Myths of the War of 1812, By Don Hickey, Wayne State College
- Special Edition of Farmers & Honest Men by Horst Dresler
- Queries:
+ Information on John and Phoebe Schooley
+ Response re Information on William Beaumont MD
+ Responses re Help to Prove Johannes Vanderburg was a Loyalist
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2008-09: March 2, 2008
- "Saint John 225" Pre-Conference Trip to King's Landing or Fredericton's UNB
- UELAC Conference 2008: "Researching Loyalist Documents" Seminar
- The Loyalists from France, by Stephen Davidson
- More about "Dutch Uncles"
- Loyalist Ancestors Martin Kelly, Roswell Everts & Richard Dyrk Dingman by the Rideau
- Loyalist Connections to US Political Leaders
- Last Post: Warner, N. Douglas
- Queries:
+ Additional Response re Union Flag
+ Book With Reference to John Rolfe
+ Information on William Beaumont MD, From Edgar John Jarvis
+ Ephraim Eyres UEL and Ayers Family History
+ Information on Nathaniel Gager Family
+ Help to Prove Johannes Vanderburg was a Loyalist
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2008-08: February 24, 2008
- "Saint John 225" - UELAC Conference 2008
- The Loyalist Pound, Shilling and Pence, by Stephen Davidson
- Edgar John Jarvis 1835-1907
- Presidential Wanderings
- 2008 David Thompson Brigade
- Fort George National Historic Site, Parks Canada - Review of Website by Phoebe Sheppard
- Little Forks Branch UELAC Restoring Cemeteries in Eastern Townships of Quebec
- Queries:
+ Loyalist Lineages of Canada, First Book
+ Information about Jonathan HOWARD or Jonathan LOTHROP
+ Information about John ROLFE or Captain Jonathan WILLARD
+ Information about Moses ROLFE or Banjamin CHENEY Families
+ Response re French Indian (or Seven Years) Wars
+ Response re Loyalist Flag
+ Response re Upper Canada "Expunged, Suspended, Reinstated"
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2008-07: February 17, 2008
- 'Celebrate British Columbia 150'
- Molly Brant Remembered
- Is There a (Loyalist) Doctor in the House? by Stephen Davidson
- Toronto Branch Special Sale For Loyalist Lineages II
- GOONS and One Name Studies
- Loyalist Directory Update
- Last Post: HURST, Josephine Ellen
- Last Post: MOORE, Lawrence Dale
- Queries:
+ Lance Corporal Fred Fisher, VC
+ Seamstress Wanted
+ Documents Describing UE Executive List Expulsions and Suspensions
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2008-06: February 10, 2008
- Peter Drummond, by Gavin Watt
- Dutch Uncles -- and Loyalists, by Stephen Davidson
- History's Future Depends on How We Present Our Past
- Building Loyalist Longboats in Shelburne NS
- "History of UELAC": A New Addition
- More Help Needed for the Moore House in Sparta ON
- Centenarian Celebration: Marion Phelps
- More Heritage Celebrations
- Queries:
+ Information on Caleb Swayze gson Thomas Sharp and Maria Sharwood
+ Information on Loyalists and Descendants Settling in Downsview Park, Toronto
+ Information about Sarah E(lizabeth) Wright
+ Queen Anne Union Flag and UELAC
+ Response re Bastedo Family of Princeton ON
+ Responses re John Cousins
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2008-05: February 3, 2008
- How to Lose Friends and Dishearten Loyalists, by Stephen Davidson
- ISAAC SWAYZE [b.1751 - d.1828]
- SAR-DAR-UEL Discussion Continues
- Notes re Heritage Month
- Queries:
+ Information about Sarah Buck
+ Information on Bastedo Family of Princeton ON
+ Proofs for Sophia Shaw's Parentage
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2008-04: January 27, 2008
- Five More Loyalist Widows, by Stephen Davidson
- "City on a hill" Ronald Reagan quoting John Winthrop
- Loyalist and Patriot Ancestors
- Loyalist Collection at Brock University Grows
- Queries:
+ Information about John Cousins, Loyalist
+ Response re Loyalist Abiel Briggs and Elizabeth Chase
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2008-03: January 20, 2008
- How to Lose Friends and Dishearten Loyalists, by Stephen Davidson
- Isaac Swayze [b.1751 - d.1828]
- SAR-DAR-UEL Discussion Continues
- Notes re Heritage Month
- Queries:
+ Information about Sarah Buck
+ Information on Bastedo Family of Princeton ON
+ Proofs for Sophia Shaw's Parentage
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2008-02: January 13, 2008
- Robert Grant, Loyalist Orphan, by Stephen Davidson
- Looking Ahead to Hudson Valley Anniversaries
- January 2008 issue of Loyalists Quarterly now Available
- "Keys to Ontario Research" Workshop, Sat. 23 February 2008, Toronto
- Lawrence Hill to Speak at McMaster University
- Henry Hayden: From Sorel to a Rootsweb Stray
- Heritage Canada Foundation to Celebrate the Built Heritage Workforce for Heritage Day 2008
- Additions to Loyalist Directory
- Queries:
+ Family of Dr Adoniah MacBass
"Loyalist Trails" UELAC newsletter 2008-01: January 6, 2008
- If Tombstones Could Talk, by Stephen Davidson
- Front Page Loyalist
- Gene-O-Rama in Ottawa 28-29 March 2008
- Last Post: Marylou Kirkby
- History of UELAC: New Section
- Queries:
+ Loyalist Abiel Briggs and Elizabeth Chase
+ Response re Maybee Family