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Loyalists of New Brunswick: A resource for genealogical researchers
Loyalists of New Brunswick A resource for genealogical researchers Author:David Bell The American Revolution had one dramatic, unexpected, and shattering result. British negotiators failed to ensure that Americans who stayed loyal to the Crown were protected from reprisal. They failed to give Loyalists any compensation for property that had been seized by revolutionaries. The result: 30,000 Americans left their lives behind in t... more »he thirteen colonies to become refugees, journeying north to the remaining British North American colonies. British authorities chartered a fleet of small ships to take the refugees north. Documents recording this exodus are an invaluable historical and genealogical resource. The best-known of these is the Book of Negroes, recording the details of black Loyalists including many who won their freedom by joining British forces. Extensive other documentary records offer many details and information about thousands of other Loyalists. In this book, David Bell provides a brief historical introduction to the Loyalists who went to the territory that soon became New Brunswick. He then provides key source material on thousands of American families during their migration. The book transcribes lists of American Loyalist families as they prepared to leave New York, as they boarded ships for exile, and as they arrived at Saint John. Most records were discovered at the National Archives of the United Kingdom.« less