Upper Canada Genealogy

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Information about Upper Canada and its People and some of Lower Canada
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What is Upper Canada you ask? OK, here is a short history answer!

In the beginning there was New France, made up of small settlements spread along the St Lawrence River. Most of these settlements were military, administrative, and commercial centers. In 1758-59 there was a war between France and Britain in New France, and in 1763 New France became a British Colony, still under French law. After the American Revolutionary War of 1775 to 1783, a large number of immigrants entered New France from the United States. Many had had their land confiscated, and they wanted to avoid further persecution. They were of British, German, and European descent, as well as Black slaves and Native people from the Six Iroquois Nations. Many had fought for the British (King George III) and came to be know as Loyalists. Those that could prove that they had fought for the British were given land grants and called United Empire Loyalists (the U.E.L. or U.E. could be used after their surnames). But the new settlers were not happy living under French law and the Roman Catholic Church of New France. So the British in 1791 passed the Constitutional Act which divided Canada along the Ottawa River; those living east of the river were in Lower Canada (Quebec) and those living West of the Ottawa River (what is now called Ontario) were in Upper Canada.

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**The Niagara Historical Resource Center

**OCFA - The Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid

For information about ** Shipwrecks in Canada

Here is some **Historical Documents for Canada.

If you would like to search the Census of Ontario for ** 1871

The **Ontario Genealogical Society , check their Publications list.

List of links from Metro Toronto Referance Library

A bit of info about Butler's Ranger, (United Empire Loyalists) and the town of **Thorold on the Niagara Peninsula

**Book of Remembrance of Canadian War dead from the Peace Tower in Canada's Parliament building in Ottawa

Here is a shareware program to download that I found useful for looking at the above link, its a Magnifying glass that works within windows programs and Netscape just don't move it off of the window or it hangs

If its info on Canadian=Census Record, Land Records, Military Records, Citizenship Records, Acadian Sources, Records of Births, Marriages, Deaths. Wills and Estate Records, Immigration Records, Loyalist Sources, LI-RA-MA (Russian Consular Records) here is ** Canadian Archives

Here is a very nice link to ** The Olive Tree for other Canadian info.

GENEALOGY GOES FOR A VISIT

Now you think that you might come up this way to see what everything is like, Come on ,You 're Very Welcome
Here is some links to info on the towns, accommodation, shopping ,sightseeing ect

** Ottawa

**Niagara Region Bed and Breakfast

** Info on Kingston, Ont

The Town of **Cornwall

**Toronto Life

**City of Montreal

To see other useful genealogy links

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