United Empire Loyalists, Evidence in the Canadian Claims - The Second Report of The Bureau of Archives for the Province of Ontario, 1904

By Archivist, Province of Ontario

The original and complete title of the book is: The Second Report of The Bureau of Archives For the Province of Ontario, 1904. Subtitle: United Empire Loyalists, Enquiry into the Losses and Services in Consequence of Their Loyalty, Evidence in the Canadian Claims

The Bureau of Archives of Ontario, now known as Archives Ontario, published an annual report which included important historical information in some years. The report of 1904 was one of those years.

The massive 1904 Bureau of Archives Report consists of 1436 pages, primarily of original accounts and evidence of United Empire Loyalist claims that were processed after the American Revolutionary War. Those claims were made in response to a British program that was designed to provide those Americans who had remained loyal to the British during the American Revolution, with land in Canada.  After an informative history of the circumstances surrounding the movement of the Loyalists to Canada, and a preamble on the claim process, the bulk of the content of the 1904 Report includes evidence presented to establish that specific "Loyalists" qualified for "UE" status and the resulting benefits. Much related historical information is also included in the Report. 

Examples & Index 

• Click here to view 3 sample pages of the first claim detailed in this book.

• Click here to view 58 page Index IMPORTANT NOTE: The original index is not nearly complete. This pdf eBook solves that problem with an every word searchable feature. Example: "Keller" surname is not in the Index. The digital search revealed 9 references to "Keller"s with important information about family connections, and Loyalist claims that a researcher would probably have missed without the digital search capabilities.

Details:

1436 Pages
Index
Originally published by L.K. Cameron - King's Printer, Toronto, 1905
This edition by Global Heritage Press, Milton, 2010
ISBN: 978-1-926797-49-6 (eBook in PDF format)