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Canadian Military Genealogy & History Choose from the following Canadian Military Genealogy French-Indian Wars 1754-1763 American Revolution 1777-1783 War of 1812 Rebellion of 1837 Fenian Raids 1857 Red River Rebellion 1870-1877 Nile Expedition 1884-1885 NorthWest Rebellion 1884-1885 South African (Boer) War 1899-1902 WW 1 1914-1918 Dictionary & Definitions Canadian Wars Mailing Lists Canadian Military Links Olive Tree Library Canadian Military Resources & Books Find Your Military Ancestor Canadian Military Genealogy Links Miscellaneous  1st Carleton Regiment 1828 Militia Muster Roll Carleton Ontario Militia Lists - over 500 names of men plus ages and more detail The Canadian Military Heritage Project historical and genealogical Transcripts & Historical Data. You will find muster rolls, biographies and research Transcripts & Historical Data. French-Indian Wars 1754-1763 Olive Tree's own list of French-Indian Transcripts & Historical Data French Indian Wars Overview ° French-Indian Wars ° French-Indian Wars includes lists of soldiers French Indian Wars Biographies ° George Washington ° James Wolfe ° William Pitt, the Elder Muster Rolls, Soldiers & General Militia Information ° Rules of Rogers' Rangers, 1759 French Indian Wars Genealogy & History Resources ° List of French-Indian War Ancestors ° Jeffrey Amherst Papers Correspondence during the French Indian War to and from Sir Jeffery Amherst, first Baron Amherst (1717-1797) and military officer, who was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces in North America in 1758. Fonds consists of the Amherst Manuscripts which constitute a valuable source concerning events in North America during the pivotal period of the Seven Years' War. American Revolution (Loyalist) 1777-1783 Olive Tree's own list of Loyalist Transcripts & Historical Data Loyalist Lists of Names º The Old United Empire Loyalist List Appendix B º British Headquarters Papers, The Carleton Papers, Kings' Name Project Carleton's Loyalist Index and The Book of Negroes, A Select Index to Names of Loyalists and their Associates Contained in the British Headquarters Papers, New York City 1774-1783. The Carleton Papers Loyalist Biographies º  Joseph Brant (Thayendanega) Loyalist Regiments º The American Revolutionary War - choose the British or the American point of view. Includes lists of all regiments - American, British and Loyalist º Regiments of the British Army º His Majesty's 6th Regiment of Foot 64th. Regiment of Foot º Brant's Volunteers º Butler's Rangers (another site) º King's Orange Rangers º King's Rangers º The Kings Men ~ Loyalist Units in New York and North America º  Kings' Rangers Muster Roll º The King's Royal Yorkers º McAlpin's Unit º Maryland Loyalists º Peters' Corps º Queen's Rangers Loyalist Records º The Online Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies º North Carolina Loyalists Lists of Loyalists (Tories); those with confiscated lands; pension lists; Loyalist claims º Revolutionary War Soldiers & Descendants º Cumberland Co. Nova Scotia GenWeb Page The October 1784 census return of the West Chester Loyalists around Remsheg & the March 1785 land grant to the same persons. Loyalist Muster Rolls º Loyalist Muster Rolls Index ~ Donna Ristenbatt's page http://www.iwaynet.net/~bobphillips/ Loyalist Maps 1776 Bowles' map of the seat of war 330 kb 1776 A plan of the attack of Fort Sulivan near Charles Town in South Carolina 176 kb 1776 A plan of the river and sound of D'awfoskee in South Carolina 277 kb 1776 The theatre of war in North America 282 kb 1780 new and accurate map of North Carolina and part of South Carolina, with the field of battle between Earl Cornwallis and General Gates. 218 kb 1783 The United States of North America with the British and Spanish territories according to the treaty. 278 kb Miscellaneous Loyalist Resources º  Drums Along The Mohawk º New York State Library ~ Loyalist information º US Army Centre of Military History List of Loyalist Resources War of 1812 The Olive Tree's own list of War of 1812 muster rolls War of 1812 History ° Key Events & Causes of the War of 1812 ° War of 1812 ° History of War of 1812 ~ by the Ontario Government ° War of 1812 ° The War of 1812 - Reliving History War of 1812 Battles & Forts ° Various Battles of War of 1812 The Battle of Tippecanoe 1811; President vs. Belvidera; The Battles for Michilimackinac Island & Fort Dearborn; Raid on Gananoque; The Battle of Brownstown; The Battle of Maguaga; The Battle of Detroit; Constitution vs. Guerriere; The Battle of Queenston Heights; U.S.S. United States captures H.M.S. Macedonian; The Battle of Lacolle Mills; The Caledonia and the Detroit; Wasp vs Frolic; Search and Destroy Mission against the Tribes; The Battle of Frenchman's Creek; The Battle of Raison River or Frenchtown; The Battle of Ogdensburg; The Seige of Fort Meigs; The Battle of Fort York; The Battle of Fort Stephenson; The Capture of Fort George; Skirmish at Butler's Farm; Chesapeake vs. Shannon; The Battle of Stoney Creek; Battle of Forty Mile Creek; The Battle of Craney Island; The Battle of Beaverdams; Argus vs. Pelican; The "Hamilton" and the "Scourge"; The Capture of the "Julia" and the "Growler"; Enterprise vs. Boxer; The Battle of Lake Erie; The Battle of the Thames; The Battle of Sackets Harbour; The Burlington Races; The Battle of Chateauguay; Action at French Creek; The Battle of Crysler's Farm; The Burning of Newark; The Capture of Fort Niagara; The Burning of Buffalo; The Battle of Lacolle Mills; The Raid on Fort Oswego; The Battle of Sandy Creek; The Raids into Western Upper Canada; The Battle of Longwoods; The Capture of Fort Erie ... July 1814; The Battle of Chippawa; The Burning of St. David's; The Battle of Prairie du Chien; The Battle of Lundy's Lane; The Battle of Fort Mackinac; The Battle on the Nottawasaga; Capture of the Somers and Ohio; The Battle of Bladensburg; The Battle of Washington D.C.; The Battle of Baltimore - Fort McHenry; The Battle of Lake Champlain - Plattsburgh; The Seige at Fort Erie; The Capitulation of Maine; The Battle of Cook's Mills; The Battle of New Orleans; The Surrender of Fort Boyer; Capture of the U.S.S. President; The Green Tiger & the Bloody Boys; 104th Regiment ° The Road to Washington, British Army Style War of 1812 Biographies ° Sir Isaac Brock's Coatee ° Tecumseh and his role in the War of 1812 War of 1812 Documents & Proclamations ° Prize Court: Standing Interrogatories Prince de Neufchatel, American privateer in War of 1812 ° Declaration of the War of 1812 War of 1812 Miscellaneous ° African American Freedom Fighters Soldiers for Liberty ° Military ReEnactment Society of Canada Rebellion of 1837 Olive Tree's own list of Rebellion of 1837 Transcripts & Historical Data Rebellion of 1837 Biographies º John Strachan º William Lyon MacKenzie a photo on the Ontario Government website º Biographies of various individuals º The Family Compact Rebellion of 1837 Battles º Amherstburg (Fort Malden) the battle º Battle of St. Eustache between British troops and French-Canadian Patriotes, was the largest clash during the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837 [picture] Rebellion of 1837 Miscellaneous º John D. Servos Epaulettes worn in War of 1812 and Rebellion of 1837 º Carving by William Reid, Prisoner of War in the Toronto Gaol, 1838 Rebellion of 1837 Lists of Men Who Participated º List of Local Men who fought at the Battle of the Windmill published in Watertown Daily Times New York Fenian Raids 1857 Olive Tree's own list of Fenian Transcripts & Historical Data Fenian Raid Overview ° The Fenian Brotherhood Fenian Raid Timeline ° Fenian Raids Timeline Fenian Raid Battles ° Fenian Raid of John O'Neill near Niagara This scenario is based on the events of June 2, 1866 being only a small skirmish and Col. Booker (Canadian) not advancing the QORs and the 13th alone but waiting until additional troops arrived Fenian Letters Fenian Brotherhood Collection letters to and from John O'Mahony, James Stephens, John Mitchel, O'Donovan Rossa, and other Fenian leaders Fenian Raid Biographies Try the Dictionary of Canadian Biography for biographies of : ° James Stephens ° Alfred Booker ° John Stoughton Dennis ° Michael Doheny, Fenian Leader ° Michael Murphy ° John O'Mahony ° John O'Neill ° William Roberts ° William O'Donohue ° Sir John A. MacDonald ° William Smith Fenian Raid Muster Rolls Looking for links! Fenian Raid Songs ° The Queen's Own Regiment - A Fenian Song ° General O'Neil's Address to His Army ° Our Canadian Volunteers Books ° Fenianism In North America by W. S. Neidhardt ° The Fenian Movement in The United States by William D'Arcy ° Fenian Heroes and Martyrs by John Savage ° The Last Invasion of Canada by by Hereford Senior Visit Other Fenian Raid Sites ° Canadian General Service Medal (1866 - 1870) The medal was awarded to members of the Imperial and Canadian forces who had taken part in the suppression of the Fenian raids and Riels' first rebellion, the latter being generally referred to as the Red River expedition. NorthWest Rebellion 1884-1885 Olive Tree's own list of NorthWest Rebellion Transcripts & Historical Data Visit Other Northwest Rebellion Sites Northwest Rebellion Overview º Chronology of Events º Northwest Rebellion, 1885 - History~ from The University of Saskatchewan website Northwest Rebellion Battles º Batoche º Holdings of the University of Saskatchewan includes Diary of Rev. Father Valentine Vegreville, O.M.I. 9 April 1885 - 12 June 1885; The last war drum; the North West campaign of 1885. Northwest Rebellion Biographies º Louis Riel ~ at The University of Saskatchewan's online webpage º Browse by Subject: Riel, Louis~ from The University of Saskatchewan website º Gabriel Dumont ~ at The University of Saskatchewan's online webpage º Mistahimaskwa (Big Bear) ~ at The University of Saskatchewan's online webpage º Pitikwahanapiwiyin (Poundmaker) ~ at The University of Saskatchewan's online webpage º Sir Frederick Dobson Middleton ~ at The University of Saskatchewan's online webpage º William Dillon Otter ~ at The University of Saskatchewan's online webpage Northwest Rebellion Databases º Alexander Campbell's An Account of the Advances of the 7th Fusiliers of London to aid in the suppression of the North West Rebellion of 1885 Northwest Rebellion Regiments º The First Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery º The Royal Canadian Dragoons Northwest Rebellion Miscellaneous º  NorthWest Rebellion lots of links here for a variety of resources Boer (South African) War 1899-1902 Olive Tree's own list of Boer Transcripts & Historical Data Historical Overview º Historical Overview º The Boer War This site has a good outline, poems, a map and a list of related sites º The South African Embassy History of the Boer War º Boer War Battles º Jameson Raid Biographies º The South African War Virtual Library - Robert Wotton º Paul Kruger º Andries Pretorius Muster Rolls & Regiments º The First Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery Scroll down to Boer War º The Birth of the Canadian Signalling Corps 24 Oct. 1903 º The Royal Canadian Dragoons in the Boer War Databases º Books of Remembrance - The South African War and The Nile Expedition Books of Remembrance º SOUTH AFRICAN WAR SERVICE RECORDS, 1899-1902 Miscellaneous º South African Act of 1909 º South African War a Virtual Library º CMCC - Treasures Gallery - Boer War Artillery Piece º The British Empire & Commonwealth Land Forces: South Africa º The South African Military History Society º Weaponry of the South African War º Boer War Artillery Piece British artillery recaptured by Canadians in the Battle of Liliefontein º Books, Documents and Periodicals of the Boer War WW 1 1914-1918 The Canadian Great War Homepage ~ WW1 from a Canadian point of view Olive Tree's own list of WW1 Transcripts & Historical Data Canadian Expeditionary Force Websites Canadian Great War Homepage Canadian Military Heritage Project Canadian Expeditionary Force Overview Veterans Affairs Canada--WW I History Military History of WW1 Canada and the First World War--National Archives of Canada (exhibition) Canadian Expeditionary Force Biographies WW 1 Journal of John Spracklin ~ this journal is put online by his grandson Canadian Expeditionary Force Databases CEF Database Canadian Expeditionary Force database at the National Archives of Canada. This is a searchable index of all individuals who served in WWI in Canada. Canada's Book of Remembrance Names of Canadian soldiers who died in six wars -this is a beautifully designed book Canadian Virtual War Memorial Searchable database of those soldiers killed in WWI and WWII Documents The WW1 Document Archives CEF Nominal Rolls Nominal Rolls on Archive.org 100th Battalion Nominal Roll 1916 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 101st Battalion Nominal Roll 1916 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 108th Battalion Nominal Roll 1916 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 10th Canadian Field Artillery Brigade, Nominal Roll - Canadian Expeditionary Force 10th Canadian Mounted Rifles, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Reinforcing Drafts, Nominall Roll 1917 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 137th Battalion Nominal Roll 1916 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 144th Infantry Battalion Nominal Roll 1916 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 154th Infantry Battalion, Embarkation Roll 1916 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 159th Infantry Battalion Nominal Roll 1916 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 15th Battalion Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 19th Battalion Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles, Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 1st Draft, 2nd Depot Battalion, E.O.R. Nominal Roll 1918 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 209th Infantry Battalion Nominal Roll 1916 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 20th Battalion Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 211th Infantry Battalion Nominal Roll 1916 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 218th Battalion Nominal Roll 1917 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 21st Infantry Battalion, Nominal Rolls 1915 and 1918 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 223rd Infantry Battalion Nominal Roll 1917 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 228th Infantry Battalion Nominal Roll 1917 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 244th Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll 1917 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 245th Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll 1917 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 27th Railway Construction Draft Nominal Roll 1918 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 28th Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 29th Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 2nd Battalion Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 30th Infantry Battalion Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 33rd Battalion Nominal Roll 1916 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 34th Battalion Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 35th Battalion Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 36th Battalion Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 38th Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 39th Battalion Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 3rd Canadian Mounted Rifles, Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column - Canadian Expeditionary Force 3rd Divisional Supply Column, Canadian Army Service Corps - Canadian Expeditionary Force 4th, 5th and 6th Canadian Infantry Brigade HQ Staff - Canadian Expeditionary Force 50th Battalion Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 55th Battalion Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles, Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 60th Infantry Battalion and Reinforcing Draft, Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 6th Canadian Mounted Rifles Regiment, Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 73rd Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll 1916 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 7th Canadian Field Artillery Brigade, Nominal Roll, Reinforcing Draft 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th Batteries - Canadian Expeditionary Force 87th Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll 1916 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 8th Canadian Mounted Rifles also 1st, 2nd and 3rd Reinforcing Drafts, Nominall Roll 1914 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 8th Infantry Battalion Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 9th Canadian Mounted Rifles, 1st and 2nd Reinforcing Drafts Nominall Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 9th Canadian Mounted Rifles,Nominall Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force Borden's Motor Machine Gun Battery Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force Canadian Army Medical Corps reinforcements Nominal Roll - Canadian Expeditionary Force Divisional Cavalry, Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force Draft #53, Skilled Railway Employees - Canadian Expeditionary Force Draft #8, Railway Construction Depot, MD 2 - Canadian Expeditionary Force Draft #95, Canadian Railway Troops Depot - Canadian Expeditionary Force Eaton's Machine Gun Battery Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force Lord Strathcona's Horse Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force No. 1 and 2 Section Skilled Railway Employees and Reinforcing Draft Nominal Roll 1917 - Canadian Expeditionary Force No.1 Auto-Machine Gun Brigade Nominal Roll - Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sisters Nominal Roll 1914 - Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sisters Reinforcing Drafts Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force Railway Construction Corps, 1st Reinforcing Draft - Nominal Roll of Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men - Canadian Expeditionary Force Railway Construction Draft 9 Nominal Roll 1918 - Canadian Expeditionary Force Railway Supply Detachment Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force Railway Supply Detachment, Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force Royal Canadian Dragoons Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force Skilled Railway Employees Draft, MD6 Nominal Roll - Canadian Expeditionary Force Yukon Infantry Company Nominal Roll 1917 - Canadian Expeditionary Force Yukon Machine Gun Detachment Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force Yukon Machine Gun Section - 2nd CMR Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force Yukon Machine Gun Section Nominal Roll 1915 - Canadian Expeditionary Force Canadian Expeditionary Force Regiments The First Canadian Division in WW1 The First Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery Scroll down to WW1 The Royal Canadian Dragoons in WW1 WW1 Canadian Infrantry and Cavalry The Aerodrome - Aces and Aircraft of WW1 ~ Scott Hamilton's excellent page Canadian Expeditionary Force Memorials Masonic War Memorial Freemasons of Ontario Music & Songs Songs of the First World War Sheet Music from Canada's Past: First World War Era (National Library of Canada) The Virtual Gramophone: The First World War Era (National Library of Canada) Miscellaneous Trenches on the Web ~ Mike Iavarone's info packed homepage on WW1 - a must see The Great War Society Carl Pepin's site (in French)on WW1 Veteran's Affairs Canada Cyndi's List - Canadian Military Links Databases Canada's Book of Remembrance Names of Canadian soldiers who died in six wars -this is a beautifully designed book War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Database This Register provides personal and service details and places of commemoration for the 1.7 million members of the Commonwealth forces who died in the First or Second World Wars. Commonwealth War Graves Commission -- searchable database Courage Remembered: The World Wars Through Canadian Eyes -- another site with the War Graves Commission data Canadian Virtual War Memorial (Newfoundland) Canadian Virtual War Memorial a registry of Transcripts & Historical Data about the graves and memorials of more than 116,000 Canadians and Newfoundlanders Books of Remembrance -- Browse the 6 books kept on Parliament Hill in Ottawa Ontario for a fallen soldier's name Cadets at the Military College in 1877 - later named the Royal Military College (RMC) Cadets at the Military College in 1878 - later named the Royal Military College (RMC) Cadets at the Military College in 1880-84 - later named the Royal Military College (RMC) Claims to Pensions - In the Sessional Papers of 32 Victoria 1869 (75). This is a report of militia pensions being paid giving name of soldier, rank, unit, reason for pension and sometimes gives name of a parent. Index British Military and Naval Records - Archives militaires et navales britanniques Treasures Gallery - Carvings by prisoners of war

 
 

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