Muster Rolls of Loyalist Regiments and Corps

Anyone searching their UEL roots may wish to check out the 11 rolls of microfilm in our Archival collection. These films were purchased some years ago with the financial assistance of the Grand River Branch, United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada. The resources include:

New Jersey Volunteers 1777-1783

Queen's Rangers 1777-1783

Loyalist American Regiment 1777-1783

American Legion 1781-1782

Royal Garrison Battalion 1778-1783

New York Volunteers 1777-1783

DeLancey's Brigade 1777-1783

British Legion 1778-1783

Volunteers of Ireland 1778-1782

Guides and Pioneers 1779-1783

South Carolina Royalists 1779-1782

Emerick's Chasseurs 1781

Loyal New Englanders 1778

Royal Foresters 1781-1782

King's Rangers 1783

Royal Fencible American Regt. 1777

Volunteers of New England 1782

Royal American Reformers 1778

Prince of Wales American Regt. 1778-1779

Carolina King's Rangers 1777-1782

South Carolina Rangers 1780-1781

South Carolina Dragoons 1781

Provincial Light Infantry 1781

Roman Catholic Volunteers 1777-1778

King‟s American Dragoons 1782-1783

South Carolina Royalists 1781-1783

King's American Regiment 1779-1793

Maryland Loyalists 1777-1783

Pennsylvania Loyalists 1777-1783

United Pennsylvania & Maryland 1780

King's Orange Rangers 1777-1778

Looking for Loyalist Ancestors? Check out our American Holdings!

The Museum's archival holdings contain a vast collection of published resources relating to early Colonial America. The following list is far from being exhaustive; it is only a scratch on the surface!

New York State

Year Book of the Holland Society of New York 1894-1929
New York Genealogical & Biographical Record, 1870-1941
Sir William Johnson Papers, Vols VII to XIV
De Halve Maen Periodicals, 1922-1979
Collections of the New York Historical Society, 1892-1920
Baptismal Records for various community churches including: Arabia, Athens, Claverack, Coxsackie, Gallatinville, German Flats, Germantown, Kinderhook, Livingston, Marbletown, Red Hook, Rhinebeck, Schoharie, and West Camp

New Jersey

Newspaper Extracts 1704-1817

Revolutionary Census of New Jersey

New Jersey Index of Wills prior to 1901

Genealogy Magazine of New Jersey, 1925-1978 + 4 vol. index

Michigan

Michigan Census 1710-1830
Index to 1840 and 1850 Census of Michigan

Rhode Island

Rhode Island Census for 1774 and 1790

Rhode Island Roots

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania German Marriages

Genealogy of Pennsylvania Families (2 volumes)

Pennsylvania Vital Records (3 volumes)

Pennsylvania German Church Records (3 volumes)

Notes & Queries Relating to Pennsylvania: a 1970 reprint of the 1895-1897 publication (12 volumes)

Other

Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire

New England Marriages Prior to 1700

Families of Ancient New Haven (3 volumes)

Families of Old Fairfield (3 volumes)

Bonded Passengers to America, 1615 to 1775 (3 volumes)

Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War (3 volumes)

Be sure to check out the more than 220 books in the

Grand River Branch UELAC LOYALIST LIBRARY now located at the Museum!