Yahoo! It's kind of funny, some of mine were, but the majority weren't. The Swarhouts, fought in both the Revolution and the Civil War. So here I sit on the other side of the border. One foot in each country. I pray just as much respect to the Americans as I do the Canadian. Such is life. Kathy [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2000 10:02 PM Subject: Loyalist Web Site Grand Opening > From: [log in to unmask] > Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2000 18:04:56 EST > > We are very pleased to announce the GRAND OPENING of the first > website dealing specifically with the Loyalists of the American > Revolution to combine genealogy, military history and living history. > > The On-Line Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies > (Royalprovincial.com) is the collaborative effort of Todd Braisted > of New Jersey and Nan Cole of Illinois. Todd is an independent > researcher with an extensive background in Loyalist military studies. > Nan is a genealogist and researcher and hosts both a Loyalist > and a Canadian genealogy chat group. This project was started > in April of 1999 with the goal of providing detailed, accurate Loyalist > information to anyone who might have an interest. The site is not > intended to serve as an introduction to what a Loyalist is, but rather > is a place for those who are seeking detailed, specific information > about individual Loyalist regiments or soldiers. > > The site is broken down into several major areas: History, Military, > Genealogy, Reenacting and Miscellaneous. Among the original > information to be found is a complete listing of all known Loyalist > units that existed between 1775 and 1784, and a chronological > list of battles and engagements during the war, along with the > Loyalist units that took part in each. There are hundreds of > transcribed documents, including courts martials, muster rolls, > orderly books, regimental correspondence, deserter descriptions, > battle reports, newspaper accounts, songs, poems, memorials, > land grant petitions, intelligence reports, clothing returns, church > records, Black Loyalist materials, proclamations, recruiting notices, > Rebel accounts of Loyalists, distributions, and women's documents. > Our on-line research address book provides addresses, hours > of operation, phone numbers and website links to the major > research centers for Loyalist manuscript materials and genealogies > and will be expanded in the future to include additional repositories, > churches, organizations and societies of interest to Loyalist > researchers. In the Reenacting section you will be able to learn > about Living History and the groups that portray the Loyalists today, > see photos of the groups and of past events, and find out how to get > in touch with the group of your choice. Plus much, much more. > > While the site currently contains over 1,000 pages of information, > it is by no means complete. The amount of information planned for > the future is more than double the amount currently on-line. So, if > you do not find information on the individual or group you are looking > for now, please stop back soon, as we will be updating things on > an ongoing basis. You can also sign up to receive a free monthly > notification of the new materials that have been added. > > To celebrate our grand opening, we will be conducting a special > Loyalist contest on Monday, February 7th, our first day live. It costs > nothing to enter and will give you a chance to test your knowledge > (or just get lucky and guess right!) to win a small prize. Please > stop by for details and enter! And while you are there, take a > minute to sign our Guestbook or post a message or query on our > Genealogy or History Message Boards. > > We look forward to greeting our visitors and assisting them with > their Loyalist questions. Please follow this link/address to enter > our site. Thanks! > > The Online Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies > http://www.royalprovincial.com/ > > Nan Cole & Todd Braisted >