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When the American Revolution began in 1775, individuals living in the 13 British colonies had to decide whether to remain loyal to the British King or to fight for independence.

 Loyalist is the term used to describe those who supported the King and who later fled to Canada with their families. You may sometimes see Loyalists  referred to as Tories but this is not the commonly accepted term.  Most Loyalists fled to Canada and helped settle that country, particularly in what is now Ontario and Nova Scotia.

 Guide to Finding a Loyalist Ancestor in Upper Canada (Ontario) will help genealogists find their Loyalist ancestor. Explanations are given for each of the set of records available for research. The reader will learn how to manoeuver through the more challenging obscure records.

Lorine McGinnis Schulze is the creator and owner of Olive Tree Genealogy website  which she established in 1996. She is also the creator of several other websites, all bringing free genealogical content online for genealogists and historians.  Lorine has an Honors B.A. in Psychology and a B.Ed. For 20 years she taught teenage boys who could not be in regular schools because of behavior issues. Before that she was a child care worker working with younger children with emotional disturbances, autism, developmental delays and cerebral palsy.  Now she spends her days working on her genealogy websites and blogs and writing her mystery novels.  Visit Olive Tree Genealogy and read more about Lorine and her books here.