Tag Archives: 1837 Rebellion

BAnQ digitizes book on history of the Sherbrooke Regiment

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Gail Dever

One of the latest books the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) has digitized is The Sherbrooke Regiment (12th Armoured Regiment), published in 1958. The book, in addition to being about the long, storied account of the Sherbrooke Regiment, is … Continue reading →

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Records of prisoners of the 1837 Rebellion in Upper Canada

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Gail Dever

Since I am back in my home province for a few days to attend and speak at the Ontario Genealogical Society’s (OGS) annual conference in Toronto, it seems appropriate to write about a free new genealogy resource, Penitentiary Patriots: Upper … Continue reading →

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‘Quebec’ — starring John Drew Barrymore

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Gail Dever

Paramount Studios has produced many blockbuster films, such as Titanic and Forrest Gump. One of Paramount’s much lesser-known films is Quebec, starring John Drew Barrymore — Drew Barrymore’s father. Quebec is a (very) fictional historical drama about the Patriotes, Voyageurs, … Continue reading →

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Book about 1837 Rebellion contains names of captives and traitors

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Gail Dever

Global Genealogy has added a new book, Patriotes, Reformer, Rebels & Raiders: Tracing your ancestors during the ‘troublous’ times in Upper and Lower Canada 1820-1851, to its catalogue that may interest genealogists with ancestors who lived in Upper and Lower Canada … Continue reading →

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