My wife has ancestors who were Loyalists in New York state.  They were "hounded" out of the state after the American Revolution and moved up into lower Ontario where they were designated as "United Empire Loyalists", so that is a term you can use to search for more information on those folks.  My wife's relatives are also part of the group of Canadians who rebuffed an American invasion in 1814 at Chrysler's Farm.  There used to be an active local history group in the area (near Morrisville), but I have no current contact data.     Lou (list admin.) ________________________________ From: KAREN GLASS <kglass18@mac.com> To: Lincolnshire mailList <ENG-Lincsgen-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2012 9:37 AM Subject: [LIN] British Loyalists in American Revolution Hi list, I have some potential missing people before the 1841 census -- particularly around the time of the American Revolution. It had occurred to me that around 1776-1790 there may have been some of my ancestors could have been part of the soldiers who went to America to fight for the Crown as well as those Loyalists on Colonial land who also fought. Does anyone know of any lists for that war...  And then there is the War of 1812... Surname: PORTAS and any variation spellings. Any help or leads would be appreciated. Regards, Karen Glass, Illinois LFHS # C6288 http://www.mytuthers.com/myGenealogy/genIntro.htm kglass18@mac.com PORTEOUS DNA Surname Project (includes PORTAS) - http://www.familytreedna.com/public/porteous Researching in: UK--Lincolnshire, Yorkshire; USA--Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan; CA--Ontario; [includes other spelling variations] PORTEOUS; PORTAS; PORTUS; VAMPLEW; VANPLEW; PATCHETT, ROUSE, FOWLER "Give Peace a Chance" ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message