Bill, you're saying that my family might have been opportunists!? Shocking:-) I think most of them had to be opportunists from the get-go to come from where they were to here (US and Canada) in the first place! Not that they weren't hard-working, honest, good opportunists:-) Nancy -----Original Message----- From: Bill Smith <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, May 4, 2010 9:43 am Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] How might a Rev War vet have come to live Hello, A little bit of research often shows that the "so called" Loyalists were anything but. My 5th great grandfather, Baltus Harris, came to Northumberland after serving in the Patriot forces. Yet he is in "Loyalists in Ontario"? A good indicator to me is when they came, right after the war or ten or more years later. Simcoe very openly recruited settlers prior to 1800 and I think that is the key. Many were opportunists, plain and simple. I have many more instances of my families whose members served on opposing sides. Bill Smith Sarnia, Ont *********** Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: http://tr.im/hBAy Search Ontario Genealogy & Resources at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message