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Obtaining UEL Certificates

Once you have joined the Bay of Quinte Branch as a MEMBER, you may wish to document your Loyalist connection and apply for your Certificate as a descendant of a United Empire Loyalist. This certificate formally recognizes the applicant as a descendant of a United Empire Loyalist, and as a result the applicant may use the post-nominal letters “UE” after their name, an honour that dates back to Lord Dorchester’s Order in Council in 1789, conferring recognition of the service of the Loyalists in their defence of “The Unity of Empire.”

In order to receive your UEL CERTIFICATE from the organization, you must be able to prove your Loyalist Lineage from the following:
•    A male or female resident of the American Colonies prior to 19th April 1775 who joined the Royal Standard prior to the Treaty of Separation of 1783 or otherwise demonstrated loyalty to the Crown, and settled in territory remaining under the rule of the Crown; or
•    A soldier who served in an American Loyalist Regiment and was disbanded in Canada; or
•    A member of the Six Nations of either the Grand River or the Bay of Quinte Reserves who is descended from one whose migration was similar to that of the other Loyalists.

There is a one-time application fee of $50 which is to be submitted with your completed Certificate Application Form.
You can pick up an application form at the UEL Heritage Centre in Adolphustown, or by contacting the Branch Genealogist. Members are encouraged to research their lineage and submit the completed forms for approval to our Branch Genealogist and to the Dominion Genealogist. A good place to start your research is at the UEL Heritage Centre where we have many resources that will aid you. Our genealogy committee can provide some assistance when a roadblock is reached. Some examples of acceptable proofs of lineal descent that you may use to join each generation to the next are:
1.    Wills that state a family relationship
2.    Birth, baptism, marriage and death certificates that have names of parents
3.    Vital statistics registrations showing family connections
4.    Church records or cemetery records that show family connections
5.    Census records that list family connections of children with parents, etc
6.    Dated newspaper articles that give family connections
7.    Copies of land petitions or grants to Loyalists and their sons or daughters

Please contact us at 1784@uel.ca  to obtain the application forms for the UEL Certificate or if you need more information.

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What’s New

  • PLEASE NOTE:  The UEL Heritage Centre & Park is currently closed for the 2022 season.  For camping inquiries, please email us at  camping@uel.ca. Our phones are not regularly monitored during our closed season.  For museum or branch contact us at 1784@uel.ca 
  • MUSEUM AND RESEARCH CENTRE is closed for the season until May, 2023.
  • FOR RESEARCHERS:  More surnames added in August 2022 on our list of genealogies and family histories in our library.  To view the surnames, go to our UEL Heritage Centre & Park menu and scroll down to Library & Research Centre.
  • For general inquiries or Bay of Quinte Branch UEL contact us at 1784@uel.ca 

 

  • UPCOMING DATES OF INTEREST:
  • Friday October 7 through Monday October 10, 2022, Thanksgiving Weekend will be final weekend for camping for 2022 season.
  • Saturday November 12, at 1:30PM Regular Branch meeting for Bay of Quinte UEL held at St.Matthews Church, Belleville, speaker is Doug Knutson, topic is The Story of Trenton: Hollywood North.  All welcome.
  • Saturday January 14, 2023 at 1:30PM Bay of Quinte UEL meeting held via ZOOM, speaker Phelps Bell talking on the history of the Bell Family of Quinte. Contact us for the zoom link.

 

  • NEW POSTINGS: See our Campground Activities Calendar Page for details on tentative campground events for 2022.
  • We would like to thank the following for their support:
    The Town of Greater Napanee
    Canadian Museums Association (Young Canada Works)
    Service Canada (Canada Summer Jobs)
    Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport
  • Atura Power, Napanee
  • RTO9 Regional Tourism Organizations
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