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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:   For camping inquiries, please email us at  camping@uel.ca. Contact us now for camping this season.  For museum or branch contact us at 1784@uel.ca 
  • NEW MUSEUM AND RESEARCH CENTRE HOURS:  As of September 1, the museum will only be open on Saturdays and Sundays from 9AM to 4PM.  Note we are closed during the week days.
  • GIFT SHOP:  New gift items, new and used research books, etc are now available in our gift shop in the museum along with candy and pop.  Ice Cream is for sale at the gatehouse office.
  • FOR RESEARCHERS:  More surnames added in 2023 to 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:
  • Saturday September 9, 2023 1:30PM  Bay of Quinte UEL Branch meeting at the old Adolphustown Hall, speaker Cheryl Levy talking on Loyalist Women.  All welcome to attend.
  • Saturday September 9, 2023 2nd Annual Chili Fest Cookoff at the stage area at 3PM
  • Saturday September 23, 2023, starting at 10AM, 1812 Veteran Grave Marking Ceremony by Canadian Fencibles and Bay of Quinte UEL, United Church Cemetery in Centreville, ON followed by lunch at LOL Centreville, and grave marking at Moscow United Cemetery in Petworth at 1PM.
  • See our Campground Activities Calendar Page for details on other campground events coming up for 2023.
  • 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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