WAR OF 1812—Selected Resources
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WEBSITES
War of 1812, Olive Tree Genealogy: http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/mil/1812
War of 1812, Canadian Military Heritage Project: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canmil/1812/index.html
1812 History: http://www.1812history.com
War of 1812: http://www.eighteentwelve.ca/?q=eng
War of 1812.net, Medievalists.net: http://www.thewarof1812.net
War of 1812 Digital Collection, Canadiana: http://1812.canadiana.ca/?usrlang=en
The War of 1812: A Bicentennial Community: http://celebrate1812.ca/forum/topics/canadian-genealogical-linksfor-1812-veterans
Fort Erie: http://www.iaw.on.ca/~jsek/index.html
British Regiments, War of 1812 site: www.warof1812.ca/charts/regts_na.htm
British Regiments in Canada: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~crossroads/regiments
“War of 1812”, Family Search, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS):
https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/War_of_1812,_1812_to_1815
See also FamilySearch articles for individual countries, groups (Native Americans/First Nations and
African Americans) and for specific US states.
Ancestry.com - War of 1812: Miscellaneous Canadian Records (lists-service rolls, volunteers, pensions,
prisoners; US records including service and pension records: http://searchancestrylibrary.com
See also Fold3.com for War of 1812 (US) records, and National Archives and Records Administration,
USA (NARA), Military Resources, War of 1812: http://www.archives.gov/research/military/war-of-1812
See InternetArchive.org for many free NARA 1812 records and for other 1812 publications.
Grimsby Museum Digital Collections: http://images.ourontario.ca/grimsby/results?fsu=Military+-+1812
Fun Trivia: War of 1812. Online games for students with an easy reference to details of the war:
http://www.funtrivia.com/en/History/War-of-1812-12030.html
The War of 1812 and New Brunswick, coming soon with stories, historical sites database, research guides. Gregg
Centre, University of New Brunswick: http://www.unb.ca/fredericton/arts/centres/gregg/1812/index.html
1812 On-line exhibits, quiz, resources, Canadian War Museum: http://www.warmuseum.ca/1812 Military
History Research Centre: http://www.warmuseum.ca/military-history-research-centre
Commemorating the War of 1812, Parks Canada: http://www.pc.gc.ca/culture/1812/index.aspx
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“Military and Naval History, Canada”, Research and Collections, Canadian Museum of Civilization:
http://www.civilization.ca/research-and-collections/research/online-resources-for-canadian-heritage/history1/military-and-naval-history-canada
My History Museum, survey and questions/comments: http://www.civilization.ca/myhistorymuseum
1812 exhibit on-line and guides, Archives of Ontario: www.archives.gov.on.ca
The War of 1812, Library & Archives Canada (LAC): http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Pages/war-1812-libraryarchives-canada.aspx
Examples of LAC War of 1812 records – Note: an Archives Search for “1812” produced 2,850 results for
textual material dated before 1900.
 War of 1812 Muster Rolls, Upper Canada (Ontario) (RG 9 IB7)
 War of 1812 Muster Rolls, Lower Canada (Quebec) (RG 9 IA7)
 Officers Registers, 1808-1922 (RG 9) – not name indexed; arranged by battalion or regiment.
 War of 1812 medal registers collection, 1847, 1875 – similar but not identical to the medal registers for the War of
1812 found in RG 8, vol. 1202 (microfilm, reel C-3519). Transcribed in 1905 from the originals, Department of
National Defence, Ottawa, Ontario. Transcripts of a "List of Veterans of 1812-1815 of Upper Canada to whom
Medals have been granted and of those whose medals remain in the Adjutant General's Office" and an
"Alphabetical list of persons who have applied to the Board of Officers assembled under General Order 25th
August 1847 to receive and consider claims for Medals, Militia of Lower Canada", and a list entitled "Persons
belonging to the Militia of Lower Canada who received the Chateauguay Medal... under General Order 25th
August 1847", and a list entitled "Distribution of the Medals which were on the 13th December 1875 in the
Adjutant General's Office".
 War of 1812 records of United States Department of State relating to the War of 1812 (MG10-A2) – includes
United States. Dept. of State - Records and correspondence, 1812-1814; Aliens - United States, 1812-1825; United
States. Marshals Service - Records and correspondence, 1812-1815; Prisoners of war - United States, 1812-1815.
(For LAC on-site consultation, microfilm reels 1574-1580.)
 Paylists, nominal returns and accounts for the Upper Canada Militia during the War of 1812 [textual record] 18121815. Sub-series. (RG9-I-B-7, 1-39, R1022-11-6-E)
 Recommending Robert Armour Lieutenant and Thomas Burby Quarter-Master in the 1st Battalion of Montreal
Militia - McGill, James to Xavier de Lanaudière - Montreal, 21 July 1812 - 1st Battalion, Montréal 21 July 1812.
RG 9 I-A-1
 Mrs Mudge - Burford, Ontario - Arrears of pension due to her father the late John Harp, who served in the war of
1812. 1887/08/01. File. RG9-II-A-1
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Julia A. Johnson - West Haven, Michigan, U.S.A. - Pensions to heirs of soldiers who served in 1812 1887/03/29.
File. RG9-II-A-1
 Hon. John J. Ross - Ste. Anne de la Pérade, Qc. - Submits a list of Militiamen of 1812-13 living in the Parish of
Ste. Anne de la Pérade, viz: François Dalbec, François Noël dit Blagden, Joseph Tessier, Barthélémy Paré, Modest
Grimard, François Grimard, Louis Perrault. 1875/02/17. File. RG9-II-A-1
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 Lists of War of 1812 veterans eligible for bounty or land grants [ca. 1812-1875]. (Militiamen and Provincial Navy
seamen eligible for the Prince Regent's Bounty or land for service during the War of 1812.) Sub-series. RG9-I-B-4,
vols. 27-29, R1022-27-X-E
 Penetanguishene Agency – Correspondence Regarding a Grant of Land Supposedly given to Chief William
Yellowhead for services during the War of 1812. 1903. File. RG10
 Saint Francois Agency – Abenakis of Saint Francois de Sales – Ex Chief Joseph Laurent protesting against the sale
of land to white people for the purpose of building a college (Photograph of a silver medal obtained by Chief
Simon Obomsawin for his participation in the War of 1812) 1910-1912. File. RG10
As of April 2012 - New digitized content at LAC:
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War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848, RG 19 E5A
War of 1812: Lower Canada Nominal Rolls and Paylists, RG 9 1A7
War of 1812: Miscellaneous Records
War of 1812: Upper Canada Returns, Nominal Rolls and Paylists, RG 9 1B7
BOOKS
Note: if marked as BCGS – at the BCGS Walter Draycott Library in Surrey, BC, or as VPL at the Vancouver Public Library.
Tracing Your War of 1812 Ancestors, (Family Chronicle, 2012). BCGS (In Cataloguing)
The War of 1812: Canada and the United States, Genealogy To Go research guide, Elizabeth LaPointe
(Buckingham Press, 2011). BCGS
Soldiers of the King, The Upper Canadian Militia 1812-1815, by William Gray, (Stoddard Publishing Co.
Limited, 1995). BCGS
A Veteran of 1812, The Life of James Fitzgibbons, by Mary Agnes Fitzgibbon (Coles Publishing Company,
1979). Originally published in 1894 in Toronto, Canada by William Briggs. BCGS
The Invasion of Canada, 1812 – 1813 (1980), Flames Across the Border, 1813 – 1814 (1981) by Pierre Berton,
(McClelland and Stewart Limited). BCGS/VPL
For Honour’s Sake, The War of 1812 and the Brokering of an Uneasy Peace by Mark Zuehlke (Alfred A. Knopf
Canada, 2006). BCGS/VPL
Four Wars of 1812 by D. Peter MacLeod (Douglas & McIntyre and the Canadian War Museum, 2012). BCGS
(In cataloguing)/VPL
Battle of the Bay: The Naval War of 1812 by Joshua M. Smith (Goose Lane Editions and The New Brunswick
Military Heritage Project, 2011). BCGS/VPL
Canadian Veterans of the War of 1812, by Eric Jonasson (Wheatfield Press, 1981). BCGS
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Taken and Destroyed: The War of 1812 Losses Claims, London and Western Districts Upper Canada by Glenn
Stott and Carol Hall (Global Heritage Press, 2011). BCGS. (CD – On order)
His Majesty's Gentlemen. A Directory of Regular British Army Officers of The War of 1812 by Stuart Sutherland
(Iser Publications, 2000). BCGS
The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies by Alan Taylor (Alfred
A Knopf , 2010). VPL For a review/interview, see “Historian Alan Taylor's new take on the 'civil war' of 1812”
by Daniel Schwartz, CBC News, June 13, 2012: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/06/12/f-war-1812alan-taylor.html
War of 1812. 4 part documentary. Narrator Kenneth Welsh. (Ontario: BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Limited,
1998. 2 DVDs). VPL
A Matter of Honour: The Life, Campaigns and Generalship of Isaac Brock by Jonathon Riley, (Robin Brass
Studio, Montreal, 2011). VPL
Canada, A People's History, Volume 3, ‘A Question of Loyalties’, covering the years from 1775 to 1815.
(Toronto: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2000. 1 DVD). VPL
Hoping for the Best, Preparing for the Worst: Everyday Life in Upper Canada, 1812-1814 by Dorothy Duncan,
Dorothy (Dundurn, 2012). VPL
A Neighbourly War: New Brunswick and the War of 1812 by Robert L. Dallison (Goose Lane Editions and the
New Brunswick Military Heritage Project, 2012). VPL
New Brunswick During the War of 1812, by John Patrick Wall (Paper Read Before the New Brunswick
Historical Club, 1901). Free at the Internet Archive: http://archive.org/details/newbrunswickduri00wall
Economic Factors and Privateering at Newfoundland During the War of 1812, by Glenn John Keough, M.A.
Thesis (University of New Brunswick, May 1995). Free on-line at Theses Canada search, LAC:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/thesescanada/001067-130-e.html#a
Blacks in the War of 1812
Slaves Gamble: Choosing Sides in the War of 1812 by Gene Allen Smith (Palgrave, 2013). VPL
The loyalty and devotion of colored Americans in the Revolution and War of 1812 by William Lloyd Garrison
(R.F. Wallcut, 1861). Free at the Internet Archive: http://archive.org/details/loyaltydevotiono00garr
Indians in the War of 1812
Tecumseh & Brock: The War of 1812 by James Laxer (House of Anansi, 2012). VPL
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His Majesty's Indian Allies: British Indian Policy in the Defense of Canada,
1774-1815 by Robert S. Allen (Dundurn Press, 1992). VPL
The Iroquois in the War of 1812 by Carl Benn (University of Toronto Press, 1998). VPL
Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke, “Research concerning Kahnawake’s [Mohawk] Participation in the War of
1812”, report, Joan Holmes Associates Ltd., [2012]: http://www.kahnawake.com/1812
Niibaakhom: Ojibwe Warrior Chief of the War of 1812. (From Manitoulin Island; fought on British side.)
Narration by Falcon Migwans, a direct descendant. (DVD – 2011). VPL
Women in the War of 1812
In the Midst of Alarms: The Untold Story of Women and the War of 1812 by Dianne Graves (Robin Brass Studio,
2007). VPL
Women and the War of 1812 by Cheryl MacDonald (DVD). www.heronwoodent.ca
Laura Secord, Wikipedia: www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Secord
See also main section above - Hoping for the Best..., Dorothy Duncan, 2012.
ARTICLES
“The War of 1812: An Introduction” by David A. Norris, and “George Kuck and the War of 1812” by Guylaine
Petrin, Family Chronicle, Jan Feb 2012. BCGS
Canada’ s History, 2012 includes a War of 1812 article in each 2012 issue. BCGS
See also, War of 1812, Canada's History magazine: http://www.canadashistory.ca/Magazine/SpecialFeature--War-of-1812.aspx
“1812: The War That Shaped Our Nation”, Canadian Geographic, January/February 2012. BCGS
“Genealogist unearths contribution made by local militia in the War of 1812” by Jim Coyle, published on Friday
January 13, 2012, TheStar.com: http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1115496 About the new book: York's
Sacrifice: Militia Casualties of the War of 1812 by Janice Nickerson (Dundurn, 2012). VPL
Legion Magazine, see articles on-line: http://www.legionmagazine.com/en/index.php/topics
“Battlefields Then And Now – The War Of 1812”, March 8, 2012, by Tom MacGregor:
http://www.legionmagazine.com/en/index.php/2012/03/battlefields-then-and-now-e2-80-93-the-war-of1812/
“1812 Journal – Then & Now”, July 1, 2012, by John Boileau:
http://www.legionmagazine.com/en/index.php/2012/07/1812-journal-e2-80-93-then-now
“Canada’s War Art: 1812”, July 8, 2012, by Jennifer Morse:
http://www.legionmagazine.com/en/index.php/tag/1812-war-art
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Horizon Canada, 1985, Issue No. 25, '1812 War on Land', and Issue No. 26, '1812 - The Naval War'. BCGS
“Beyond the Battlefields, Niagara's historic houses in the War of 1812” Heritage, Canada Heritage Foundation,
Volume XV, #2, 2012. BCGS
1812, blog articles, LCMSDS, Wilfred Laurier University: http://www.canadianmilitaryhistory.ca/category/1812
MORE READING
***For more books and articles, search on-line in the Periodical Source Index (PERSI, Allen County Public
Library, Indiana, USA) at Ancestry, in the Internet Archive: http://archive.org/index.php and Google Scholar:
http://scholar.google.com and at academic libraries including BC's UBC: http://www.library.ubc.ca , SFU:
http://www.lib.sfu.ca and UVic: http://library.uvic.ca
***For Canada, see also indexes and publications of the United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada:
www.uelac.org as most Loyalists in Canada were affected by the War of 1812 and many fought.
***Other useful sources include published biographies and diaries, newspapers, and government gazettes.
LINEAGE SOCIETIES
War of 1812 Society (2011), for descent from Canadian militia, First Nations in action on British side, and
British forces in Canada, Ontario Genealogical Society: www.ogs.on.ca
General Society of the War of 1812, USA (1894. Individual chapters formed earlier – from 1841):
www.societyofthewarof1812.org
National Society United States Daughters of 1812 (1892): www.usdaughters1812.org
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