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From: "Lorine McGinnis Schulze" <>
Subject: Re: [UPP-CAN] Re: [ONT] Thaddeus Davis and Sarah Clark
Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2005 14:22:22 -0400
In-Reply-To: <1c1.2b7c4929.2ff7f979@aol.com>


On 2 Jul 2005 at 10:06, wrote:


>
> What is your source for his birth location? From
> corresponding by mail with two Davis researchers who live in
> Canada. I have also seen it on many if not all of the
> Thaddeus Davis families on World Connect........although
> none that I have contacted can give a source other than they
> got it from someone else.

If you are just relying on family lore, or undocumented
genealogies, you really need to start from scratch! Assume
nothing :-) So just start looking for his place of birth
first (it may be found on his petitions, which as I
mentioned in my last email, will be found in the Upper
Canada Land Petitions if they exist)


> I think these are your Thaddeus' parents graves in
> Allanburg Ontario:
>
> "Deborah Davis, wife of Thaddeus Davis, died in 1818, aged
> 82, and Captain Davis, 1830, aged 55. " This is the
> Thaddeus Davis that I am seeking his birth record.

It can't be, it must be his father. ThisThaddeus died in
1818, aged 82 making his date of birth circa 1736.

Your Thaddeus was, you said, born in the 1770s.

> If this is a Loyalist family, you can find out more by
> researching their land petitions and grants. His father is a
> Loyalist. He is listed in Reid's book, "The Loyalist in
> Ontario", also in "The Old United Empire Loyalist List".

I wasn't disputing that he's a Loyalist, I was explaining
that you need to get the petitons (ALL of them!) for your
Thaddeus (as the son of a Loyalist), his father, his
siblings... everyone in the family.

Each petition will have different information and only by
consulting them all can you be sure you haven't missed an
important find.


> he is a Loyalist, when I lived in another state. My library
> here cannot seem to get microfilm from Canada. I have tried
> and after waiting months I am told that Canada will not send
> the film.

Instead of getting it from a library you need to have your
library order it from NAC or Ontario Archives. Read up on
their websites to find out what you need to know to tell
your local librarian.

Failing that, get it at a local Family History Centre.

>
> The first place you should look for a possible Loyalist
> ancestor is in the land records, for Loyalists and their
> families were granted land in accordance with their military
> rank and dependents. Where could I find a film number and
> place to request the land records? Would that be the
> Archives in Toronto?

Read about this at
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ont/land.shtml

and http://olivetreegenealogy.com/loy/

Good luck,

Lorine

-- Lorine McGinnis Schulze

* Olive Tree Genealogy (Ships Passenger Lists)
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/
* Naturalization Records
http://naturalizationrecords.com/
* Images of Ships Lists
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/ships/

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