The Sir Guy Carleton Spring Social and AGM will be held 2:00-4:00pm on Saturday, April 22, 2023.

Venue: Room 115 (ground floor), Ottawa City Archives, 100 Tallwood Drive, Ottawa, ON. Free parking on site.

Guest speaker: Rev. Becket Soule

Topic: “Researching Loyalist Ancestors: US Records”

Muster rolls, town records, land records, histories, and other records, can provide a great deal of information about your loyalist ancestors. This first section reviews many U.S. records and published resources that can get you started on your research.

The Rev. Dr. Becket Soule is emeritus Professor of Canon Law at Saint Paul University, Ottawa. He is currently pastor of Saint Margaret of Scotland Catholic Church in Maggie Valley, high in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. Becket is a prolific author in law, history, and genealogy; his latest book is Passengers of the Fortune – 1621. Becket is Deputy Governor and Elder of the Canadian Society of Mayflower Descendants, and Governor of the Speedwell (virtual) Colony of the North Carolina Mayflower Society. One of his current projects is documenting the links between Mayflower passengers and Loyalists: his own Loyalist connections are with the Hatfields of Westchester and Dutchess Counties, NY, and Nova Scotia.

To attend by Zoom, e-mail the Branch: carletonuel@hotmail.com. The meeting link will be sent the week of the meeting