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The following are useful links to online resources for the history of Niagara-on-the-Lake.  These are some of the most common resources for understanding our past.

General History of Niagara Links

• The History of Niagara - Janet Carnochan’s wonderful book on Niagara’s past.  Published in 1914 but never surpassed in quality or quantity.
• Niagara Public Library - Niagara Reminiscences
  A large collection of memories from the early 1900s until the 1940s by Joseph Masters.
• Points of Interest About Niagara by Janet Carnochan
• Niagara one hundred years ago: the ancient capital and its vicinity by Janet Carnochan
• Annals of Niagara by William Kirby

Loyalists

• The On-Line Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies
• Butler's Rangers
• Black Loyalists
• The Story of Butler's Rangers and the settlement of Niagara by E.A. Cruikshank
• The Loyalists and Six Nation Indians in the Niagara Peninsula by Wilbur Siebert
• Niagara Settlers

Early History of Niagara

• Journals of the Assembly of Upper Canada, First Session of Parliament. First Journal

Military History of Niagara

• Fort George
• Documentary History of the War of 1812 by Cruikshank (Parts 1 & 2 including index)
• Friends of Fort George
• Archives of Ontario War of 1812 Virtual Exhibition
• Camp Niagara: with a historical sketch of Niagara-on-the-Lake and Niagara Camp by E.A. Cruikshank
• Niagara-on-the-Lake War of 1812 Bicentennial
• The Official War of 1812 Bicentennial Website
• The Books of Remembrance- contains the names of Canadians that either fought and died during or after a war. These books are kept in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower at Parliament Hill
• Soldiers of the First World War (1914-1918), CEF - a database of the Canadian Expeditionary Force service files held by Library and Archives Canada.
• Second World War Service Files: Canadian Armed Forces War Dead (1939-1945)- a database of service files held by Library and Archives Canada
• Eastern Shore of Maryland - Under the Library section you will find a section devoted to Newspapers. The 1812-1815 newspapers are listed by date, name of paper and by subject, place or region, and various battles.

Our Western Home - Rye Home

• Home Children On-Line Database
• Young Immigrants to Canada
• Maria Rye from London Illustrated News
• Letters from Rye children

Native History

• Real People's History

Genealogy

• Federal Census of 1871 - Niagara
• Niagara Genealogy - Rootsweb
• The Canadian County Atlas Digital Project - Ontario Counties
• Canadian Genealogy Centre

Transportation

• A Century of Steam and Sail on the Niagara River
• Railroads of Niagara
• Niagara, St. Catharines & Toronto Railway

Miscellany

• Confederates in Niagara
• Secord Mill and Society for the Preservation of Old Mills
• 8th World Scout Jamboree – 1955
• Spies In the Shadows- Canadian espionage history

Niagara Heritage Sites

• Niagara-on-the-Lake Historic Sites Alliance
• The Niagara Foundation and the William Stewart Homestead
• St. Mark's Church
• Niagara Pumphouse Visual Arts Centre
• Lincoln and Welland Regiment Museum
• McFarland House, Laura Secord Homestead and Mackenzie Heritage Printery &Newspaper Museum
• Willowbank Heritage Estate
• RiverBrink Art Museum

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