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44  About  Genealogical  Standards  of  Evidence
                                      United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada
                                     Dominion  Headquarters
                                     The  George  Brown  House
                                      50 Baldwin  Street, Suite 202
                                     Toronto,  ON M5T  1L4
                                     Phone 416-591-1783
                                     www.uelac.org/
                                   The only  indigenous  hereditary  society in  this  country is
                                   the  United  Empire Loyalists'  Association  of  Canada. Lord
                                   Dorchester's  Resolution  of  1789 and  its  accompanying
                                   Form  of Militia  Roll  gave  clear  recognition  to those who
                                   "adhered  to  the Unity  of  Empire"  by  allowing  the  initials
                                   UE to follow their  names. Dorchester deliberately extended
                                   this privilege to "...  all their  Children and  their Descendants
                                   by either sex ..." Regular membership is granted to someone
                                   who "bears  allegiance to the  Crown"  (is  a Canadian  citizen
                                   or the  citizen  of  a  country where  the British  monarch  is
                                   head  of  state), and who  submits  evidence  of direct lineage
                                   to a person  who:

                                     was residing before  19 April  1775 in one of the American
                                     colonies  that  declared  themselves independent of  Great
                                     Britain,  and
                                     joined  the Royal Standard  (a  fighting unit  on the  British
                                     side)  before  the  Treaty  of  Separation  in  1783, or
                                     "otherwise  demonstrated  loyalty  to the  Crown  during
                                     the American  Revolution,"  and/or

                                     had  proven  loss  of property or possessions  because  of
                                     their  loyalty,  and
                                     removed  to  territory  that  remained  under  Crown  rule.
                                     or

                                     was a member of the Six Nations Indians under the same
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