Ask an Expert The Rebellions of 1837 State of the Net Few topics in Canadian history garner more hits in a web search than the Rebellions of 1837 . Nearly every Canadian historian, journalist, politician and social commentator has made mention of one of the two events at one time or another. And nearly everyone with an online family tree, it seems, has an ancestor who played at least a small part in the Rebellions. Most sites, like the Canadian Military Heritage Project site, provide little more than brief summaries of the battles and biographies of the rebel leaders, Louis Joseph Papineau and William Lyon Mackenzie . Even the Government of Ontario site is a disappointment, providing only four short sentences on the events in Upper Canada.
Good material does exist, however, and is available to the patient researcher.
In addition to these, there is Clement's account of the rebellions posted on this site. Les Patriotes de 1837-1838 offers an outstanding collection of documents, images, articles and biographies. Lower Canadian sources are generally in French while Upper Canadian sources are generally in English. If you are looking for a specific local angle, then you have no choice but to do a search on your own. There is a plethora of local history sources which turn up in general searches on the subject.