July 2016 – Doing Our Bit

Month: July 2016

By Jakealoo on July 29, 2016 ( 4 Comments )

Trench Journals at LAC: The Canadian Machine Gunner

I’ve spent a lot of time recently immersed in trench journals, one of my favourite resources when researching soldiers from the First World War. Library and Archives Canada has a […]

By Jakealoo on July 15, 2016 ( 4 Comments )

Update: CEF Service File Estimate for July 2016

This is the third update to My Estimate of when your CEF Service File will be Digitized article posted last December. I was away last month and so it’s been three months […]

By Jakealoo on July 7, 2016 ( 4 Comments )

New Research Resource: The Maclean’s Archive Goes Online

First World War Researchers take note: over 1300 issues of Maclean’s magazines are now online in the brand new Maclean’s Archive. The issues from 1914 through 1918 feature an interesting […]

By Jakealoo on July 4, 2016 ( 2 Comments )

In Flanders Fields Museum

One of the highlights of my recent trip to Ypres was a visit to In Flanders Fields Museum, located in the city’s beautifully reconstructed Cloth Hall. As the museum guidebook points out the setting is no […]