McMaster Digital Archive temporarily offline
Some of you may have noticed that the Digital Archive at McMaster University, including it’s extensive military map and aerial photo collection, has been offline for quite some time. I […]
Free Digital Downloads from The National Archives
The saying goes that every dark cloud has a silver lining and that is certainly the case with The National Archives at Kew. COVID19 has forced them to close their […]
Digitized Canadian Trench Newspapers: Part 1 of 3
Trench newspapers are an excellent resource for anyone researching an individual or unit from the First World War. I featured the Canadian Machine Gunner in an article last summer and […]
UVic’s New Online First World War Exhibit: Victoria to Vimy
Earlier this month I visited the Special Collections section of the University of Victoria Library where I had a first-hand look at their 16th Battalion (The Canadian Scottish) fonds. While waiting for the items to […]
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 […]
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 […]