Canadian WW2 Service Files Part 2: Died (1948-present)
Part 1 of my two-part series on obtaining Canadian Second World War service files dealt with records belonging to those who died in service between 1939 and 1947. Part 2 […]
Canadian WW2 Service Files: Part 1 – War Dead (1939-1947)
*Updated January 21, 2019* Over the past year I’ve received an increasing number of requests for information on Canadians who served during the Second World War. Obtaining their service file […]
Canadian First World War Soldier Memoirs
Today I’ve added a First World War Canadian Soldier Memoirs page that includes links to books written by soldiers about their experience in the First World War. It also includes […]
Canadian First World War Regimental Histories
Today I’ve completed a major update to my list of Canadian First World War reference books. The result is a brand-new First World War Canadian Regimental Histories page that includes links to […]
Digitized Canadian Trench Newspapers: Part 3 of 3
This is the final article in my three-part series on digitized Canadian Trench newspapers. In the first post I featured newspapers published by numbered infantry and artillery units while the second focused on […]
Digitized Canadian Trench Newspapers: Part 2 of 3
This is the second of my three articles on digitized Canadian Trench newspapers. Part 1 featured newspapers or journals published by numbered infantry and artillery units while this article provides links (below) […]
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 […]
Background on Canada’s Imperial War Service Gratuity
Last week Library and Archives Canada announced digitized copies of Imperial Gratuity records would soon be available through their Personnel Records of the First World War web portal. Paid subscribers […]
First impressions: LAC’s new Personnel Records of the FWW
Today’s announcement by Library and Archives Canada caught me by surprise and so I’ve spent the last couple of hours checking out their new Personnel Records of the First World War database. If […]
Two Seminars at the Saanich Centennial Library: Nov. 2 & 23
If you’d like to learn more about researching Canadian soldiers of the First World War and if you live in the Greater Victoria area you may be interested in two seminars I’m […]
Doing Our Bit 