The British Colonist adds 30 years of digitized newspapers
The British Colonist Online Edition is a wonderful and free resource for researchers and family historians. I wrote about the website in December 2013, shortly after it was expanded to […]
Nominal Rolls of the Canadian Expeditionary Force
Note: this is a significant update to my Nominal Rolls article from January 2014. Below you’ll find links to nearly 400 Nominal Rolls currently online at Library and Archives Canada! A Nominal […]
Update: CEF Service File Estimate for April 2016
This is the second update to My Estimate of when your CEF Service File will be Digitized article posted last December. I’m revisiting the project every other month to see if […]
In Their Own Words: Oral Histories as a Research Tool
Mining archives and databases for information on an ancestor requires focus, a methodical approach and an eye for detail. However shaping this raw data into a meaningful story, one that you […]
The Big Push: Preparations For My Very Own Spring Offensive
The stalemate that has characterized the last few years of my IT career is over. After much deliberation I’ve decided to leave my steady job and focus my energy on more meaningful work. […]
Update: CEF Service File Estimates Still on Target
In late December I published an article with My Estimate of when your CEF Service File will be Digitized. Library and Archives Canada has posted two updates since that time, including one […]
My Estimate of when your CEF Service File will be Digitized
The digitization of Canadian First World War Services Files by Library and Archives Canada is the Government’s most significant contribution to the centenary of the First World War. The work began in the […]
Remembering Lt. Frederick J.C. Ball and a gift for son Edmund
Not long ago I was in a shop and was drawn to a book sitting alone atop a small table. The first thing I saw when I opened it up […]
Remembering Sgt. John Reid Cunningham, 7th Royal Scots
A couple of years ago I purchased three postcards showing Musselburgh soldiers from the 1/7th Royal Scots. I’ve published several articles about these men and the Quintinshill rail disaster that claimed so […]
Canadians in the BEF: Imperial War Service Gratuities records
In April of this year Ancestry made available “Canada, Imperial War Service Gratuities, 1919-1921“, a dataset containing 17,702 records on Canadians who served in the B.E.F., British Navy, Royal Air Force and Nursing […]
Doing Our Bit 