Tag Archives: WWI service files

This week’s crème de la crème — January 2, 2016

Posted on January 2, 2016 by Gail Dever

Happy New Year! These are some of the bijoux I discovered during this very quiet week. Blogs My Estimate of when your CEF Service File will be Digitized by Steve Clifford on Doing Our Bit. 5 New Year’s Resolutions Every … Continue reading →

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Latest update of LAC’s WWI service files digitization project

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Gail Dever

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) has digitized  231,540 of 640,000 files of its Soldiers of its First World War: 1914–1918 database. The latest box digitized is Box 3789 and surname Greenaway. LAC is digitizing the service files systematically, from box … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — December 12, 2015

Posted on December 12, 2015 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Impressed by LAC’s Scanning of CEF Service Files by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. My Canadian Branches ~ My Clan MacKay and My Shelburne County Roots by Pam Schaffner … Continue reading →

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More than a third of Canadian WWI service files now available online

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Gail Dever

Since the Canadian federal election is over, Library and Archives Canada is allowed once again to promote on its blog the status of the the WWI service file digitization project. As of yesterday, 217,062 — more than a third — … Continue reading →

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LAC will not ANNOUNCE when it uploads WWI service files for a while

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Gail Dever

Thank goodness for genea friends. While I was still in mourning over what I thought I had read in John D. Reid’s blog, Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections, Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy set me straight. Library and Archives of … Continue reading →

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LAC will not announce it has uploaded WWI service files for a few months

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Gail Dever

Many times today, I checked Library and Archives Canada’s blog for its mid-month notice about newly uploaded WWI Canadian Expenditionary Force service files. Heck, I had even drafted a blog post about it. All I had to do was fill … Continue reading →

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Completion of LAC’s WWI service files digitization project later than we’d hoped

Posted on July 19, 2015 by Gail Dever

If your ancestors served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during WWI and you want to see their service files online, you may have to be very patient. In January 2014, genealogists cheered when Library and Archives Canada (LAC) announced it … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — June 20, 2015

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Finding an Ancestor in WW1 RAF Service Records Online by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Olive Tree Genealogy. Toronto Genetic Genealogy Videos by Maurice Gleeson and Disruptive Innovation in Genealogy by John … Continue reading →

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LAC uploads another 7,460 WWI service files

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Gail Dever

Library and Archives Canada has digitized and uploaded another 7,460 WWI service files for a grand total of 162,570 of the 640,000 files it maintains. In January 2014, LAC first announced its project to digitize 640,000 Canadian Expeditionary Force personnel service … Continue reading →

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LAC digitizes another batch of WWI service files

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Gail Dever

It’s the 15th of the month, which means Library and Archives Canada has announced a new batch of WWI service files has been digitized and uploaded to its website. If my math is correct, 11,497 service files were digitized during … Continue reading →

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