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Library and Archives Canada completes digitization of entire WWI personnel files collection — 100 days before 100th anniversary of end of Great War

Posted on August 8, 2018 by Gail Dever

Congratulations to the conservators at Library and Archives Canada! To mark the centennial of the end of the First World War and the heroic and tragic events that led up to it, Library and Archives Canada (LAC) announced today the … Continue reading →

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Library and Archives Canada’s WWI service file digitization project 95% complete

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Gail Dever

As of yesterday, Library and Archives Canada had digitized 608,399 of 640,000 Canadian Expeditionary Force service files, and they are available online in the Personnel Records of the First World War database. LAC is digitizing the service files systematically and, for … Continue reading →

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Library and Archives Canada’s CEF service file digitization project 94% complete

Posted on June 17, 2018 by Gail Dever

As of Friday, Library and Archives Canada had digitized 94 percent  — 601,736 of 640,000 — Canadian Expeditionary Force service files, reaching the surname, Whittey. These WWI service files are available online in LAC’s Personnel Records of the First World War database. … Continue reading →

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Library and Archives Canada digitizes more than 90% of WWI service files

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Gail Dever

File by file, the archivists at Library and Archives Canada are digitizing the First World War Canadian Expeditionary Force service files, and many are thrilled they are doing so. As of yesterday, they had digitized and posted online 581,553 of … Continue reading →

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Library and Archives Canada has digitized almost 90% of WWI service files

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Gail Dever

Right on schedule, yesterday, on March 15, Library and Archives Canada (LAC) announced 568,203 of 640,000 Canadian Expeditionary Force service files are available online in their Personnel Records of the First World War database. The project is almost 90 percent complete. Digitizing … Continue reading →

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Library and Archives Canada digitizes another 12,000 WWI service files to website

Posted on February 16, 2018 by Gail Dever

Yesterday, Librarian and Archivist of Canada Guy Berthiuam tweeted, “87% of the way there.” Few finer words have ever been heard by a genealogist. Mr. Berthiaume was referring to Library and Archives Canada’s (LAC) announcement that as of yesterday 555,443 … Continue reading →

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New Brunswick Great War Project — a research tool for genealogists and historians

Posted on February 15, 2018 by Gail Dever

Genealogists and historians will want to explore the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick’s latest online project about World War One, if only to search for family surnames and learn about the war through newspaper articles, service files, and vital statistics. … Continue reading →

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Library and Archives Canada digitizes another 11,000 WWI service files

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Gail Dever

Even with the Christmas and New Year’s breaks, the folks at Library and Archives Canada (LAC) still managed to digitize 10,695 First World War Canadian Expeditionary Force service files, reaching the surname Staunton. Working through the service files alphabetically, LAC … Continue reading →

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Library and Archives Canada’s WWI service file digitization project — December update

Posted on December 17, 2017 by Gail Dever

Just in time for Christmas, Library and Archives Canada announced it has digitized 532,447 of 640,000 files in its Personnel Records of the First World War database, reaching the surname, Smith. The files of 4,985 men, named Smith, have been digitized, … Continue reading →

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Library and Archives Canada’s WWI service file digitization project — November update

Posted on November 16, 2017 by Gail Dever

As of yesterday, Library and Archives Canada (LAC) had digitized 80 percent of the Canadian Expeditionary Force service files — 518,124 out of 640,000 — reaching the surname Sharp. At last month’s rate of digitizing about 15,000 files, John D. … Continue reading →

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