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Canadiana launches online database of Aboriginal soldiers

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Gail Dever

April has been a good month for genealogists researching their Canadian ancestors with several new or expanded online databases, and here is another one. The following is the release Canadiana.org issued yesterday. OTTAWA, ON, April 26, 2016 — The World … Continue reading →

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Private records of Canadian aboriginal World War veterans being sought

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Gail Dever

Canadiana.org announced yesterday it has launched an initiative to keep alive the stories of Canadian aboriginal veterans of both world wars by digitizing their surviving private records and sharing them online with the public. About 12,000 aboriginal (Inuit, Metis, and … Continue reading →

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