Canadian Expeditionary Force service files update

From Library and Archives Canada:

As of today, 608,399 of 640,000 files are available online in our Personnel Records of the First World War database. Please visit the Digitization of the Canadian Expeditionary Force Service Files page for more details on the digitization project.

Further details are available at https://thediscoverblog.com/2018/07/15/digitization-of-the-canadian-expeditionary-force-personnel-service-files-update-of-july-2018/


Chris

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Canadian Expeditionary Force Service Files digitisation update

Library and Archives Canada has announced that it has now digitised 491,373 of 640,000 Canadian Expeditionary Force Service Files, available in its Personnel Records of the First World War project site at www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/personnel-records.aspx. The latest box digitised is Box 8363 (of 10686), with the last name included being Robertson.

For more on CEF records please visit www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/personnel-records.aspx.

(With thanks to LAC at https://thediscoverblog.com/2017/09/15/digitization-of-the-canadian-expeditionary-force-personnel-service-files-update-of-september-2017/)

Chris

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Canadian Expeditionary Force service files digitisation update

Library and Archives Canada (www.bac-lac.gc.ca) has announced an update on its project to digitise its service files for the Canadian Expeditionary Force soldiers who served in the First World War. many of the soldiers were recent immigrants from Britain and Ireland, my grandmother's cousin Robert Currie amongst them.

The archive has now digitised some 217,062 of 640,000 files, with more work ongoing. The archive is essentially doing them in alphabetical order.

For more information, visit the archive's dedicated blog at http://thediscoverblog.com/2015/11/16/digitization-of-the-canadian-expeditionary-force-personnel-service-files-update-of-november-2015/.

Chris

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Canadian First World War army service records update

Library and Archives Canada has announced a further update to its Soldiers of the First World War: 1914–1918 database at http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef/Pages/canadian-expeditionary-force.aspx. There are now 155,110 of 640,000 files available, just under a quarter, with more to come soon.

For more on the news visit the archive's blog at http://thediscoverblog.com/2015/05/15/digitization-of-the-canadian-expeditionary-force-personnel-service-files-update-of-may-2015/.

Chris

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Canadian Expeditionary Force records digitisation project update

Library and Archives Canada has posted an update on the progress of its digitisation project to provide free access to its First World War service records for those who served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. 76,330 files are now online via its Soldiers of the First World War 1914-1918 website, with 5000 new file additions expected every fortnight.

The full story is at http://thediscoverblog.com/2014/10/16/current-status-of-the-digitization-of-the-canadian-expeditionary-force-personnel-service-files/

Chris

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