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WW1 RECORDS FOR CANADIANS

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Espana

Espana Report 1 Nov 2010 11:55


I have used the UK Ancestry site in the past and found several of my English family men that fought in WW1 but have failed to find any of my Canadian family men that went off to war. So just wondering if someone knows of another site that has these records.
One record I am searching is Edmonton 51st Battalion.
Thank you Cynthia

RutlandBelle

RutlandBelle Report 1 Nov 2010 11:59

Have a look on here:

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/index-e.html

I have found WW1 records on there

Researching:
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Espana

Espana Report 1 Nov 2010 12:07

Thank you will give it a try. Cynthia

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 1 Nov 2010 12:13

Cynthia, that Collectionscanada site is rather difficult to navigate. To got directly to the attestation papers use this link:

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/index-e.html

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 1 Nov 2010 12:19

Also if your Canadian relative was killed in the war check out this site:

http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

Potty

Potty Report 1 Nov 2010 12:48

If he was killed, also try this site (Commonwealth War Graves Commission):

www.cwgc.org/

mgnv

mgnv Report 1 Nov 2010 18:46

If you use MM's URL to do a search, usually you'll find images of both sides of his attestation paper. For his full service record, use the"search help" link - this gives details of how to order that. It's not digitized. What you get is xerox copies at $0.40 per page plus postage.

Espana

Espana Report 4 Nov 2010 23:50

THANKS EVERYONE found all very good.

Cynthia