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*A list of militia members for the War of 1812 is in: '''''Index des miliciens, 1812–1814 (Index of Militia Members During the War of 1812)'''''. [Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada]: Archives nationales du Québec, 1983. (On 11 Family History Library {{FHL|679333|title-id|disp=fiche 6334280}}.) Text in French. Lists the names of 4,900 men who received land warrants for military service. Includes regiment, residence, and occupation. | *A list of militia members for the War of 1812 is in: '''''Index des miliciens, 1812–1814 (Index of Militia Members During the War of 1812)'''''. [Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada]: Archives nationales du Québec, 1983. (On 11 Family History Library {{FHL|679333|title-id|disp=fiche 6334280}}.) Text in French. Lists the names of 4,900 men who received land warrants for military service. Includes regiment, residence, and occupation. | ||
*Brief biographies of militia officers in the War of 1812 are in: ''Lépine, Luc. '''Les officiers de milice du Bas-Canada, 1812–1815 (Lower Canada's Militia Officers 1812–1815)'''''. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Société Généalogique Canadienne-Française, 1996. (Family History Library {{FHL|770959|title-id|disp=book 971.4 M2L}}.) [https://www.worldcat.org/title/officiers-de-milice-du-bas-canada-1812-1815-lower-canadas-militia-officers-1812-1815/oclc/866444046 WorldCat] | *Brief biographies of militia officers in the War of 1812 are in: ''Lépine, Luc. '''Les officiers de milice du Bas-Canada, 1812–1815 (Lower Canada's Militia Officers 1812–1815)'''''. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Société Généalogique Canadienne-Française, 1996. (Family History Library {{FHL|770959|title-id|disp=book 971.4 M2L}}.) [https://www.worldcat.org/title/officiers-de-milice-du-bas-canada-1812-1815-lower-canadas-militia-officers-1812-1815/oclc/866444046 WorldCat] | ||
== World War I (1914-1918) == | |||
*[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/personnel-records.aspx '''Personnel Records of the First World War'''], digital online. <br> | *[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/personnel-records.aspx '''Personnel Records of the First World War'''], digital online. <br> | ||
::Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) service records are available through the Personnel Records Unit of the National Archives of Canada. These service records contain detailed information from enlistment to discharge. Information may include each person's date and pace of birth, address at time of enlistment, name and address of next of kin, marital status, occupation, personal description (eye and hair color, height, weight, distinctive marks or scars), and religion. | ::Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) service records are available through the Personnel Records Unit of the National Archives of Canada. These service records contain detailed information from enlistment to discharge. Information may include each person's date and pace of birth, address at time of enlistment, name and address of next of kin, marital status, occupation, personal description (eye and hair color, height, weight, distinctive marks or scars), and religion. | ||
==World War II== | |||
*'''1939-1947''' - [https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/second-world-war/second-world-war-dead-1939-1947/Pages/files-second-war-dead.aspx '''Service Files of the Second World War - War Dead, 1939-1947'''] | *'''1939-1947''' - [https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/second-world-war/second-world-war-dead-1939-1947/Pages/files-second-war-dead.aspx '''Service Files of the Second World War - War Dead, 1939-1947'''] | ||
==Library and Archives Canada== | |||
*[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/Pages/military-heritage.aspx '''Military Heritage'''] | |||
::Library and Archives Canada holds an extensive collection of records of the Canadian men and women who have served their country in the military and in the early years of the North West Mounted Police. There are records relating to Loyalists, the War of 1812, the Rebellions, the South African War, the First World War and the Second World War, many of which are featured in databases, research guides and virtual exhibitions. The records include muster rolls, military service files, unit war diaries, medal registers, photographic collections, documentary art and posters, as well as published sources.<ref>"Military Heritage", Library and Archives Canada, https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/Pages/military-heritage.aspx, accessed 21 October 2020.</ref> | |||
==References== | |||
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