Comments on: Selected Canadian Service Records—Lest We Forget

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 03:25:50 +0000

I found the husband of one of my great aunt’s in these records so they are appreciated, both personally and historically. These people SHOULD be remembered but I would like to point out to the Canadian government they have millions of others every day citizens who should be remembered but can’t be because they won’t allow their census records online.

By: Paul Rawlins

Paul Rawlins — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:39:06 +0000

Marie,

Unfortunately, most people won’t find their ancestors in these two collections because all we are hosting are the selections from the 200 files being made available for the Lest We Forget project. Knowing how rich the content can be, I hope someday we’ll have access to more.

By: Marie

Marie — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:43:52 +0000

My Mother was in the RCAF during WWII. I was disappointed not to find any records on her.

By: worshacf

worshacf — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 05:01:44 +0000

Thank you a million times over; all of my ancestors are from Canada. I can hardly wait to get into these “Lest We Forget” Education Initiative records.

The data base for WWI Canadian Soldiers has been available on ancestry, and I have found many of my ancestors who served. But it has been discouraging that no records were available for my Canadian ancestors who served in WWII. Looks like I’ll be busy in the next few weeks.

Perhaps someday the entire list of RCAF pilots and their crew for WWI will be available. Until then, I’ll keep my fingers crossed and waiting to go through those when you get them.