I thought I would take the opportunity to inform fellow genealogists and amateur military historians that the government has a program right now in which you can have them send photocopies to you of military records for deceased veterans. (For veterans dead less than twenty years you must provide proof that they have died and that you are related though). It is done at no charge through the Canadian archives, and it is really interesting reading.

I am mentioning this today because I finally re...
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