“Do you claim exemption from draft (specify grounds)?” “Yes Claim Murder” Berkeley, California, 1965? Nope. East Grand Forks, Minnesota, 1917.
Military Records
Denis Killeen’s Kilmainham Pensioner Discharge Record
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Note: I discovered the following via John Reid’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. I already have a copy of this record in black and white, having purchased a photocopy from The National Archives (UK) (document cited here, in “Description of Denis Killeen”). But…
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Available online at findmypast.co.uk: British Army Pensioners — Kilmainham, Ireland, 1783-1822.
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Library and Archives Canada has a handy List of Abbreviations Used in Military Service Files.
‘Ottawa Flier Missing’ (Donald Michael Sloan)
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Last Remembrance Day I posted a brief remembrance of Emmett Patrick Sloan and Donald Michael Sloan. I’ve since come across a couple of brief but interesting newspaper notices relating to the two brothers. These I discovered through a search of…
Veterans Death Cards: First World War
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Available online at Library and Archives Canada: Veterans Death Cards: First World War. Here is the card for Charles Alexander Sullivan, son of James Edward Sullivan and Anna (“Annie”) Moran:
“This is your flag”: Canadian WWI Recruiting Posters
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A Canadian recruiting poster from World War One: “Your flag” is of course the British Union Jack, because Canada did not yet have its own flag (and was not yet an independent nation). But wait!
‘Here to fight les Germans’: Pre-Remembrance Day Post
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My second-favourite BBC Horrible Histories video ever has to do with the contribution of the colonies to the British war effort during World War I. ‘Where can I find the British regiment?’ ‘Zat way, my chum.’ And: ‘Alley [Allez] in,…
Playground at St. John’s (Perth, Ontario) dedicated to three local WWII soldiers
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From Let Them Be Kids — St. John Catholic Elementary School, an account of the dedication of a new playground to “two local fallen Canadian Forces heroes and one local Veteran.” All three came from Perth (Lanark Co., Ontario); all…
Denis Killeen at Québec, 1819 (RG 8, C Series, LAC)
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One of my favourite genealogy blogs is John Reid’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. I don’t know how he does it, but he always has the latest scoop on the LAC (everything from hirings and firings to new collections to updates of existing collections, and so on).…