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From: "Jean Payton" <>
Subject: Re: [ONT] ATTESTATION PAPERS
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 09:39:12 -0500
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I also want to jump in here. A lot of the men who served in
World War I didn't die from war wounds. There was a very large
epidemic like flu and disintary that was going around in 1918 and
a lot of soldiers died from it. My husbands' Uncle was with
CEF and was sent to France where he died. He is buried in ForFar,
Scotland. He died form the epidemic.
Jean Payton


----- Original Message -----
From: "Josephine Kemper" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 9:26 AM
Subject: [ONT] ATTESTATION PAPERS


I have to jump in here. I sent for my uncle's Attestation Papers
a couple of
months ago and received a veritable treasure, about 25 pages. I
even know
how tall he was, the colour of his eyes and his chest
measurement. The
papers tell you where he was killed and what he died of. He was
born in
London, my father's brother, but was in Hamilton when WW1 broke
out. He
joined a Canadian Regiment and I now know that he left a
girlfriend behind,
who was probably pregnant as $20 of his pay was being sent to her
every
month. He was killed in France two years later.
They charge so little that it didn't even cover the postage to
the UK.
It's a wonderful service, I wish we had it here,,,,,,,,,

Josi from London, UK

----- Original Message -----
From: Lorine McGinnis Schulze <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: [ONT] African American with Green for Surname in
Ontario,
Simcoe North


>
>
> On 3 Nov 2002 at 23:27, wrote:
>
> > I have found and printed his attestation papers on the
> > internet, but nothing else, I don't know if he died during
> > WW1 or what. His parents were born somewhere in the US. His
> > mother was born aroung 1843.
>
> Hi,
>
> The attestation papers you can view and print online at NAC are
> only the first (and sometimes the last) page of his entire
> file. To obtain the **complete** set of his records from WW1,
> you have to order by snail mail or by fax. You can' t order
> online, as there is a small fee involved (I think it is 20
> cents per page)
>
> It is well worth the small cost, for often these files have
> dozens of pages, including records of when the soldier left
> Canada, on what ship, where he fought, if he was wounded, if he
> was in trouble with his superiors, his medical records, his pay
> book transactions and his discharge papers (date of discharge,
> why, name of person medals being sent to if any, etc)
>
> To find your WW1 ancestor (or any military ancestor) go to
> Canadian Military Heritage Project at
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmil/
>
> Select WW1, then Find Your Ancestor.
>
> You will see a list of NAC film numbers, resources etc, then
> you can click on the link to the NAC page (unless you already
> have it bookmarked) and order the records. It's very easy, and
> they arrive fairly quickly. I have sent for dozens of files for
> soldiers in WW1 and they range from 3 pages to 30 or more.
>
> You will also find links on CMHP to search the Virtual War
> Memorial (if your man died in WW1 he will be there) The
> Canadian Virtual War Memorial is an online searchable database
> of all soldiers killed in the First and Second World War. The
> Commonwealth War Graves Commission assisted in making these
> records available to Veteran's Affairs Canada. When searching
> this, just put GREEN and his first initial D, don't put his
> complete first name. If you get more than one man with the name
> who looks like a possibility check his Service Number. (is it
> the same as your David's attestation front page paper?)644772
>
> I also have a link to the Books of Remembrance (for soldiers
> killed in wars) and more.
>
> These links and film numbers are all on the page I set up with
> info as to how to search using NAC resources for any Canadian
> military ancestor. The direct link is
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmil/ancestor.htm
>
> Don't miss the WW 1 section though :-)
>
> Also, I noticed that he was born in Collingwood in 1869 so you
> can obtain his birth registration from the Ontario Archives (if
> his parents registered him). See
> http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/vs.shtml for details and
> instructions how to do this if you aren't familiar with the
> procedure.
>
> Lorine
>
>
>
>
> Lorine McGinnis Schulze
> --
> * The Olive Tree Genealogy
> http://olivetreegenealogy.com/
> * Past Voices:Letters Home
> http://pastvoices.com/
> * USA Genealogy
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/usa_genealogy/
> * My Family Branches
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~myfamilybranches/
>
> or
>
>
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