Friday, March 20, 2015

VGS Latest News & Tips: 20 Mar 2015

The time when Americans drank all day long: A recent Dick Eastman post led me to this article on American history written by Jane O'Brien from the BBC News Magazine, Washington. Se writes about a new exhibit that looks at the history of drinking in America.
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Canadian Soldiers of the First World War: 1914-1918: The digitization of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) personnel service files is in progress. The original paper documents can no longer be consulted. However, digital reprography is available for those files that have not yet been prepared for digitization. Newly digitized files are added to the  Soldiers of the First World War database, every two weeks until the project's completion in 2016. There are a total of 640,000 records of which there are about 129,000 available for viewing.
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The Women’s Army Corps: Fold 3 writes "Did you know that Fold3 has a huge number of documents from World War II about the Women’s Army Corps (WAC), including hundreds of photos? If you’re not already familiar with the WAC, you might be surprised to find out just how versatile this group was during the war."
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