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Library and Archives Canada is in the process of digitizing all soldiers' records from the First World War, the most requested items in its collection.

And it's not easy work.

Sylvain Bélanger, director-general in the stewardship branch of Library and Archives Canada, said there are about 640,000, and within each of those folders there are numerous documents. He estimates that, in the end, about four million images will be scanned and digitized.


Library and Archives Canada is in the process of digitizing all soldiers' records from the First World War, the most requested items in its collection.

And it's not easy work.

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