Last Thursday, Canadiana/Heritage added six microfilms to its collection, including four Western Land Grants microfilms.
| Title | Publication Date | Identifier | URL |
| Western Land Grants | 1906-04-21 – 1907-07-06 | C-6125 | https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c6125/1 |
| Western Land Grants | 1909-03-11 – 1909-03-17 | C-6217 | https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c6217/1 |
| Western Land Grants | 1914-06-25 – 1914-07-11 | C-6431 | https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c6431/1 |
| Western Land Grants | 1918-06-06 – 1918-06-11 | C-6572 | https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c6572/1 |
| Department of Indian Affairs, Headquarters central registry system : Black Series | 1913 – 1942 | C-10205 | https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c10205/1 |
| Directorate of Movements : Marine files | 1944 | C-5694 | https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c5694/1 |
Of most interest to me is C-5694, Directorate of Movements : Marine files for 1944. It contains 53 Eastbound Personnel files, each with a file folder cover giving the ship name and date and place of departure. There are duplicates The whole microfilm has 5351 images. Some the proposed voyages never actually occurred.
Typically there is correspondance prior to the voyage, a manifast of the numbers of various ranks and services, lists of individuals with service number, rank, name, trade and “where from”, and sometimes a summary voyage report. Passengers may be reinforcements, returning airmen who completed their time with the BCATP, and miscellaneous others.
Unless you just want to get an idea of the challenge faced by the Directorate of Movements, you really need to know the voyage someone of interest was on to make searching practicable.
The order on the microfilm, with a few start images indicated in red, is:
| Title | Port of Departure | Item number | Date |
| ANDES | Halifax | 5209442 | 1944-03-31 |
| PASTEUR | Halifax | 5209443 | 1944-04-03 |
| FORT TOWNSHEND | Halifax | 5209444 | 1943/12/01-1943/12/31 |
| QUEEN ELIZABETH | New York | 5209445 | 1944-01-02 |
| LADY NELSON (393) | Halifax | 5209446 | 1944-03-04 |
| FORT AMHERST | Halifax | 5209447 | 1944-01-15 |
| U.S. VESSEL | New York | 5209448 | 1944-01-12 |
| BAYANO | Halifax | 5209449 | 1944-02-07 |
| ERRIA | Halifax | 5209450 | 1944-03-23 |
| QUEEN ELIZABETH | New York | 5209451 | 1944-02-02 |
| VESSEL | San Francisco | 5209452 | 1944-01-24 |
| FORT TOWNSHEND | Halifax | 5209453 | 1944-01-27 |
| U.S. VESSEL | Norfolk, Virginia | 5209454 | 1944-02-02 |
| CAVINA | Halifax | 5209455 | 1944-04-07 |
| ARIGUANI | Halifax | 5209456 | 1944-02-07 |
| BURGEO | Halifax | 5209457 | 1944-02-05 |
| VESSEL | San Francisco | 5209458 | 1944-02-02 |
| FORT AMHERST | Halifax | 5209459 | 1944-02-07 |
| EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND | Halifax | 5209460 | 1944-05-04 |
| ANDES (1416) | Halifax | 5209461 | 1944-04-24 |
| FORT TOWNSHEND | Halifax | 5209462 | 1944-05-04 |
| VESSEL | San Francisco | 5209463 | 1944-02-23 |
| VESSEL | San Francisco | 5209464 | 1944-03-01 |
| NIEUW AMSTERDAM | Halifax | 5209465 | 1944-03-26 |
| NIEUW AMSTERDAM | Halifax | 5209466 | 1944-03-26 |
| ILE DE FRANCE (2076) | Halifax | 5209467 | 1944-04-30 |
| ILE DE FRANCE | Halifax | 5209468 | 1944-04-30 |
| ILE DE FRANCE | Halifax | 5209469 | 1944-04-30 |
| LADY NELSON (3039) | Halifax | 5209470 | 1944-04-30 |
| FORT AMHERST | Halifax | 5209471 | 1944-03-30 |
| ARIGUANI | Halifax | 5209472 | 1944-03-22 |
| VESSEL | San Francisco | 5209473 | 1944-03-16 |
| BEAVERHILL | Halifax | 5209474 | 1944-03-23 |
| BAYANO | Halifax | 5209475 | 1944-04-17 |
| FORT TOWNSHEND | Halifax | 5209476 | 1944-03-28 |
| FORT AMHERST | Halifax | 5209477 | 1944-04-08 |
| VESSEL | San Francisco | 5209478 | 1944-03-24 |
| VESSEL | San Francisco | 5209479 | 1944/03/01-1944/03/31 |
| VESSEL | San Francisco | 5209480 | 1944-04-06 |
| VESSEL | San Francisco | 5209481 | 1944-04-07 |
| ANDES | Halifax | 5209482 | 1944-06-03 |
| ANDES (3808) | Halifax | 5209483 | 1944-06-03 |
| EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND | Halifax | 5209484 | 1944-06-26 |
| EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND (4045) | Halifax | 5209485 | 1944-06-26 |
| PASTEUR | New York | 5209486 | 1944-05-28 |
| VESSEL | San Francisco | 5209487 | 1944-04-19 |
| FORT TOWNSHEND | Halifax | 5209488 | 1944-04-29 |
| BACCALIEU | Halifax | 5209489 | 1944-04-27 |
| VESSEL | San Francisco | 5209490 | 1944-04-23 |
| VESSEL | San Francisco | 5209491 | 1944-05-07 |
| VESSEL | San Francisco | 5209492 | 1944-04-24 |
| EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND | Halifax | 5209493 | 1944-06-16 |
| EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND | Halifax | 5209494 | 1944-06-16 |