So far this month, 14 digital microfilms sourced from Library and Archives Canada have been added to the CRKN Héritage collection. Five are for Western Land Grants, five Second World War era Directorate of Movements : Marine files, three from the Department of Indian Affairs, and one from the Dominion Lands Branch. Here’s the list.
| Title | Publication Date | Identifier | URL (if online) | Date updated |
| Central registry subject files created by the Dominion Lands Branch | 1911-1926 | T-12514 | https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t12514/1 | 2024-03-15 |
| Department of Indian Affairs, Headquarters central registry system : Black Series | 1913 – 1942 | C-10205 | https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c10205/1 | 2024-03-06 |
| Department of Indian Affairs, Headquarters central registry system : thousand series | 1876-1937 | C-12059 | https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c12059/1 | 2024-03-20 |
| Department of Indian Affairs, Headquarters central registry system : thousand series | 1915-1954 | C-12074 | https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c12074/1 | 2024-03-20 |
| Directorate of Movements : Marine files. Eastbound Personnel | 1944 | C-5694 | https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c5694/1 | 2024-03-06 |
| Directorate of Movements : Marine files. Westbound Personnel |
1941-08-01 – 1943-08-04 | C-5708 | https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c5708/1 | 2024-03-20 |
| Directorate of Movements : Marine files. Westbound Personnel |
1943-06-01 – 1944-06-11 | C-5710 | https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c5710/1 | 2024-03-20 |
| Directorate of Movements : Marine files. Westbound Personnel |
1944-01-11 – 1944-04-28 | C-5712 | https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c5712/1 | 2024-03-20 |
| Directorate of Movements : Marine files. Westbound Personnel |
1944-03-27 – 1944-08-08 | C-5713 | https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c5713/1 | 2024-03-20 |
| Western Land Grants | 1906-04-21 – 1907-07-06 | C-6125 | https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c6125/1 | 2024-03-06 |
| Western Land Grants | 1909-03-11 – 1909-03-17 | C-6217 | https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c6217/1 | 2024-03-06 |
| Western Land Grants | 1914-06-25 – 1914-07-11 | C-6431 | https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c6431/1 | 2024-03-06 |
| Western Land Grants | 1918-06-06 – 1918-06-11 | C-6572 | https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c6572/1 | 2024-03-06 |
| Western Land Grants | 1914-02-27 – 1914-03-03 | C-6410 | https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c6410/1 | 2024-03-20 |
Use Collection Search at LAC with the microfilm number for detail on its contents. A search for one of the Directorate of Movements microfilms shows all the voyages recorded thereon. Download to a spreadsheet and sort by Item Number to get an idea of its position within the microfilm.
If you have the name of a ship a person travelled on, use LAC’s collection search and look for a date of interest. Hope the microfilm referenced is in the Héritage collection!
I’m told CKRN is working on a new interface that will show an array of thumbnails of the microfilm contents making it easy to spot the beginning of a new voyage. No date for implementation is promised!
Painfully slow having to browse image by image on rural internet (we have not been blessed with fibre-optic service)…Really hope they can improve the interface sooner rather than later!