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The Top Five Things You Need to Know Before You Visit
Are you visiting Ottawa to do some research at Library and Archives Canada? Before you arrive, there are five things you need to know: 1. All researchers need a user card. You can register for a user...
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Release of New Orientation Video
We are pleased to announce the release of our new orientation video. This video is the second in a series of tutorials that provide useful tips and recommend tools to help you discover and access...
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What can you do at 395 Wellington Street before your appointment?
Our registration staff is often asked the following question: “I have just registered for a user card at the registration desk on the main level (which is open daily from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday...
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New Books in the Genealogy Services Collection at 395 Wellington
In our previous article, we discussed what you can do at 395 Wellington before your appointment. One of the suggestions was to head to the third floor where the Genealogy and Family History Room is...
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New Books in the Genealogy Services Collection at 395 Wellington—January 2015
Below is a list of our recently acquired genealogy publications. You can consult these publications in the Genealogy and Family History Room located on the 3rd floor at 395 Wellington. The link takes...
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New Books in the Genealogy Services Collection at 395 Wellington – March 2015
Here is a list of our recently acquired genealogy publications. You can consult them in the Genealogy and Family History Room located on the 3rd floor at 395 Wellington Street. The link to the AMICUS...
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So many lockers, so little time
When visiting Library and Archives Canada (LAC) in Ottawa at 395 Wellington to do research, you may be asked more than once if you need a locker. Let’s explore why and where this might be the case....
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Hiding in Plain Sight: Discovering the Métis Nation in the Collection of...
Who Are the Métis? The Métis Nation emerged as a distinct people during the course of the 18th and 19th centuries. They are the second largest of the three Aboriginal peoples of Canada and are the...
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New books in the Genealogy Services Collection at 395 Wellington Street—March...
Here is a list of our recently acquired genealogy publications. You can consult them in the Genealogy and Family History Room located on the 3rd floor at 395 Wellington Street in Ottawa. The link to...
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Ottawa’s Uppertown: A lost neighbourhood uncovered
By Andrew Elliott On February 27, 1912, following what appears to have been at least a few years of behind the scenes deliberations, the federal government expropriated all properties located in...
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Newly digitized images of the construction of 395 Wellington
By Andrew Elliott Located on a site overlooking the Ottawa River, the Library and Archives Canada (LAC) building (known more fondly as 395 Wellington or, even more archaically, as PANL—Public Archives...
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New Books in the Genealogy Services Collection at 395 Wellington – October 2016
We’re excited to announce recently acquired genealogy publications. You can consult them in the Genealogy and Family History Room located on the 3rd floor of the Library and Archives Canada building at...
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Tips for aviation accident research, part 2
By Mathieu Sabourin In our previous blog post on civilian aviation accidents, we covered the main search principles for finding files on this topic in our archives. We showed you that records could...
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Self-serve photography
It used to be that the only way of getting copies of archival documents was a bit of a tedious process. Flagging the pages you wanted copied, filling out the form, handing in the information to the...
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Tips for aviation accident research
Let’s be honest: Finding information on a civil aviation accident is no small feat. In the federal government, organizational changes involving aviation accident management and the evolution of records...
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Sessional Papers of the Dominion of Canada, 1867 to 1925
Are you looking for documents offering credible information to use in research on the period between the late 19th century and the interwar years of the 20th century? You may find that the Sessional...
View ArticleCome see our latest exhibition – Premiere: New acquisitions at Library and...
And keep an eye on this blog series… There is something a bit different about Library and Archives Canada’s (LAC) latest exhibition, opening at 395 Wellington Street in Ottawa, on April 24, 2018. New...
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