Free access to global military records until Nov 11*

Free access to global military records until Nov 11*

Free access to global military records until Nov 11*

Discover
your family’s
wartime story

Discover
your family’s
wartime story

Discover
your family’s
wartime story

This Remembrance, uncover your
family’s wartime story with free access
to global military records.*

This Remembrance, uncover your family’s wartime story with free access to global military records.*

Find your ancestors

Search a family member’s name

Explore our key record collections

Explore our key record collections

Search through military records for your family’s wartime story.

Search through military records for your family’s wartime story.

Find out how to get started

Find out how to get started

Make the most of your time with free access using these suggestions.

Make the most of your time with free access using these suggestions.

Build your tree

Build your tree

The more people in your tree, the better your chance of finding wartime stories.

The more people in your tree, the better your chance of finding wartime stories.

Search wartime records

Search wartime records

We’ve put all our wartime records in one place to make it easy to search with just a name.

We’ve put all our wartime records in one place to make it easy to search with just a name.

Delve even deeper

Delve even deeper

If you already know details of your ancestor’s service, you can explore our specific collections.

If you already know details of your ancestor’s service, you can explore our specific collections.


True stories. Incredible discoveries.

True stories. Incredible discoveries.

Get free access
to all global
military records*

Get free access to all
global military records*

*Free access to all military records from 1 Nov - 11 Nov 2022 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Only one free access per person. Registration required. After the free access period ends, you will only be able to view the records in the featured collections using a paid Ancestry.ca membership. To see a full list of records in the featured collections please click here. Terms apply.

*Free access to all military records from 1 Nov - 11 Nov 2022 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Only one free access per person. Registration required. After the free access period ends, you will only be able to view the records in the featured collections using a paid Ancestry.ca membership. To see a full list of records in the featured collections please click here. Terms apply.