www.archives.ca/02/020106_e.html Personnel files from the Canadian Expeditionary Force are a great source of genealogical data. www.workhouses.org.uk/ Workhouse is a word that often conjures up the harsh and squalid world of Oliver Twist. The workhouse could be a grim and brutal place, but its story is also a fascinating mix of social history, politics, economics and architecture. http://people.mnhs.org/dci/Search.cfm Death certificates are a useful resource for genealogical and family history research. The Minnesota Historical Society hosts this online index of death certificates to improve access to this popular resource. Currently, the database indexes the years from 1908 through 1996. www.parkbooks.com/Html/research.html This series of notes is intended to help those doing family or local history research in Minnesota. New topics are added each month. http://www.tenement.org/ Take a virtual tour of an overcrowded tenement where immigrants lived in the late 1800s. .