Finding British World War I Records in the Family History Library Collection

The Family History Library has copies of the World War I records known as Burnt Docs (WO 363) and Unburnt Docs (WO 361) and a collection of misplaced documents (WO 364). You can find the microfilm number(s) for these records in the Family History Library Catalog.


 * 1) Go to www.familysearch.org.
 * 2) Click the Library tab.
 * 3) Click Family History Library Catalog.
 * 4) Type Great Britain and click Search.
 * 5) Click Great Britain in the search results.
 * 6) Scroll down and click the topic Military records - Army - World War, 1914-1918.
 * 7) Click on one of the titles “Military records of the British Army, 1914-1920”
 * 8) Click View Film Notes to see the microfilm numbers.