Digitized War of 1812 records at LAC

Library and Archives Canada announce access to 73,000 new images of War of 1812 records on its website. The images available are:

• War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848, RG 19 E5A (23 microfilms)
• War of 1812: Lower Canada Nominal Rolls and Paylists, RG 9 1A7 (10 microfilms)
• War of 1812: Miscellaneous Records (21 microfilms)
• War of 1812: Upper Canada Returns, Nominal Rolls and Paylists, RG 9 1B7 (14 microfilms)

For each collection there is a help file which gives an outline of the contents reel by reel.  There is no name index. Unless you know the battalion or other unit in which a person served the search is likely to be arduous.  As described here checking the RG8 military C series may may yield that information.