Linda When you read the note at the bottom, you see that they have only about 5 % of the men registered, and approximately 13 % of all the counties nationwide. So there is a very good chance that they did register, but are not in the on-line site. George --- "HAMID,LINDA (HP-Roseville,ex1)" <linda_hamid@hp.com> wrote: > Thanks for this link! Neither my grandfather (b. > 1884) nor his 2 brothers > 9b. 1886 and 1892) are there. The 2 oldest were > born in New Zealand, but > were naturalized. Wouldn't they all have to > register? > > Linda Hamid > > -----Original Message----- > From: carolyn [mailto:sweetwater@sierratel.com] > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 2:22 PM > To: CASANFRA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CASANFRA] RE:Draft for WWI > > > Diane- > > The data base is online (free search) at this site: > http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3172a.htm > > Ray Banks gets a big thanks for donating his work on > this database! > > -Carolyn > http://www.cagenweb.com/mariposa/ > > --- DIANE DWORZACK <dijaq@msn.com> wrote: > > I was reading the March issue of the magazine > > published by Everton and noticed an ad from a > > private party stating he can obtain copies of > draft > > registration cards from WWI. The ad stated that > all > > males born 1872-1900 were required to register and > > that many of the cards include the father's exact > > place of birth, grounds for exemption, name and > > address of the nearest relative etc. Has anyone on > > the list obtained one of these? If so I would > > appreciate finding out how to do this and if San > > Francisco records are available. Thank you,diane > > ______________________________ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com