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