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 ______________________________
The database description is detailed at the search site-------and this footnote posted there is most important: NOTE: This database, although providing information on over 5% of all men registered, represents approximately 13% of all counties nationwide. Researchers will find complete coverage of Alaska, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Mississippi, and Nevada and a good representation from Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, New York City, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Vermont. Ray Banks did do Mariposa County- there were folks living there who had connections to San Francisco County-- ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ca/mariposa/military/mariposadraft.txt Best, Carolyn