Bradford County, Florida - 1917-18 Civilian Draft Registration File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Raymond H. Banks, Rayhbanks@aol.com =========== BIRTH INFORMATION: RESIDENTS OF THIS COUNTY IN 1917-18 AND PERSONS WITH LINKS TO THIS COUNTY The information below was abstracted from by Raymond H. Banks from civilian registration cards completed in 1917-1918. All rights reserved. Some men do not have birth locations listed because they registered on the final draft registration day in 1918 when this information was not recorded. Almost 24 million men registered for the draft -- not always in the county of residence. CAUTION: Middle Eastern and East European national boundaries and country names were quite different than those seen on today's maps. Microfilm copies of the original cards are maintained by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS...the Mormons). Researchers can probably order loaner copies of specific reels from Salt Lake City through requests at local LDS Family History Centers. Payment for mailing costs is required. Catalog subject heading: UNITED STATES -- MILITARY RECORDS -- WORLD WAR I [although these records are not actually military records]. Original cards are kept at the National Archives branch near Atlanta, Georgia. The compiler has not abstracted the registrant's address, the name and address of next of kin, occupation, work address, general physical description and occasionally listed general description of a disability. Please consult the original card to verify all information. ***SPECIAL NOTE*** In 1917-18 county boundaries in Florida were not the same as today. Then about 12 counties did not exist as we know them today. Bradford Co. then contained Union Co. I am not able to determine which draft registrant lived in which county as we know them today. The name Gilchrist will not appear anywhere in the files. It did not exist. On the other hand, I am able to isolate persons from outside the county who were born in or have relatives in a particular community (a) within today's Bradford Co. & (b) within today's Union Co. Consequently the following contents are found in the files shown: Bradford contains (a) all persons who registered in Bradford/Union Co. in 1917-18 plus (b) persons outside Bradford/Union Co. who listed communities within today's Bradford Co. Gilchrist contains (a) also all persons who registered in Alachua/Union Co. in 1917-18 plus (b) persons outside Bradford/Union Co. who listed communities within today's Union Co. Consequently, searchers in both the Bradford and Gilchrist files should be aware that the man who registered in "Bradford Co." could have then lived in either of the two counties as we know them today and the residence cannot be separated out. *** 1ST COLUMN: NAME 2ND COLUMN: BIRTH DATE 3RD COLUMN: ETHNIC GROUP 4TH COLUMN: BIRTH LOCATION OR OTHER INFO (spelling unreliable) OTHER COLUMNS: LOCATION OF REGISTRATION ========= Dyess, Joseph Franklin 1 Oct 1882 W ======= This was found at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/fl+index+1293638273+F Thanks!!! kaite...