On 19 Jan 2002, WILLIAM M. LEITNER wrote: > > HAS anyone had experience looking at the world war 1 draft registration > cards for family info? The only experience I've had is at the SW branch of the archives in Fort Worth. There they have film of the cards for TX, AR, LA, OK, and NM. They are difficult to read. You definitely need a magnifying glass. > Do yoou know where one can look at these records? My understanding is that archive branches only have the ones for their region, except that the branch in Atlanta has all of them. I assume these are all identical to the rolls of film you can also order through the LDS Family History Centers. > One of the items that might be of great interest is a line thatt reads > Father's exact place of birth (including town in old country, if immigrant. Yes, it would be of great interest, but I haven't seen such a line on any of the cards I've looked at. What I've seen are name, address, age, occupation, next of kin, and physical description. There was more than one (three?) registrations and the cards were slightly different for each one. Perhaps they also used different cards in different parts of the country. I don't know. > Has anyone found this line filled in and useful to them in do8ng research > of their families? What I've found most useful is that they give the full name and the birthdate of the person. --