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    1. Re: Draft Cards
    2. Pam: I do not know much...this is third time I have tried to get one...and the first one found. I sent $5.00 like the old form said. I got a form letter saying record found but send $10.00 and use our new form the next time! Here is the little blurb I found in Gen. Bulletin Nov. 1996 that interested me in this: :"Did you realize that all men between the ages of 17 & 45 in 1917 had to register for the WW I draft? That means ALL men, regardless of physical condition or citizenship status. They all had to register, but just as surely they all were not called up to serve. Each man was to go to his county courthouse to fill out a form asking name, age, birthplace, occupation, citizenship status and other questions. What a gold mine of information! These WW I draft registrations are especially helpful for the folks tracing immigrant ancestors who came in the flood tide of immigrants in the 1900-1915 period. These forms were all collected in the Georgia branch of the National Archives, and have now been microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah. You can view these films at your local Family History Center. The only "kicker" is that you must know the county where your ancestor registered. Good luck!" My experience: couldn't get film at local LDS center last year...too new, I was told. So I wrote to National Archives-Southeast Region, 1557 St. Joseph Ave., East Point, GA 30344 and inquired. I was sent a typed form, cost $5.00 (last year). For some large cities, like New York, LA, San Fran., New Orleans, Cleveland, Phila.,one needs an exact address. I tried for two men...one I had an induction paper for...no draft record found; the other was in uniform, but no record found (no charge either). By luck a few weeks ago, Ancestry website had WWI names for free search, so I looked for both of them, and found one! I thought he had registered in Camden County, NJ, but he actually had registered in Wilmington, DE, so maybe he was working there??? Good luck. MaisieAnn@aol.com Hudson, OH

    07/02/1998 03:23:01