http://landing.ancestry.com/military/vday/world.aspx SOME WW II draft cards data are not on line at Ancestry.com. Access Ancestry free through public libraries and family histoory centers with subscritions. The data on line at present is from the "fouth regiestration" after enactment of the draft law in 1940. It covers the period from April 27, 1942 when men who were between the ages of 45 and 64 were registered. The data includes the men's names, DOB, birthplace and employment data. There is also a physical description and the name and address of someone to contact to know the registrant's whereabouts. There may aslo be details including a registration number and other data that may be helpful for obtaining copies of documents. Not all of the listings have all the data. Check back from time to time to see if any names or details about given registrants have been added. At present the data for only 15 states, all of them in the East (with the exception of Indiana) is included in the database but it is worth checking from time to time to learn what has been added. Each state archive should have ALL the original WW II draft registration cards. All of the cards are available on microfilm from NARA or from the LDS. Researchers interested in WW II draft records or any other records of ancestors that may be less than 50-75 years old should consider doing that as soon as possible. There are laws under consideration in various states and even at the federal level that could eventually restrict access to some of that data until it is 75-100 years old. The URL for the home pabe fo9r Ancestry.com database is: http://landing.ancestry.com/military/vday/world.aspx. The acrual database is: : http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1002&o_iid=24436&o_lid=24436&o_it=21416 Some of the above is extracted from a posting by Dick Eastman on May 31, 2006 | Permalink Karen