Think Bill helped me more than I could have helped him. Does anyone have a Staunton Catholic Church (or nearby Catholic church) address, where he might write? Hey, if you all are interested in WWI original draft card info, the Jewish Genealogy text file at the url Bill mentioned has got some super info: http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/wwidraft.txt Thanks, Bill, and good luck. gf At 09:52 PM 10/26/99 -0400, you wrote: [snip] >> If it has a church named on it, >> possibly the church might have more of a record. [snip] >No >church is named, but it's signed by "Rev. L P Hurthmans", "a Catholic >Priest". [snip] >I've been to NARA SE in Atlanta twice, and will be going again in late >November. From <http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/wwidraft.txt> I've >learned that NARA SE hold the originals of the WW1 draft registration >records, and will do a lookup for $10. I believe I'll ask them to do >that.