This week I've received at least 6 messages which should have gone to a different person. I've forwarded each piece of mail, BUT - if the people who see something is forwarded would really read the message they could tell who to send the message/reply to. Please, don't just hit a "reply to" without looking and thinking about WHO you are replying to. You can see who your message is going to, and if it's addressed to the person who forwarded the message RATHER than to the originator of the message it will either: not get to the originator, or will be delayed - waiting for the person who receives the message to forward it on (from now on I may, or may not, do this). I suspect I forward a lot more than some list owners do (since these lists are relatively small), but you are still taking a chance that: I won't do it, won't see it, or am so busy it will be delayed for a long time. Someone who forwarded my forward, as if I were the originator of the WWI draft record message, caused this response to be sent to me - I don't need any comments or reactions to it - just read it and decide for yourself. Jo "FYI, there are some MAJOR errors in her words of wisdom. I've used the WWI draft records up here on occasion, and know several researchers who use them frequently. I'm not certain where she got her information, but the FHL microfilm consists of over 4,000 rolls of film. They are organized by state, county, then registration district in the case of cities. They were NOT just taken out of boxes willy nilly and filmed. If I can take film rolls out of the drawer for given counties and find only those counties on the film, and in alphabetical order, her claims just don't make sense. Granted, they are not always totally in alphabetical order, sometimes grouped by letter of first name although that's not usually the case. I am at a loss as to what microfilm she's looked at, but it's certainly not what's here at the FHL. The records were filmed in the late 1980's, and they would never in the world spend the time and money on a project that large without the records being organized in advance. So for what it's worth ."