is this the quotation from Ancestry.com ??? ----- Original Message ----- From: <Redrabbitt@aol.com> To: <mdallega@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 10:59 AM Subject: [MDALLEGA] About World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 > > About World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 > This database contains an index and images of World War I draft > registration > cards completed by approximately 24 million men living in the U.S. > in 1917 > and 1918. Information that may be found for an individual includes: > name, > place of residence, date and place of birth, race, country of > citizenship, > occupation, and employer. > In 1917 and 1918, approximately 24 million men living in the United > States > completed a World War I draft registration card. These registration > cards > represent approximately 98% of the men under the age of 46. The > total U.S. > population in 1917-1918 was about 100 million individuals. In other > words, close > to 25% of the total population is represented in these records. > > The WWI draft registration cards database can be an extremely useful > resource > because it covers a significant portion of the U.S. male population > in the > early twentieth-century. If you had family in the United States > during WWI, > you are likely to find at least one relative’s information within > this large > collection. In addition, these cards contain more than just names > and dates; > they contain significant genealogical information such as > birthplace, > citizenship status, and information on the individual’s nearest > relative. > > > Kathy Heare Watts > > The greatest measure of GOD'S love > is that HE loves without measure. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >