Dear Randy- I am skeptical of a "free lunch" (someone offering this info for nothing.) What happens when you click on the link? Is there spyware involved? I have recently had some stuff dumped into my computer that luckily my anti-virus program turned up during a scan, but it was an unknown new virus, probably obtained from visiting a website where it had been embedded. (shiver) Scary. I hate to be a wet blanket, but I am trying to avoid unknown websites of uncertain history. Since you have already visited the site, you are my guinea pig (grin) and tell me please if you've noticed anything "weird" on your computer since. Thanks in advance- Meg Bookout ScandalMcC@aol.com wrote: > Fellow researchers, > > I just discovered today a free offer, good until Nov. 25, on ancestry.com -- > World War I draft registration records. (I can't afford a subscription to > this service.) I originally thought they were service records, which already are > available through the Missouri secretary of state's office. > > However, these are actually the records compiled when men 45 and under > reported to REGISTER for the draft. While they did not have to list parents, they > in many cases were asked to list next of kin. The records vary by time and > jurisdiction. But here's a sample of how they have helped me: > > -- Middle names. (My grandfather's uncle, Robert Lee McConnell, now has is > listed in my computer by his real name, Robert Leroy McConnell. John P. > Edwards, who married Eva McConnell, is now John Pinkney Edwards. Byron W. Edwards is > now Byron William Edwards. William L. or Lindsey McConnell is now William > Lenza McConnell.) > --Place and date of birth. (Christian Co. in many places has been replaced > by Nixa, Battlefield and Brookline. In a few cases, I now have a city, not > just the state listed in a census. I no longer have to rely on the month and > year on the 1900 census for the closest possible dates for these men.) > -- Place of residence during WWI. > -- Physical deformities. > -- Actual number of children at the time of registration, which helps with > the deaths of infants and when they occurred.) > -- Color of eyes. A remarkable majority of the McConnells in Nixa had grey > or blue eyes. Few had brown. What a strange genetic twist. > -- Color of hair. > -- Height -- tall, medium or short. Sorry, they're not as good as the > post-Civil War militia records here. > -- Weight -- heavy, medium or slender. > -- Next of kin, which appears in some records but not all forms. > -- SIGNATURES. Registrants had to attest to the information. In many cases, > I had no way to get a signature on these folks. A few -- a very few -- still > could not write and signed with their marks. Some of these men had outstanding > handwriting. > > Just follow the directions below. > > Happy hunting, > Randy McConnell > > >>Ancestry has completed indexing and digitizing >>nearly 24 million World >>War One Draft Registration Cards (1917-1918). To >>celebrate they are >> offering free access to this database with >>registration (your name and >>email address) from November 12-25, 2005. To take >> advantage of this >>offer you must go to the web page below and click on >>the WWI Draft Cards >>link near the top... >> >>Online World War One Indexes & Records >>http://www.militaryindexes.com/worldwarone/ >> > > > > > > > > ==== MOCHRIST Mailing List ==== > New and improved Christian County URL http://christian.mogenweb.org > Just insert your Missouri county in place of the word COUNTY http://COUNTY.mogenweb.org to quick-access ANY Missouri MOGENWEB County! > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > >

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