Do you ever find any information on blacks? NCWASHIN-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > NCWASHIN-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 25 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [NCWASHIN-L] WWI Draft Cards - cla ["Linda Haas Davenport" <lhaasdav@m] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from NCWASHIN-D, send a message to > > NCWASHIN-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [NCWASHIN-L] WWI Draft Cards - clarification > Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 06:10:47 -0400 > From: "Linda Haas Davenport" <lhaasdav@mindspring.com> > To: NCWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com > > I received about a dozen e-mails this morning all asking the same question > so I know that I was not clear in my post yesterday. If you forwarded my > message about the WWI draft cards being at the GA NARA branch will you > please also forward this message? > > The original draft card applications (registrations) for every state (the > entire US) are at East Pointe. According to the Archive Staff there are no > plans to split these cards and move any of them to any other NARA location > since East Pointe has been charged with the "custody" of these records. > > It is only the original cards that are in state / county / alpha order. > > Someone posted a message to one of the lists that NARA was planning on > re-filming the cards since they are now in state / county / alpha order. If > such a thing is underway it is unknown to the East Pointe archive staff and > they should know if such a thing was in the works. > > If you request a copy of your ancestor's draft card from any NARA branch > other than this one they will be searching the LDS microfilm and you will > have to know the state and draft board for them to make a copy. It is only > at the East Pointe location that you can request a copy by state and then > county and the copy will be made from the ORIGINAL card. > > If I'm still unclear please let me know. > > Linda > Home Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas/ > Marion Co AR: http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion/ > Washington Co NC, Haas & Hass e-mail list manager