Think all men had to register for the draft, even after the WW's. My Husband did. (register) I have gotten death certificates from NY City. One has to pay for them in advance though and some have incomplete information, but I found it worth doing and may yet do it again. It also helps to have a death date, and burial information which one can get from the cemetery. It also helps to know if there is an alternate system and I do not. Good luck. On 3/31/2015 3:59 PM, Toni Evans via wrote: > Hello to all you nice people who have sent in snippets of info and thoughts. > The Draft Reg WW11 I did wonder if it was compulsory as why would a man with no legs register, I also have tried some newspapers with no luck and a reli has just said that they thought it had been a train accident but I guess it depends on the search phrase used what turns up. > I would dearly love to get a couple of death certs but on reading the info on the net re NYC records it looks well nigh impossible unless anybody can tell me different and of course another hurdle is I live at the bottom of the world so would have to be through the net. Plus I am trying to get my head around the recording system for deaths even the records thrown up on Family Search.org have added to the confusion. > > Any thought or ideas would be welcome. > Toni > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com

The draft cards you are referring to are those from 1942 and are colloquially known as the "Old Man Draft." That draft generally covered men born between 1877 and 1897, who were too old to serve in battle. It was meant to capture employment information so the army could determine if any men had skills they needed for the war effort. See http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/United_States_World_War_II_Draft_Records for more information. Michelle > On Mar 31, 2015, at 11:53 PM, Dorothy Schmid via <[email protected]> wrote: > > Think all men had to register for the draft, even after the WW's. My > Husband did. (register) I have gotten death certificates from NY > City. One has to pay for them in advance though and some have > incomplete information, but I found it worth doing and may yet do it > again. It also helps to have a death date, and burial information which > one can get from the cemetery. It also helps to know if there is an > alternate system and I do not. Good luck. > > >> On 3/31/2015 3:59 PM, Toni Evans via wrote: >> Hello to all you nice people who have sent in snippets of info and thoughts. >> The Draft Reg WW11 I did wonder if it was compulsory as why would a man with no legs register, I also have tried some newspapers with no luck and a reli has just said that they thought it had been a train accident but I guess it depends on the search phrase used what turns up. >> I would dearly love to get a couple of death certs but on reading the info on the net re NYC records it looks well nigh impossible unless anybody can tell me different and of course another hurdle is I live at the bottom of the world so would have to be through the net. Plus I am trying to get my head around the recording system for deaths even the records thrown up on Family Search.org have added to the confusion. >> >> Any thought or ideas would be welcome. >> Toni >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > http://www.avast.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message