Can I assume if I have a World War I Draft Registration and am unable to find the person in the 1920 Hudson census that that person was in the service? I have found them in 1910 and 1930, but nothing for 1920. Pat Belterman

That's a pretty good bet, but not a certainty. To double check look at the 1930 census -- there's a block on the right hand side for veterans and a designation of which war. Jim Groat A vet of 24 years 2 mos and 8 days, two major wars, and untold brushfires before I decided not to make it a career. I make no hasty decisions. <grin> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat & Bob" <pbelt97@mhcable.com> To: <NYCOLUMB@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 6:39 PM Subject: [NYCOLUMB] Census Records for 1920 > Can I assume if I have a World War I Draft Registration and am unable to > find the person in the 1920 Hudson census that that person was in the > service? I have found them in 1910 and 1930, but nothing for 1920. > > > > Pat Belterman > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYCOLUMB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Pat, I won't bet on that. Instead, I would bet that someone when indexing the surname may have misread the name entirely. If you use Ancestry to look for the census, then use their advanced search and put in first name, state or country of birth and an approximate year of birth. Leave out the last name altogether and try your search that way. I've found many families that way because the indexer didn't read the name correctly. Luckily when I do find them, Ancestry has a way to add an "alternate" name and so I add the correct name there so that anyone searching in the future will easily find the family. Happy Hunting! Cathy At 07:39 PM 8/11/2009 -0400, you wrote: >Can I assume if I have a World War I Draft Registration and am unable to >find the person in the 1920 Hudson census that that person was in the >service? I have found them in 1910 and 1930, but nothing for 1920. > > > >Pat Belterman > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >NYCOLUMB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message