Hi, Some guys lied they were a year older than they were because they wanted to be able to get into the Army so bad and fight in the War. You might watch out for that problem. I suggest always checking mutiple sources and may the sources with the most agreements win. Does his birth year agree with census records? Did he fight in WW2 also and have a WW2 draft reg card? Was he in the Soc Sec death index. That lists birth dates. Did he have an obit that may have told his birth date of his age. Did you look for a gravestone with birth year on it? Did he have a funeral home record, they often times list birth dates. Some cemetery indexes list year of birth. Nathan --- On Sun, 7/29/12, II Keller <kelleri00@hotmail.com> wrote: From: II Keller <kelleri00@hotmail.com> Subject: [GFO] World War I Registration card To: orforum@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, July 29, 2012, 1:20 PM How accurate are World War I draft registration cards?    Can it be a valid source for a man’s birthdate and birthplace? Thank you. Irene                           ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORFORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message