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Lisa Lights the Way |
Using World War I Civilian Draft
Registration
by Lisa South, Certified
Genealogist
In 1917 and 1918 all men born
between 1873 and 1900 had to register for the
draft. This included immigrants that were not yet
naturalized. Most of these men weren’t required to
serve, but this registration created approximately
24 million WWI draft registration cards.
There were three separate registrations
and each asked for slightly different information,
but in general the registration cards will contain
the registrants full name, birth date and place,
citizenship status, information about nearest
relative, physical description, address and
occupation.
At least 5% (this figure will
continue to increase) of these draft registration
cards have been placed on-line and can be easily
located. For the others, the best way to access
the cards is usually to search the appropriate
microfilm your local Family History Library.
Search the Family History Library Catalog under
“Keyword Search.” Enter the search words “ World
War I draft registration cards” to locate the film
numbers for the cards. You can also access the
Family History Library Catalog at www.familysearch.org.
There may be a few problems in locating
your Ancestor’s card. If the man was illiterate,
you will need to get creative about possible
spellings of his name. Many Italian immigrants
listed their last names first, therefore the cards
were filed under the first name. Because of the
naming system of taking both parents surnames and
placing the mother’s last, Hispanics may be filed
under the mother’s maiden name.
As you
evaluate the records you should be aware that men
listed as British citizens could come from
Britain, Canada, Australia etc.
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