[or-roots] WW1 Draft Notices. FYI

[Robert Gust]

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Record 
about Clarence Fred Drescher 
Name: Clarence Fred Drescher 
City: Chicago  
County: Cook  
State: Illinois  
Birth Date: 07 Dec 1883  
Race: White  
Roll: 1439758  
DraftBoard: 13  
Age: View Image 
Occupation: View Image 
Nearest Relative: View Image 
Registration Place: View Image 
Height: View Image 
Build: View Image 
Color of Eyes: View Image 
Color of Hair: View Image 
Signature: View Image 
 
The WWI draft registration cards contain a lot of information pertinent to genealogical research. Information that may be found on these cards includes full name, address, age, date of birth, race, citizenship, occupation, employers name, location of employment, name and address of nearest relative, physical description, and signature of registrant, among other things. Use the information found in this database to fill in details about your ancestor's life. Then, use the information as a springboard to lead you to other records. For example, if the address of your ancestor is listed on the draft card, use that information to find your ancestor in a city directory and then trace your ancestor through that city's directories for as many years as you can.

The draft cards are also a good source for finding immigrant information because all young men were required to register, regardless of U.S. citizen status, and since 1880-1920 was a high immigration period, a large portion of immigrant men registered and gave information of birth date, birthplace, and in some cases their father's birthplace and nearest relative. 

Search Hints
1. Persons already in the military did not register. 
2. Surnames, first names, and maiden names were sometimes mixed up, so if you don't find an ancestor under their surname, type their surname into another search field.
3. Men who resided in British territories sometimes listed themselves simply as British citizens without noting their origin in Canada, Australia, Ireland, Jamaica, etc. 
4. Illiterate men were unable to spell their names and birth location, so look for varying spelling variations by the literate individual who filled out the form. There could also be complications if the immigrant's native language was not English. 
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-18 [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002. National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 4,277 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. 


This is one example of a card  I found.  It list relative as Barbara Drescher La Grange Mo as nearest relateive. This was his mother.  I consider this to be a primary source for Clarence as he filled out the information himself. I also noticed that all the Drescher sons who had cards  had gray eyes. 
A great resource and what I referred to in the prior message.
Susie
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Barbara Wulf 
  To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us 
  Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 10:13 PM
  Subject: Re: [or-roots] WW1 Draft Notices. FYI


  Ancestry has Draft Registration forms.  Is that the same?

  Barb
  wulf at bendbroadband.com
  http://home.bendcable.com/wulf/Project/siteMapNoImage.htm

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Robert Gust 
    To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us 
    Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 6:56 PM
    Subject: Re: [or-roots] WW1 Draft Notices. FYI


    Ancestry.com has all of them.

      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: dgoodma02 at comcast.net 
      To: Oregon Group 
      Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 6:31 PM
      Subject: [or-roots] WW1 Draft Notices. FYI


      A fellow Corespondent of mine found WW1 Draft Notices for my Grandfather and two uncles.  I don,t know where he found them on the Web.  It does indicate that my Grand father was 44 Years Old when he got his notice!

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      Bob Goodman 
      USAF Retired 
      University Place, Washington
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