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<DIV><SPAN class=body><B>World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Record
<BR>about Clarence Fred Drescher <BR>Name: Clarence Fred Drescher <BR>City:
Chicago <BR>County: Cook <BR>State: Illinois <BR>Birth Date:
07 Dec 1883 <BR>Race: White <BR>Roll: 1439758 <BR>DraftBoard:
13 <BR>Age: View Image <BR>Occupation: View Image <BR>Nearest Relative:
View Image <BR>Registration Place: View Image <BR>Height: View Image <BR>Build:
View Image <BR>Color of Eyes: View Image <BR>Color of Hair: View Image
<BR>Signature: View Image <BR> <BR>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.</B></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=body><B>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. </B></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=body><B>Search Hints<BR>1. Persons already in the military did
not register. <BR>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.<BR>3. Men who resided in British territories
sometimes listed themselves simply as British citizens without noting their
origin in Canada, Australia, Ireland, Jamaica, etc. <BR>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. <BR>Source
Information:<BR>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. </B></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=body><B><BR>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. <BR>A great resource and what I referred to
in the prior message.<BR>Susie</B></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=wulf@bendbroadband.com href="mailto:wulf@bendbroadband.com">Barbara
Wulf</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December 31, 2005 10:13
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] WW1 Draft
Notices. FYI</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT face=Verdana>Ancestry has Draft Registration forms. Is
that the same?</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><BR>Barb<BR><A
href="mailto:wulf@bendbroadband.com">wulf@bendbroadband.com</A><BR><A
href="http://home.bendcable.com/wulf/Project/siteMapNoImage.htm">http://home.bendcable.com/wulf/Project/siteMapNoImage.htm</A><BR></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=rgust@netins.net href="mailto:rgust@netins.net">Robert Gust</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December 31, 2005 6:56
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] WW1 Draft
Notices. FYI</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ancestry.com has all of them.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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<A title=dgoodma02@comcast.net
href="mailto:dgoodma02@comcast.net">dgoodma02@comcast.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">Oregon Group</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December 31, 2005
6:31 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [or-roots] WW1 Draft
Notices. FYI</DIV>
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<DIV>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!</DIV>
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<DIV class=signature id=signature>--<BR>Bob Goodman <BR>USAF Retired
<BR>University Place,
Washington</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>