From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Thu Apr 13 08:41:29 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k3DEfTjb030712; Thu, 13 Apr 2006 08:41:29 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3DEfNfu023869 for ; Thu, 13 Apr 2006 08:41:24 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k3DC96FI027160 for ; Thu, 13 Apr 2006 08:09:06 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k3DC96GB027159 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Thu, 13 Apr 2006 08:09:06 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k3D399FI025526 for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2006 23:09:09 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k3D5fEsJ005140 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Wed, 12 Apr 2006 23:41:14 -0600 X-Envelope-From: Dddarwin@aol.com Wed Apr 12 23:41:14 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k3D5fEjb005129 for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2006 23:41:14 -0600 Received: from imo-m25.mx.aol.com (imo-m25.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.6]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3D5fAlV015547 for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2006 23:41:11 -0600 Received: from Dddarwin@aol.com by imo-m25.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.3.) id e.2a9.22a0423 (17079); Thu, 13 Apr 2006 01:40:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Dddarwin@aol.com Message-ID: <2a9.22a0423.316f3e67@aol.com> Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 01:40:55 EDT To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com CC: okcritters@cox.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 2340 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] RE: WWI Draft Cards ANSWER TO BELOW: Christine, Good question but I'm not sure there is any one answer to your question. Both my father and my uncle enlisted to my knowledge (my father for sure as he told me) but both served in WWI and both had draft cards filled out. Did you check the 1930 Census to see if he served? If he did, he might have enlisted before he would have had to fill out a draft card. If not......did you try all possibilties of find the draft card in Ancestry. By that I mean, last name only, add month of birth. Too many entries try exact date of birth. I have found that some draft cards vary by one (usually) or two years. Also, some first/middle names were no as expected. Draft cards were by what the men were known by at birth.............not necessarily by what they went by. If the person was already serving there would have been no draft registration card filled out so that is another reason you might not have been able to locate it. If you're sure he served, try Google and ask for the Regiment or maybe WWI and the name. Stranger things have been known to show up (grin). Gretchen PS - Be careful of asking for the state of birth...........Not all of the draft cards (there were 3 different ones) asked for that information and hence Ancestry would not have that information! ORIGINAL QUESTION: From: "Christine Chambers" Subject: [ROOTS-L] WWI Draft cards? I have a man who was in WWI but I can't find him in Ancestry's draft cards. My question is: if he enlisted instead of being drafted, where should I look for that information? Any suggestions will be appreciated.