Below is an addendum to the earlier message that was forwarded to PAGEN-L from
Linda Haas Davenport on WWI Draft Cards. She wanted to have this forwarded to
any lists where the original appeared.
By the way, does anybody have any experience with PA military registration
dockets in the county courthouses. I recently discovered two volumes of
Military Registration Dockets for Clarion Co., PA for 1888 and 1889, as well as
a blank docket for 1890. These volumes give a census of all males between 18
and 45 by township with age, occupation and marital status. I'm assuming that
these were probably done statewide? Does anybody know? Also, does anybody
know any other years that these may have been done?
Thanks,
Ed Book
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Date forwarded: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 04:44:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Linda Haas Davenport" <lhaasdav(a)mindspring.com>
Date sent: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 06:10:47 -0400
Subject: [USGENWEB-DISCUSS] WWI Draft Cards - clarification
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I received about a dozen e-mails this morning all asking the same question
so I know that I was not clear in my post yesterday. If you forwarded my
message about the WWI draft cards being at the GA NARA branch will you
please also forward this message?
The original draft card applications (registrations) for every state (the
entire US) are at East Pointe. According to the Archive Staff there are no
plans to split these cards and move any of them to any other NARA location
since East Pointe has been charged with the "custody" of these records.
It is only the original cards that are in state / county / alpha order.
Someone posted a message to one of the lists that NARA was planning on
re-filming the cards since they are now in state / county / alpha order. If
such a thing is underway it is unknown to the East Pointe archive staff and
they should know if such a thing was in the works.
If you request a copy of your ancestor's draft card from any NARA branch
other than this one they will be searching the LDS microfilm and you will
have to know the state and draft board for them to make a copy. It is only
at the East Pointe location that you can request a copy by state and then
county and the copy will be made from the ORIGINAL card.
If I'm still unclear please let me know.
Linda
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