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From: <Topaz428(a)aol.com>
To: <NEWGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 1999 7:18 AM
Subject: [NEWGEN] Follow up correction for Draft Cards
This will teach me to read all of my mail before I send anything
although
it
is still good information.
Sandy
Dear Fellow Listers,
As to the WWI Draft Cards:
I am afraid I must report that although they can provide such wonderful
information as a substitute official proof of birth date and place and
usually at least one relative's name as well as the applicant's physical
description and his signature, the cost is not 25 or 50 cents. They cost
$10.00 per WWI draft card and the NARA in GA is the only place you can
order
them by mail and on a special form which they will provide. However,
the
films are all available at the NARA DC office, and each regional NARA
office
has those films of the states in that region. For example, Virginia
WWI
Draft
Application Cards are available on film in the regional NARA office
in
Philadelphia as well as in DC and East Point, Georgia. When you look at
the
films yourself and make a copy, the cost is 25 cents total since both
sides
of the card are filmed side by side. The exact same films are all
available
at the Salt Lake Family History Library; the cost there is also 25
cents
for
a microfilm print copy.
While there is no index for these films, they are listed by county or
independent city draft board and are alphabetized within that county or
city.
As I recall, Richmond had the most draft boards in VA, and that was
4 or
5.
Most counties had only one. It really was neither difficult nor time
consuming. I just used the films in the National Archives in DC last month
and found them most rewarding. On the other hand, I had had my written
requests based on that same email from another list returned to me with a
letter saying the East Point NARA had received many such requests but did
not
understand how that erroneous information had originated. I thought I
would
pass on my experience so others would not be mislead.
Regards,
Carol
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