The original poster said he did not know if there was or was not a draft
card, simply that his person of interest registered for the draft. I think
it has been only recently that we, in the US, had an all volunteer military.
There was continuous draft registration for quite some time. Males of 18
years of age were required to register. (Whether they did or not is another
question.)
Elizabeth
researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eliz Hanebury" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 3:48 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] how to source miltary draft
Good point but if there is a draft card, it would be 1917-18 so maybe
just a mistake?
ELiz
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 7:42 PM, Elizabeth Richardson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Eliz - 1919 is not included in the World War I draft cards because that
war
ended in 1918. In 1919 they called WWI the "war to end all wars". I'm
sure
no one was thinking about a World War II, let alone draft registrations,
so
a 1919 draft card would not be included in a World War II collection.
Elizabeth
researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson
----- Original Message ----- From: "Eliz Hanebury" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 3:28 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] how to source miltary draft
Ancestry have them, I think all of them, but let us have the name and
I will have at it.
Eliz
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 6:40 PM, Elizabeth Richardson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Eliz - You have a source for 1919 Michigan draft cards?
Elizabeth
researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson
----- Original Message ----- From: "Eliz Hanebury"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 1:45 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] how to source miltary draft
Ask us to look it up <VBG> and then the event is - to me - draft card
or WW II Draft Card
Eliz
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Bernard Doddema
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
hmmmm....maybe I worded it wrong. I'm trying to put it into an
Event.
I
don't have a "copy" of his draft card. I got the information from a
family
website.
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Elizabeth Richardson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Source? I mean, how did you learn of his registering for the draft?
Elizabeth
researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson)
Thompson
----- Original Message ----- From: Bernard Doddema
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 12:35 PM
Subject: [LegacyUG] how to source miltary draft
How do you source registering for the military draft? All I have is
this....
He registered for the Army draft on September 12, 1919 at Osceola
County,
Hersey, Michigan.
Any ideas?
Thanks
--
Bernard Doddema, Jr.
http://doddemagen.com
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