Re: [LegacyUG] Draft cards explanation please

2009-06-06 Thread Paula Ryburn
Donald, How wonderful to hear from someone with "connections" back to WWII.  Thank you for sharing your perspective with us. --Paula --- On Tue, 6/2/09, Donald Frost wrote: From: Donald Frost Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Draft cards explanation please To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfami

Re: [LegacyUG] Draft cards explanation please

2009-06-02 Thread Donald Frost
Helen This should be wat you are looking for. All combatants used the draft in WWII, and before. The USA started its first peace time draft in its history as a nation ( a bill that passed Congress by just one vote ), just months prior to Pearl Harbor. Like many nations, the USA would draft just a

Re: [LegacyUG] Draft cards explanation please

2009-06-02 Thread circe
Thanks, superdue, Eliz and Kay, Jackie is working hard to answer my questions. I found Ancestry's explanation rather confusing mainly not being familiar with the various connotations of the word "draft". To me it means that someone forgot to shut the window! Helen Legacy User Group guideline

Re: [LegacyUG] Draft cards explanation please

2009-06-02 Thread spperdue
$50,000 if convicted. The potential fine was later increased to $250,000. - Original Message - From: ci...@treadles.ca To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Tuesday, June 2, 2009 4:32:10 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [LegacyUG] Draft cards explanation please

Re: [LegacyUG] Draft cards explanation please

2009-06-02 Thread Eliz Hanebury
/09, ci...@treadles.ca wrote: > >> From: ci...@treadles.ca >> Subject: [LegacyUG] Draft cards explanation please >> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com >> Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 1:32 PM >> I've downloaded draft cards from >> Ancestry because

Re: [LegacyUG] Draft cards explanation please

2009-06-02 Thread Jackie King
Answered off list ci...@treadles.ca wrote: I've downloaded draft cards from Ancestry because (1) they are an additional piece of information about an ancestor and (2) they add to the background/personality of someone who could otherwise be just BMD dates and have added them to the collection o

Re: [LegacyUG] Draft cards explanation please

2009-06-02 Thread Kay Fordham
2, 2009 1:32 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Draft cards explanation please I've downloaded draft cards from Ancestry because (1) they are an additional piece of information about an ancestor and (2) they add to the background/personality of someone who could otherwise be just BMD dates and ha

Re: [LegacyUG] Draft cards explanation please

2009-06-02 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
h in LA CA --- On Tue, 6/2/09, ci...@treadles.ca wrote: > From: ci...@treadles.ca > Subject: [LegacyUG] Draft cards explanation please > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 1:32 PM > I've downloaded draft cards from > Ancestry because (1

Re: [LegacyUG] Draft cards explanation please

2009-06-02 Thread circe
On Tue, 2 Jun 2009 16:56:48 EDT, you wrote: >you can find the entire history of the draft on Wikipedia.com I found that but it did not answer my original questions. Helen Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-arc

Re: [LegacyUG] Draft cards explanation please

2009-06-02 Thread Kewsy
li.co.uk/fergys/ _ > From: ci...@treadles.ca > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: [LegacyUG] Draft cards explanation please > Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 16:32:10 -0400 > > I've downlo

RE: [LegacyUG] Draft cards explanation please

2009-06-02 Thread ronald ferguson
.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _ > From: ci...@treadles.ca > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: [LegacyUG] Draft cards explanation please &g

Re: [LegacyUG] Draft cards explanation please

2009-06-02 Thread Kewsy
you can find the entire history of the draft on Wikipedia.com In a message dated 6/2/2009 4:39:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ci...@treadles.ca writes: I've downloaded draft cards from Ancestry because (1) they are an additional piece of information about an ancestor and (2) they add to t

[LegacyUG] Draft cards explanation please

2009-06-02 Thread circe
I've downloaded draft cards from Ancestry because (1) they are an additional piece of information about an ancestor and (2) they add to the background/personality of someone who could otherwise be just BMD dates and have added them to the collection of images for that person but ignored them oth