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From: "Jeff Hughes" <>
Subject: [LDR] WWI registration cards
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 17:22:54 +0500


Just as an FYI, The cards and questions appeared different because there were three (3) registration cycles. Slightly different cards and questions each time.

Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 00:51:20 EDT
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Subject: Re: [LDR] John Wesley Jones, Delaware
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>
> In a message dated 7/3/2003 7:34:49 PM Central Standard Time,
> writes:
>
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > I have looked at World War I Draft records on Ancestry.com.for my Great
> > Great Grandfather, John Wesley Jones Born in Delaware near Middletown. There
> > are 4 John Wesley Jones records, but no details. Would anyone know if there
> > is a way to look at these records perhaps at the Family History Center or
> > somewhere else? Thank you.
> >
> > Lisa Morris Reilly
> >
>
> I just got copies of the WWI Civilian Draft Records on microfilm from the LDS
> Library.  It was not, however, simple to figure out what the film numbers
> were.  I finally got the numbers I needed by calling the library in Salt Lake
> City and spoke with a reference librarian who looked up the specific film numbers
> for the counties in which your people registered.  I could not find on their
> website catalog the numbers I needed for the individual films.  Though I did
> see the reference book used by the librarian to get the numbers for the films I
> needed listed in the card catalog.  I spent a lot of wasted time!  Just call
> someone right away and ask for a librarian familiar with the WWI records and
> then tell that person what you need.
>
> When I finally got the film, I found that the original cards had been filmed
> on both sides.  Sometimes, I got information that was useful for sorting out
> who was whom because the card listed a mother, a father, or a wife.  However,
> not all of the cards were the same -- apparently, depending on how early or
> late someone registered the registration cards changed and requirements for
> filling in the blanks were sometimes sluffed by!
>
> However, for a really low cost to rent the film through your local LDS Family
> History Center, I would certainly say it was worth the try!
>
> Karen Carter
> Minneapolis

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