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From: "Geralyn W. Barry" <>
Subject: RE: [POSEN] Draft Card Opinion
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 19:10:18 -0600
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There were two blanks on the WWI draft registration card - one for the name
and one for the address of the "nearest relative". If the man was married,
his wife's name and address were usually listed. If he was not married, the
person listed might be his father or mother or some other "nearest"
relative - even if that person was not in the US. I have seen names of
towns in Poland listed for address of nearest relative.

Geralyn Wood Barry in Oregon

At 05:45 PM 2/12/05, Judy in Ocala wrote:
>The ones I have seen do not. The only way I could be sure in some cases that
>I had the right person was to look at the spouse.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [mailto:]
>Does the draft card registration of WWI show the name of the
>father of that person and where the father was born?

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