May 25, 2007

Drafty.

Yesterday I mentioned the newest set of government records placed online by Ancestry.com and my troubles in accessing any of it. Last night I was finally able to get everything working correctly, and found both of my grandfathers' World War I draft cards, and my dad's name on the muster roll for the USS Hancock.

So much other stuff to look at, too...

Posted by Terry Oglesby at May 25, 2007 09:17 AM
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I found both Grampas draft cards from 1942. Which surprised me, since both were about 46 at the time. Oddly, I couldn't find either of them in the WWI records, when I would've expected both to be listed.

Both were rejected for medical reasons (one with bad eyes, one with bad feet as I recall), so maybe the 4F records weren't included online.

Posted by: skinnydan at May 25, 2007 10:04 AM

Thanks for telling us about this being more functional now. I found my grandfather's WWI draft registration card and will go back to check for some WWII records for my father and uncles.

Posted by: Stan at May 25, 2007 10:07 AM

Dan, men up to 45 years old were eligble for the draft age in WWII, and those up to 65 years old were required to register with Selective Service.

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at May 25, 2007 11:31 AM

[johnny carson] I did not know that [/johnny carson]

Posted by: skinnydan at May 25, 2007 12:14 PM