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...
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 AMThanks 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 AMDan, 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