{"id":4251,"date":"2017-03-04T15:42:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-04T15:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=4251"},"modified":"2017-03-04T15:42:56","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T15:42:56","slug":"world-war-ii-draft-registration-cards-old-mens-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=4251","title":{"rendered":"World War II Draft Registration Cards&#8211;Old Men&#8217;s Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4254\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4254\" class=\"wp-image-4254 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/world-war2-old-mens-draft-levi-demar-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"world-war2-old-mens-draft-levi-demar\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/world-war2-old-mens-draft-levi-demar-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/world-war2-old-mens-draft-levi-demar-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/world-war2-old-mens-draft-levi-demar.jpg 783w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4254\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old Men&#8217;s World War Two Draft Registration, 1942, Levi Louis De Mar, Jacobs, Ashland County, Wisconsin.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>Ancestry.com<\/em> recently announced an update of their &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqzyfj.com\/click-865524-10470501?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ancestry.com%2Fsearch%2Fdb.aspx%3Fdbid%3D1002\">U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942<\/a>.&#8221; This draft registration is commonly referred to as the &#8220;Old Men&#8217;s Registration,&#8221;\u00a0registered men who born on or between 28 April 1877 and 16 February 1897 and was conducted on 27 April 1942.<\/p>\n<p>The following states are currently in the database at\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqzyfj.com\/click-865524-10470501?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ancestry.com%2Fsearch%2Fdb.aspx%3Fdbid%3D1002\">Ancestry.com<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alaska<\/li>\n<li>Arizona<\/li>\n<li>Arkansas<\/li>\n<li>California<\/li>\n<li>Colorado<\/li>\n<li>Connecticut<\/li>\n<li>Delaware<\/li>\n<li>Idaho<\/li>\n<li>Illinois<\/li>\n<li>Indiana<\/li>\n<li>Iowa<\/li>\n<li>Kansas<\/li>\n<li>Kentucky<\/li>\n<li>Louisiana<\/li>\n<li>Maryland<\/li>\n<li>Massachusetts<\/li>\n<li>Michigan<\/li>\n<li>Minnesota<\/li>\n<li>Missouri<\/li>\n<li>Montana<\/li>\n<li>Nebraska<\/li>\n<li>Nevada<\/li>\n<li>New Hampshire<\/li>\n<li>New Jersey<\/li>\n<li>New York<\/li>\n<li>New York City<\/li>\n<li>North Dakota<\/li>\n<li>Ohio<\/li>\n<li>Oklahoma<\/li>\n<li>Oregon<\/li>\n<li>Pennsylvania<\/li>\n<li>Puerto Rico<\/li>\n<li>Rhode Island<\/li>\n<li>South Dakota<\/li>\n<li>Texas<\/li>\n<li>Utah<\/li>\n<li>Vermont<\/li>\n<li>Virginia<\/li>\n<li>Washington<\/li>\n<li>Washington DC<\/li>\n<li>West Virginia<\/li>\n<li>Wisconsin<\/li>\n<li>Wyoming<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong><em><strong>:\u00a0<\/strong>FamilySearch<\/em> also has a <a href=\"https:\/\/familysearch.org\/search\/image\/index#uri=https%3A%2F%2Ffamilysearch.org%2Frecapi%2Fsord%2Fcollection%2F1339071%2Fwaypoints\">database of these cards<\/a>, but as of this writing the\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqzyfj.com\/click-865524-10470501?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ancestry.com%2Fsearch%2Fdb.aspx%3Fdbid%3D1002\">Ancestry.com<\/a><\/em> database is more complete than the <a href=\"https:\/\/familysearch.org\/search\/image\/index#uri=https%3A%2F%2Ffamilysearch.org%2Frecapi%2Fsord%2Fcollection%2F1339071%2Fwaypoints\">one at\u00a0<\/a><em>FamilySearch.\u00a0<\/em>The one at \u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqzyfj.com\/click-865524-10470501?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ancestry.com%2Fsearch%2Fdb.aspx%3Fdbid%3D1002\">Ancestry.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>is also searchable as well. The images <a href=\"https:\/\/familysearch.org\/search\/image\/index#uri=https%3A%2F%2Ffamilysearch.org%2Frecapi%2Fsord%2Fcollection%2F1339071%2Fwaypoints\">at\u00a0<\/a><em>FamilySearch\u00a0<\/em>are\u00a0alphabetical by state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ancestry.com recently announced an update of their &#8220;U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942.&#8221; This draft registration is commonly referred to as the &#8220;Old Men&#8217;s Registration,&#8221;\u00a0registered men who born on or between 28 April 1877 and 16 February 1897 and was conducted on 27 April 1942. 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