{"id":7210,"date":"2018-07-06T03:14:51","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T03:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=7210"},"modified":"2018-07-06T03:14:51","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T03:14:51","slug":"world-war-ii-draft-cards-younger-mens-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=7210","title":{"rendered":"World War II Draft Cards&#8211;Younger Men&#8217;s Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A significant number of World War II US draft registration cards from what is referred to as the &#8220;young men&#8217;s draft&#8221; have been published on\u00a0<em>FamilySearch.\u00a0<\/em>A list of the currently available states has been published on our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/searchtip.genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=3713\"><em>Genealogy Search Tip of the Day<\/em><\/a> and a few quick tips to using these cards has been posted on\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/05\/using-the-us-1940-1947-draft-registrations-at-familysearch\/\">Genealogy Tip of the Day<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The cards are a wonderful resource for individuals born in the very late 19th and early 20th centuries. The cards can confirm employment (as the one does in the illustration), may mention other relatives and their addresses, and provide a physical description.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7211\" src=\"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wayne-williams-world-war-two-1024x615.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wayne-williams-world-war-two-1024x615.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wayne-williams-world-war-two-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wayne-williams-world-war-two-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wayne-williams-world-war-two.jpg 1207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Using the addresses given on the registrations, it may be possible to confirm relationships between individuals with the same last name. For some registrants the cards may provide evidence of WPA employment which would lead to additional records.<\/p>\n<p>These records are one of the few post-1940 federal records available that cover a significant proportion of the population. There sometimes are notations on the card if the individual had active military service during the war. Not all registrants who served during World War II have notations regarding their service on their card&#8211;none of my three great uncles who served have any notation to their service on their cards.<\/p>\n<p>The front and back of the card will appear as one image in the digital files. They are supposed to be in alphabetical order, but it is always possible that a card or two is filed incorrectly. Always look at the image after the one of interest is located as sometimes there is additional information after the actual card. I&#8217;ve seen change of address information and &#8220;proof of birth&#8221; information filed after the card. Not always&#8211;but occasionally, so it&#8217;s worth a look.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A significant number of World War II US draft registration cards from what is referred to as the &#8220;young men&#8217;s draft&#8221; have been published on\u00a0FamilySearch.\u00a0A list of the currently available states has been published on our\u00a0Genealogy Search Tip of the Day and a few quick tips to using these cards has been posted on\u00a0Genealogy Tip [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7210\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}