WWI draft registrations are the perfect place to start with for genealogy if you know where your grandfathers were.
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Max
Mar 27 '12, 08:03
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This was the record group I used to start my surname file. Starting with about 1,700 records two or three years ago, I've matched names to census, social security death index, and county birth and death records and built a database of over 19,000 people with sourced information.
If they were born in the U.S. in the 1880s to 1901, you can usually easily match them to the 1910 census, and also the 1920 census, because the different types of draft registration cards usually indicated some form of family. If they were born in the U.S. between 1876 and 1880 you can find them on the 1880 census, which means you'll have good information on their parents, who can then be found on the 1870 and 1860 census.
The draft registration is a great source because you get the exact date of birth and exact birth location, as well as sometimes physical description and job location. Lots of great info at the right time. Many of the guys born in the 1890s and with records for WWI will also be found in the 1944 WWII old man draft registration.
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