WWII draft registration information

Note: Be careful for those who died in 1941.  Many who later qualified for the young men draft were not eligible for the original 1940 draft.  For example, someone born in 1902 was not eligible for the draft until Feb 1942.  So if he died in 1941, he should be marked D, not NF. 

 

REGISTRATION NAME	DATE of REGISTRATION	FOR THESE MEN (not already in military)	BORN	HAS OCCUPATION AS A FIELD	Ht/Weight FIELD
First Registration	Oct 16, 1940	Men between the ages of 21 and 36	10/16/1904 -  10/16/1919	N	Y
Second Registration	Jul 1, 1941	Men who reached 21 since the first draft of Oct 16, 1940	10/17/1919- 7/12/1920	Y	Y
Third Registration	Feb 16, 1942	Men 20 -21 and 35-44. [Men aged 22-35 had already registered previously]	2/17/1897-12/31/1921	N	Y
Fourth Registration (Old Man’s Draft)	Apr 27, 1942	Men 45 -64 years old	4/28/1877- 2/16/1897	N	Y
Fifth Registration	Jun 30, 1942	Men 18-20	1/1/1922- 6/30/1924	N	Y
Sixth Registration	Dec 10-31, 1942	Men who reached 18 after Fifth Registration (6/30/1942)	7/1/1924 – 12/31/1924	N	Y
Sixth Continued?	Continuous thru 1947	Not sure of official name but people continued to have draft cards thru 1947 born up thru 1929	1/1/1925-1929	N	Y

Note: There is some overlap for people born in 1897 and 1898, and some men who should have old man’s draft cards are found on young men’s draft cards.

 

YOUNG MAN’S DRAFT 1940-1947

STATES AVAILABLE:   All states, except Maine, are available on the Ancestry database.  Records from Maine were destroyed and were never digitized. 

OLD MAN’S DRAFT 1942:

STATES AVAILABLE: The following states do not have draft cards in the Ancestry database as the cards were destroyed without ever being microfilmed:

·         Alabama

·         Florida

·         Georgia

·         Maine

·         Mississippi

·         New Mexico

·         North Carolina

·         South Carolina

·         Tennessee

 

PROMBLEM WITH IMAGES:  Images from DE, MD, PA, and WV were microfilmed incorrectly at NARA.  Front and back sides are photographed together in one image but are not for the same person. The back side of the card for Person A is in the next image at the bottom for Person B.

Springtime is here!

 To celebrate the arrival of spring, I thought I'd post a few photos.

It's hard to tell, but there is a pileated woodpecker on this tree.

Inspirational poem written by a high school student a few years ago

 Sandy shared the following poem with us.

Worst Day Ever?

by Chanie Gorkin

 

Today was the absolute worst day ever

And don’t try to convince me that

There’s something good in every day

Because, when you take a closer look,

This world is a pretty evil place. 
Even if

Some goodness does shine through once in a while

Satisfaction and happiness don’t last.

And it’s not true that

It’s all in the mind and heart

Because

True happiness can be attained

Only if one’s surroundings are good

It’s not true that good exists

I’m sure you can agree that

The reality

Creates

My attitude

It’s all beyond my control

And you’ll never in a million years hear me say

Today was a very good day

 

Now read it from bottom to top to get the true message.

Here is an article about the author and the poem.

International Women's Day

 Happy International Women's Day! 

How will you commemorate the day? Donate to charity? Learn about women's history? Appreciate your own accomplishments? Support the women in your life and around the world?

Here are some links to get you started.

Learn more about the day.

Learn about women's history. March is Women's History Month.

Here is an article from the Washington Post.

Here is a presidential proclamation.

The government has resources and events.

There is a National Women's History Museum. Visit the website here.

Spring is in the air

 It's beginning to look a lot like springtime outside. I thought I'd share a few pictures.

Some fun days in March

Thanks to AnnaLisa for giving us information on special days to celebrate this month. I'm looking forward to a few of these.

March 8- International Women's Day (I'll be doing a virtual 5k to commemorate this day, although probably not on the day of. Here's the link in case you're interested.)

March 12- National Plant a Flower Day

March 14- Learn About Butterflies Day

March 15- National Peanut Lovers Days

March 19- National Chocolate Caramel Day

March 21- National French Bread Day

March 22- National Goof-off Day and World Water Day

March 23- National Chip and Dip Day

March 25- International Waffle Day

March 30- Take a Walk in the Park Day

March 31- Dance Marathon Day