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FYI - ancestry.com has posted WW II Draft Registration Cards for men born between 28 April 1877 and 16 February 1897. I found my grandfather and a number of others in it.
When you type in Place of Birth - Lithuania, it results in 22,668 names. Unfortunately, it currently only contains results for 14 states (incomplete records for New Jersey/New York). Some cards have the actual place of birth (though usually spelled incorrectly) versus just "Lithuania".
See below for more information:
The U.S. officially entered World War II on 8 December 1941 following an attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Just about a year before that, in October 1940, President Roosevelt had signed into law the first peacetime selective service draft in U.S. history, due to rising world conflicts. After the U.S. entered WWII a new selective service act required that all men between ages 18 and 65 register for the draft. Between November 1940 and October 1946, over 10 million American men were registered.
This database is an indexed collection of the draft cards from the Fourth Registration, the only registration currently available to the public (the other registrations are not available due to privacy laws). The Fourth Registration, often referred to as the "old man's registration", was conducted on 27 April 1942 and registered men who born on or between 28 April 1877 and 16 February 1897 - men who were between 45 and 64 years old - and who were not already in the military.
Information available on the draft cards includes:
• Name of registrant
• Age
• Birth date
• Birthplace
• Residence
• Employer information
• Name and address of person who would always know the registrants whereabouts
• Physical description of registrant (race, height, weight, eye and hair colors, complexion)
Additional information such as mailing address (if different from residence address), serial number, order number, and board registration information may also be available.
Which states are currently available in this database?
This database currently contains draft cards for the following states:
• Arkansas
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Indiana
• Maryland
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey*New York*
• Pennsylvania
• Puerto Rico
• Rhode Island
• Vermont
• Virginia
• West Virginia
*The collection of records for these states in this database is incomplete. Therefore, it is possible that an ancestor who fits the age requirement of this registration and is from one of these states, will not currently be found in this database.
Records for additional states will be added to this database as Ancestry can acquire them.
Tom
Researching Ammutie(sp?)/Amulis(?), Baltramonaitis, Darlunas/Derliunas, Draugelis, Geguz^is, Grauza, Ilgunas, Karalius, Kliokys/Klokis, Mic^iunas, Moc^kus, Molius^is, Noreika, Pac^esa, Paulauskas, Prasauskas, Puskorius, Sadauskas, Senkus, S^iugz^da/Z^iugz^da, Steponaitis, Volungevic^ius
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