In 1917 and 1918, approximately 24 million men living in the United States completed a World War I draft registration card.

In general, the registration cards may included the following information:

Full name
Home address
Date and place of birth
Age, race, and country of citizenship
Occupation and employer
Physical description (hair and eye color, height, disabilities)
Additional information such as address of nearest relative, dependent relatives, marital status, father's birthplace, or previous
exemption from service
Signature

Index for Cass County so that researchers will know whether or not to pursue looking at the records. Where can you find the records? NOTE: these are off site links so bookmark this site before clicking.

Sites that have these records:

pay site-- http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3172

free site (Cass County, Texas is not included at the time of publishing of this page)-- http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ww1/draft/search.cgi

free WWI draft registration card forms (these are helpful when abstracting information from the cards)-- http://www.ancestry.com/save/charts/WWI.htm

The National Archives has a page that tells you about these records: http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/military/ww1/draft-registration/index.html

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