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 World War I was a global war fought on multiple continents with several nations involved. Over four million men and women served from the United States.
-*{{RecordSearch|1968530|United States, World War One Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918}} (FamilySearch) - free
+'''Draft Registration'''
-A card index to World War I servicemen is available at the New York State Archives.
+*United States. Selective Service System. ''{{FHL|378717|title-id|disp=New York, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards}}, 1917–1918''. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1987–1988. (On 441 Family History Library films). Also available at:
-The New York State Archives has ''Abstracts of Service Records for New York National Guard and Naval Militia Units and Muster Rolls of New York National Guard Units''. Veterans' discharge records have been filed with county clerks since 1909, and some have been microfilmed.
+:*{{RecordSearch|1968530|United States, World War One Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918}} (FamilySearch) - free
-World War I draft registration cards for men ages 18 to 45 may list address, birth date, birthplace, race, nationality, citizenship, and next of kin. Not all registrants served in the war. For registration cards for New York, see:
+See [[United States World War I Draft Records|WWI Draft Records]] for more information.
-United States. Selective Service System. ''{{FHL|378717|title-id|disp=New York, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards}}, 1917–1918''. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1987–1988. (On 441 Family History Library films) These cards have been digitized and are searchable online.
+A card index to World War I servicemen is available at the New York State Archives.
-These Draft Registration cards can also be found online at http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/WWIdraft.html
+The New York State Archives has ''Abstracts of Service Records for New York National Guard and Naval Militia Units and Muster Rolls of New York National Guard Units''. Veterans' discharge records have been filed with county clerks since 1909, and some have been microfilmed.
-To find an individual's draft card, it helps to know his name and residence at the time of registration. The cards are arranged alphabetically by county, within the county by draft board, and then alphabetically by surname within each draft board.
-Most counties had only one board; large cities had several. A map showing the boundaries of individual draft boards is available for most large cities. Finding an ancestor's street address in a city directory will help you determine the draft board number if he lived in a large city.
-Draft board addresses for Buffalo and other New York cities can be found in Second Report of the Provost Marshall General to the Secretary of War on the Operations of the Selective Service System to December 20, 1918 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1919; not at Family History Library). A street map of Buffalo without draft board registration district boundaries is on FHL film {{FHL|641275|title-id|disp=1498803}}.
-Maps of Albany, Rensselear, Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Richmond, Rochester, Schenectady, and Syracuse have been prepared which show the draft board registration district boundaries. The cities of New York State (except Buffalo, which is alphabetical under "B") are at the end of the microfilm. For a copy of these maps see:
-United States. Selective Service System. List of World War One Draft Board Maps. Washington, D.C.: National Archives. (Family History Library film {{FHL|641275|title-id|disp=1498803}}.)
-See [[United States World War I Draft Records|WWI Draft Records]] for more information.
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 === World War II (1941-1945)  ===