Talk:FamilySearch Indexing: US, WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Project Updates

You really need a link on this updates page to this project's main instructions page. Otherwise this setup is alot better and not so confusing as far as too many tabs for indexers.

New Comment - Place of Birth Country Could you please put an update regarding place of birth - country? Form 3 does not have place of birth and a common mistake is putting the residence for town and state, although the field help examples show to leave it blank. For country if you click on the field help example link - it incorrectly takes you to the birth state example instead of birth country. I particularly wanted to see this example because in the forums someone said to put United States for natural born citizens, which is logical. However, many projects such as WWII cards do not want you to assume the state or county when not specifically written. Perhaps the field help illustration for this field addresses this question, but since we can't link to it I can't check it. Please fix the link and address this issue. Thanks.

Aliens and foreigners There appears to be some inconsistencies in the extraction of birth and citizenship information for aliens and foreigners. Following is a brief summary of the way this information should be extracted. 1) “Nation you are a citizen of” is filled in as Mexico. “Nation of Citizenship” extraction = Mexico. “Birth Country” extraction should remain blank unless the “Where were you born” line specifically states Mexico. 2) “Native Born US Citizen” is written in or box checked. United States is extracted into both “Birth Country” and “Nation of Citizenship” (Same is true if a US birth location is given.) 3) “Naturalized” box is checked. “Nation of Citizenship” = United States. “Birth Country” extraction is blank unless the alien country is shown in “Where were you born” line. 4) Alien box is checked. “Nation of citizenship” extraction is left blank unless the country is specified in the “Nation you are a citizen of” line. If the “Where were you born” line contains the foreign information, fill in the Birth Town, State, and Country extractions, otherwise leave them blank. Hope this clears up the confusion.

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Question regarding how to index/arbitrate Nation of Citizenship in the following example:

Draft Card 1 Format (12 Questions)

Q4 - Are you a natural born citizen, naturalized citizen.... Answer is "Natural Born Citizen"

Q5 - Where were you born? Answer is "Coolcran, Ulster, Ireland"

Q6 - If not a citizen, what country are you a citizen of? Answer has a line drawn through this space.

I have this batch in arbitration. What is the correct answer for the nation of citizenship? Share batch #180168026. Record #11.