Arkansas First Draft Registration Cards - FamilySearch Historical Records

United States Arkansas 

What is in the Collection?
This collection consists of index and images of draft registration cards (SSS-1 forms) covering a special classification of individuals born between 1897 and 1928.The collection was located at the NARA SW region in Fort Worth Texas. For additional information about this collection contact the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis. The cards are part of Record Group 147: Records of the Selective Service System,1926-1975. Currently, the index records for this collection are incomplete. Additional records will be added as they are completed.

For additional information about this collection contact the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis. The cards are part of Record Group 147: Records of the Selective Service System,1926-1975: National Personnel Records Center

What Can these Records Tell Me?
Registrant’s Information may include:
 * Full Name
 * Address at time of registration
 * Age at registration
 * Date and place of birth
 * Country of Citizenship
 * Signature (on back of card)
 * Physical Description

Draft Card  may also contain:
 * Spouse’s Name (if married at time of registration)
 * Name of Father and/or Mother
 * Address of parents and/or spouse
 * Employer’s name and place of employment
 * Name of person who will always know registrant’s address (often parent, spouse or other relative)

How Do I Search the Collection?
To begin your search, it is helpful to know at least some of the following:
 * The name of registrant.
 * The age of registrant.
 * The names of the parents of registrant.
 * The name of the registrant's spouse.
 * The place of registration.

Fill in the requested information in the initial search page. This search will return a list of possible matches. Compare the information in the list to what you already know about your ancestor to determine if it is the correct person. You may need to compare several persons in the list before you find your ancestor.

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What Do I Do Next?
Whenever possible, view the original records to verify the information and to find additional information that might not be reported. These pieces of information can lead you to additional records and family members.

I Found Who I was Looking for, What Now?

 * Use the information to find other records such as birth, christening, census, land and death records.
 * Use the information to find additional family members.
 * Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family.
 * Church Records often were kept years before government records were required and are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900.



I Can’t Find Who I’m Looking for, What Now?

 * Try viewing the original record to see if there were errors in the transcription of the name, age, residence, etc. Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name.
 * Collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you identify possible relations that can be verified by records.
 * If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching records of a nearby locality in an area search.
 * Standard spelling of names typically did not exist during the periods our ancestors lived in. Try variations of your ancestor’s name while searching the index or browsing through images.
 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names. Try searching for these names as well.
 * Search the indexes and records of Arkansas, United States Genealogy.
 * Search in the Arkansas Archives and Libraries.

Known Issues with This Collection
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Citing this Collection
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