Re: [LegacyUG] WW I Draft Cards

2016-03-15 Thread Cathy Pinner
Walter, I don't know what the numbers mean but if you didn't need the information to find the source, chances are others don't need it either to find what you are looking at so you don't need it as part of the source. However, you could check in the Archive Catalogue to see whether it's a

Re: [LegacyUG] WW I Draft Cards

2016-03-15 Thread Don Quigley
Sorry – should have “WIKI’d” this first. The tear off was used to assign African- Americans to segregated units in the Army. Donald Quigley Escondido, CA Quigley Doyle Family Tree From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On

Re: [LegacyUG] WW I Draft Cards

2016-03-15 Thread Don Quigley
This issue made me look closely at a WWI Draft card for a relative…and I saw something that I’ve never noticed before. In the lower left corner, at a 45-degree angle were the words: “If person is of African descent, tear off this corner.” I hate to venture a guess as to what that was used

Re: [LegacyUG] WW I Draft Cards

2016-03-15 Thread William Boswell
I'm not sure myself, but I have noticed that many people with different names will have the exact same number so it could be a lot or image number to locate what box the originals were kept in. I know some city archives will list a box number for certain documents so it is easier to find them.

Re: [LegacyUG] testing

2016-03-15 Thread Lis B. Jensen
HI Please unsubsribe me from Legacy User Group - I have tried from the link - but it do not work for me Hilsen Lis B. Jensen 2016-03-14 17:37 GMT+01:00 Brian/Support : > I just checked and you are subscribed. Have you checked your spam folders > for the password

[LegacyUG] WW I Draft Cards

2016-03-15 Thread Walter V. Munza
Can any one tell me what the stamped numbers represent on the back of WW I draft cards. They are usually found at the top of the Registrar's Report. An example is "A-21-1-5" and does this number need to be a part of the source? Best Regards, Walt Munza Duluth, GA --

Re: [LegacyUG] Remove me from your list! I cant either

2016-03-15 Thread Charlene C
Click the link at the bottom of this message. That will take you to the mailing list's page. At the very bottom of that page are direct links to the list administrators. One of them should be able to help you. On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 4:21 AM, Nan Bailey wrote: > I have

Re: [LegacyUG] Remove me from your list! I cant either

2016-03-15 Thread Nan Bailey
I have trued twice to unsubscribe frombthe new Legacy Users Group emsil list and still get every email. Following the prompts at the bottom of each post has not worked so is there another wsy around it? Nan Bailey On 15/03/2016 9:16 AM, "Robert Swain" wrote: > I can't! >