Chat | Daily Search | My GenForum | Community Standards | Terms of Service Jump to Forum Home: General Topics: World War I Genealogy Forum Re: Were birth certs needed during WWI to show proof of person? Posted by: Dick Tague (ID *****8984) Date: August 22, 2009 at 09:44:54 In Reply to: Were birth certs needed during WWI to show proof of person? by Lynette Kleve of 8152 Mornin' Lynette, Many folks did not have birth certificates back then. so if he did enlist, and looked old enough, any form of id would probably have been sufficient. But what is your source for Frank having served in WWI? The draft is and was, a civil requirement. It has nothing to do with having served in the military. Dick Notify Administrator about this message? Followups: Re: Were birth certs needed during WWI to show proof of person? Lynette Kleve 8/22/09 Re: Were birth certs needed during WWI to show proof of person? Dick Tague 8/22/09 Re: Were birth certs needed during WWI to show proof of person? Lynette Kleve 8/22/09 Re: Were birth certs needed during WWI to show proof of person? Dick Tague 8/22/09 http://genforum.genealogy.com/wwi/messages/8076.html Search this forum: Find all of the words Find any of the words Search all of GenForum: Proximity matching Link to GenForum Add Forum

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