Story County, Iowa
World War I Draft Registrations

The 1917 Selective Servoce Act required registrations of persons subject to military duty. During World War I there were three registrations. The first, on Jun 5, 1917, was for all men between the ages of 21 and 31. The second, on June 5, 1918, registered those who attained age 21 after June 5, 1917. (A supplemental registration was held on August 24, 1918 for those becoming 21 years old after June 5, 1918. This was included in the second registration.) The third registration was held on September 12, 1918 for men age 18 through 45.

Registration data was recorded on both sides of a registration card. Images of these cards are avaialble on familysearch.org. Access is free, but registraiton is required. For the images, go here. The data reported here was transcribed from those images. The FamilySearch image number is included. Data recorded varied between the three registrations; for example, birth place was included in the third registration.

The following information is included when available:

• Name: Given name with surname in upper case letters.
• Age:
• Permanent Residence
• Date of Birth:
• Place of Birth: Not included in 3rd registration.
• Citizenship Status: Alien; Declarent (Alien who has file papers); By Father (Citizen by Father's Naturalization}; Native (Native Born or Natural Born); Naturalized.
• Citizenship Country:Usually given when alien.
• Occupation:
• Marital Status: Not included in 3rd registration.
• Race:
• Nearest Relative: Given name with surname in upper case letters. When relationship was noted it is included in parentheses.
• Image Number: The number of the image in the FamilySearch images from which these were transcribed

The following information was not included but can be found on the original images:

• Employer Name:
• Employment Address:
• Nearest Relative Address
• Supported Dependents: (By relationship, not name)
• Military Service:
• Exemption Claim:
• Registrant's Signature: Usually identical to registered name. A chance to see actual signature on image.
• Physical Description: Height, build, eye color, hair color. On back of card.
• Physical Disqualifying Diability : On back of card.
• Registrar's Signature: On back of card.
• Registration date: On back of card. All are in 1917 or 1918.