World War I Genealogy Resources

Since all men of age had to register for the WWI draft, military records of the era can help you find both soldier ancestors and those who weren’t drafted. Follow these links to research draft registrations and other WWI records.

General WWI Genealogy Web Sites

• The Aerodrome: Aces and Aircraft of World War I
  www.theaerodrome.com
• African-Americans in Military History: World War I
  www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/afhist/afwwi.htm
• Ancestry.com WWI Draft Registrations
  www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3172
• African-Americans in Military History: World War I
  www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/afhist/afwwi.htm
• Cyndi’s List: Military/World War I
  cyndislist.com/worldwar1.htm
• Draft Registration Cards Online Indexes and Finding Aids
  www.genealogybranches.com/worldwaronedraftcards.html
• Getting Military Records
  members.aol.com/ForVets/htomr.htm
• GREATWAR-L mailing list archives
  archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GREATWAR
• National Archives Military Resources: World War I
  archives.gov/research/alic/reference/military/ww1.html
• Recording the Living History of WWI Veterans
  npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6468566
• They Answered the Call: Military Service in the United States Army During World War I
  archives.gov/publications/prologue/1998/fall/military-service-in-world-war-one.html
• USGenWeb Mississippi Archives Index of WWI Registrants
  rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ms/ww1reg.htm
• World War I Draft Registration Cards
  www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/wwidraft.htm
• World War I Living History Project
  www.treehouseproductions.org/WWI_vets.html

State-Focused WWI Genealogy Web Sites

• Missouri Soldiers Database, War of 1812-World War I
  www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers
• Tennessee World War I Veterans
  www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/military/ww1intro.htm
• Colorado World War I Casualties in Europe and Denver’s War Dead—World War I
  history.denverlibrary.org/research/genealogy.html
  (scroll down the page to Genealogy and Obituaries: Colorado and Nebraska Military)
• Pennsylvania World War I Service Medal Application Cards
  www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/archive.asp

Draft Board Boundary Web Sites

• Chicago Draft Record Districts
  rootsweb.com/~itappcnc/pipcndraft.htm?cj=1&o_xid=0000584978&o_lid=0000584978
• Kansas City, Mo., Draft Board Boundaries
  www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/sc-ww1db-maps.htm
• Map of New York City Draft Boards
  www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/WWIdraft-NYC.gif
• New York City Draft Boards
  www.italiangen.org/art9.stm
• Street Guide to World War I Draft Boards in St. Louis City
  www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/ww-stl-0.htm