<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Draft Registrations do not Equate to Military Service</div><div>Genealogy Tips Posted Recently</div><div>Your Watershed</div><div>Trips</div><div><br></div><div>-----------------------------------</div><div>Draft Registrations do not Equate to Military Service</div><div>------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>It is not uncommon for people to confuse US draft registrations with military service. Not everyone who registered for a draft saw active military service and one should not assume that just because there is a card that there should be military service for that individual. </div><div><br></div><div>The National Archives does have the classification record for those who registered for the draft. That classification record includes their classification and ranking for draft eligibility and were records of Selective Service.  More information is available at <a href="https://www.sss.gov/history-and-records/">https://www.sss.gov/history-and-records/</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-----------------------------------</div><div>Genealogy Tips Posted Recently:</div><div>-----------------------------------</div><div><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;list-style-type:none;list-style-position:inside;color:rgb(70,112,127);font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2025/11/21/when-you-use-ai-or-otherwise-enhance-a-digital-image-of-a-photo/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration-line:none;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(102,102,102)">When You Use AI or Otherwise \u201cEnhance\u201d a Digital Image of a Photo</a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2025/11/21/who-watched-the-kids/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration-line:none;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Who Watched the Kids?</a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2025/11/20/file-together/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration-line:none;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(102,102,102)">File Together</a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2025/11/19/catching-up-new-distribution-system/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration-line:none;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Catching Up, New Distribution System</a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2025/11/19/courting-newspapers/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration-line:none;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Courting Newspapers</a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2025/11/18/biological-breakups/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration-line:none;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Biological Breakups</a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2025/11/17/picture-splitting/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration-line:none;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Picture Splitting?</a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2025/11/16/those-closed-businesses-in-the-photo-background/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration-line:none;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Those Closed Businesses in the Photo Background</a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2025/11/15/twice-in-the-census/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration-line:none;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Twice in the Census?</a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2025/11/14/non-kin-have-kin-clues/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration-line:none;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Non-Kin Have Kin Clues?</a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2025/11/13/cant-part-with-it/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration-line:none;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Can\u2019t Part With It?</a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2025/11/12/when-you-feel-stuck/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration-line:none;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(102,102,102)">When You Feel Stuck</a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2025/11/11/an-underlining-in-febuary/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration-line:none;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(102,102,102)">An Underlining in Febuary</a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2025/11/10/your-research-log/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration-line:none;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Your Research Log</a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2025/11/09/photographic-identification/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration-line:none;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Photographic Identification</a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2025/11/08/those-1850-and-1860-census-property-values/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration-line:none;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Those 1850 and 1860 Census Property Values</a></li></ul></div><div>----------------------------</div><div>Your Watershed</div><div>----------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>Have you thought about the watershed in which you live, you grew up, or where your ancestor&#39;s property was located? It did not take me long with some internet searching to discover the watershed of the farm on which I grew up. I knew water from our property went to the Mississippi River, but did not realize the actual path it took to get there. That was a little geographic discovery for me as I really had not thought about water drainage where I lived. </div><div><br></div><div>A Google search for &quot;watersheds yourstate&quot; would be a good start to finding such references. </div><div><br></div><div>While the watershed knowledge may be a little bit excessive, knowing the local waterways for your ancestor is always a good idea. </div><div><br></div><div>-------------------------------------</div><div>Trips</div><div>-------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>If you have been thinking about joining me on one of the 2026 research trips, now is an excellent time to register!</div><div><br></div><div><div>-------------------------------------</div><div>Library of Virginia Research Trip--March 2026</div><div>-------------------------------------</div><div>Join Michael for four days of research at the Library of Virginia in Richmond this March.</div><div><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2025-library-of-virginia-research-trip-richmond-virginia/" target="_blank">https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2025-library-of-virginia-research-trip-richmond-virginia/</a><br><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>--------------------------------------</div><div>Midwest Genealogy Center Research Trip</div><div>--------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>Join me for four days of research in Independence, Missouri, and the Midwest Genealogy Center in May 2026. Details on our announcement page at</div><div><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/mid-continent-genealogy-library-october-2025-research-trip/" target="_blank">https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/mid-continent-genealogy-library-october-2025-research-trip/</a></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><p>----------------------------------</p><p>FamlySearch&#39;s Full-Text Search?</p><p>----------------------------------</p><p>Want to know more about FamilySearch&#39;s full-text search--which is miles beyond Ancestry&#39;s? <u><a href="https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Full-Text-Searching-at-FamilySearch--Save-Ten-Today.html?soid=1119310626340&amp;aid=xyKyy11PWg8" target="_blank">Get our 1.5 hour webinar here.</a></u></p><p>Until Next Time!<br><br>Michael</p></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>------------------------------------<br>Michael John Neill<br>Genealogy Tip of the Day</div><div><a href="http://www.genealogytipoftheday.com" target="_blank">http://www.genealogytipoftheday.com</a></div></div></div></div>