World War I Draft Registration


              During World War I, there were three registrations of young men between the ages of 18 and 31 years. This registration serves as an excellent database of births during the period 1886 - 1900.

              This is a work in progress; at present there are 15 counties in this database, with a total of 12,731 names, including some duplicates. This represents about 9% of the total registration.

              For your convenience, you can search this database either by name or by county.


            • County Files:
              • Bennett (89 KB)
              • Buffalo (76 KB)
              • Custer (171 KB)
              • Haakon (186 KB)
              • Harding (125 KB)
              • Hyde (237 KB)
              • Jackson (108 KB)
              • Jones (114 KB)
              • Mellette (171 KB)
              • Shannon (104 KB)
              • Stanley (124 KB)
              • Sully (114 KB)
              • Todd (143 KB)
              • Ziebach (216 KB)

            • Name Index:
              • "A" - "C" (231 KB)
              • "D" - "F" (114 KB)
              • "G" - "I" (158 KB)
              • "J" - "L" (149 KB)
              • "M" - "O" (142 KB)
              • "P" - "R" (129 KB)
              • "S" - "U" (169 KB)
              • "V" - "Z" (106 KB)
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