"The Unauthenticatables"

[milkit1]

your right and there is no mention of him being married in 1918.

[milkit1]

nice work greg, did you find that on ancestry? When i did it I could only find the one I found

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Originally Posted by milkit1

your right and there is no mention of him being married in 1918.

Actally, if you look right above Smith's signature, Rena has been listed next of kin, proving we have our man.

[Clutch-Hitter]

I just used first name, last name, and date of birth in the military search section. Looks like baseball reference may be off a year on Mcelveen's B'Day:







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[Clutch-Hitter]

[Clutch-Hitter]

Gus' card didn't load for some reason:
Name: Augustus Dorner
County: Franklin
State: Pennsylvania
Birth Date: 18 Aug 1876
Race: White
FHL Roll Number: 1892183

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

In my WWI/WWII draft card projects, I likely found over 1000 pieces of biographical information that conflict with info already gathered by earlier researchers. Much of this has to do with DOB, places of birth, height, etc. Most of the time, it's impossible to ascertain which of the facts are to be believed. It's a safe bet that many "baseball ages" need to be corrected if the draft cards are to be believed, however.

[Bridwell]

I have my doubts about the Frank Smith auto on the T206 being legit. Not enough similarities to the other samples. The McElveen looks pretty good though!