Last updated on 6/7/2025 by rlb

Polonnoye, Ukraine

References

Genealogy Resources

Other Links

Polonnoye Synagogue, Pre WWII.
Photo of painting by
Isakowitz Jurij (Yuriy) Khodorkovsky,
1996
Donated by Eric Himmelfarb.

WWII
Draft Registration Cards
Surname List

Ancestry.com has the records of the 1942 WWII Draft Registration for those listing Polonnoye as their birthplace between 1877 and 1897. To view actual images of the records online, you will need a subsciption to Ancestry.com. Keep in mind that anyone listing a different town spelling or only listing birthplace as Russia are not included below and that this.listing may include men that are not Jewish.

The U.S. officially entered World War II on 8 December 1941 following an attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Just about a year before that, in October 1940, President Roosevelt had signed into law the first peacetime selective service draft in U.S. history, due to rising world conflicts. After the U.S. entered WWII a new selective service act required that all men between ages 18 and 65 register for the draft. Between November 1940 and October 1946, over 10 million American men were registered.

This database is an indexed collection of the draft cards from the Fourth Registration, the only registration currently available to the public. The Fourth Registration, often referred to as the "old man's registration", was conducted on 27 April 1942 and registered men who born on or between 28 April 1877 and 16 February 1897 - men who were between 45 and 64 years old - and who were not already in the military.

Information available on the draft cards includes: Name of registrant, Age, Birth date, Birthplace, Residence, Employer information, Name and address of person who would always know the registrants whereabouts, Physical description of registrant (race, height, weight, eye and hair colors, complexion), Additional information such as mailing address (if different from residence address), serial number, order number, and board registration information may also be available.

This database is INCOMPLETE and currently only contains draft cards for the following states: Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey*, New York*, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia. *=State incomplete.

Locating Originals:

The original draft cards are held by each state's National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Regional Branch. All of these cards are also available on microfilm from the Family History Library (FHL) and/or NARA.

How are the Cards Organized?

The draft cards are arranged by state and are then in alphabetical order by surname, followed by the local draft board number.

Source Information:
Ancestry.com. U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006. Original data: United States, Selective Service System. Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Fourth Registration. National Archives and Records Administration Regional Branches, various locations.

*Chart as of data 10/26/2006.

Name	Birth Date	Birth Place	Residence	Race
Demchuck, Steve	10 Dec 1892	Polonnoye, Russia	Anne Arundel, Maryland
Eisenberg, Mayer	5 Apr 1887	Saint Polonnoye Wol Gub, Russia	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Piltch, Jospeh	1 Mar 1896	Polonnoye, Russia	Brooklyn, New York	White
Sabarsky, Edward	3 Jul 1886	Polonnoye, Russia	Kings, New York	White
Karnafel, Paul	14 Jun 1896	Polonnoje, Russia	Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Altman, Joseph B.	25 Dec 1893	Polona, Russia	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Barg, Thomas	25 Dec 1883	Polona, Russia	Kings, New York	White
Bresner, Joseph	4 Jan 1892	Polona, Russia	Kings, New York	White
Brower, Joseph	7 Jan 1889	Polona, Russia	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feinstein, Jacob	20 May 1887	Polona, Russia	Kings, New York	White
Gantz, Nathan	10 Nov 1884	Polona, Russia	Brooklyn, New York	White
Gilman, Harry	Jun 1881	Polona, Russia	Kings, New York	White
Goldfarb, Sam	15 Mar 1887	Polona, Russia	Kings, New York	White
Greenberg, Charles	15 Apr 1896	Polona, Russia	New York City	White
Hendelman, Ben	1885	Polona, Russia	Kings, New York	White
Kniager, Morris	18 Jan 1878	Polona, Russia	Hillsborough, New Hampshire	White
London, Harry	19 Apr 1885	Polona, Russia	New York, New York	White
Rubin, Philip Raymond	5 Jul 1894	Polona, Russia	Kings, New York	White
Schwartz, Herman Hyman	29 Dec 1893	Polona, Russia	Kings, New York	White
Seidman, David	16 Jun 1881	Polona, Russia	Kings, New York	White
Shusterman, Joseph	3 May 1879	Polona, Russia	Kings, New York	White
Spivak, Abraham	25 Oct 1879	Polona, Russia	Kings, New York	White
Welgas, Adam	25 Oct ??83	Near Polona, Russia	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Blonski, Leonard	15 Mar 1888	Polonne, Russia	Lake, Indiana	White
Germain, Morey Mark	16 Jul 1895	Polonne, Russia	Fairfield, Connecticut	White
Zilinski, Ben John	24 Dec 1893	Polonne, Russian Poland	Erie, Pennsylvania