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===Locating Records===

Other sources such as church records and civil registration are more easily available and contain much of the same information. The military records that have been microfilmed by the library are for the most part indexed and not difficult to read, but they are incomplete for several years.  

To use Mexican military records, you will have to determine the specific regiment in which an ancestor served. If the records of your ancestor do not provide this information, it may be possible to learn which regiments were inducted in the area where he lived. To do this you must at least know the town where the individual was living when he was 18 years old. To determine the name or number of the unit to which your ancestor belonged, write to the [http://www.agn.gob.mx/ Archivo General de la Nación] and Archivo Histórico Militar Mexicano with all the information that you have about your ancestor, including your relationship to him. The archives’ addresses follow:  

:'''Archivo Histórico Militar Mexicano <br>'''Lomas de Sotelo por Periférico <br>Mexico, D.F. <br>Telephone: 557-3622

For more information on the military records of Mexico, including where the records are found, see:  

=== Spanish Military Records  ===

The most extensive military archive in Spain is the Archivo General Militar de Segovia (General Military Archive of Segovia). Service files of Soldiers and officers are housed in the archive. You may obtain information about an individual by writing to:  

If your ancestor was an officer, check the published indexes of the Archivo General Militar. The files on officers are indexed (those of common soldiers are not), and references may be found in:  

In your written request to the Archivo General Militar, include the name of the index you used, the page number of the information, and a copy of all the information about your ancestor in the index.  

The Archivo General de Simancas (General Archive of Simacas) in Spain houses military records of Spanish soldiers who served in the Americas from 1780 to 1810. An alphabetic listing and index of these soldiers is found in:  

These records include three important aspects: genealogies, records concerning the Spanish military organization of the Indies, and records of the military unit of the Dragones de España that include the soldiers’ name, age, health, rank, and other personal information. Some records list the soldiers’ parents, civil status, and employment.  

For additional military records of Spain, you may write to the following archives:  

'''Servicio Histórico de Segovia <br>'''Archivo General Militar<br>Plaza Reina Victoria Eugenia s/n <br>C.P. 40071 Segovia<br>Spain<br>Internet: [http://www.ejercitodelaire.mde.es/ea/pag?idDoc=homeHIS http://members.aol.com/balboanet/spain/resource.html]  

=== Locating Other Military Records  ===

The Archivo General de la Nacíon has several collections that contain valuable military records. These collections can be searched in the Archivo Histórico Militar (Historical Military Archive). Some of these collections are:  

The above collections are only a few of many that are found throughout Mexico. Always make sure you know the history of the area in which your ancestor served, and find out what archives are available for that area and what records they contain.  

=== Military History  ===

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