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===Locating Records=== | ===Locating Records=== | ||
Military records are valuable for identifying further information about an ancestor, but they are not easily accessible to search. [https://www.familysearch.org/en/family-history-library/ The | Military records are valuable for identifying further information about an ancestor, but they are not easily accessible to search. [https://www.familysearch.org/en/family-history-library/ The FamilySearch Library] has not microfilmed many of them, and it is very difficult to get information by writing. An exception could be the colonial records housed in the general archives of Segovia, Sevilla, and Simancas in Spain. However, for most family research problems, military records are difficult to access and are scattered in various archives. | ||
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. | 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. | ||
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''Catálogo XXII del Archivo de Simancas'' ''(Catalog XXII of the Archive of Simancas).'' Valladolid, Spain: Secretaría de Guerra, c1958. (FS Library book 946 m23e.) | ''Catálogo XXII del Archivo de Simancas'' ''(Catalog XXII of the Archive of Simancas).'' Valladolid, Spain: Secretaría de Guerra, c1958. (FS Library book 946 m23e.) | ||
Once you find the soldiers in the above index, refer to the service records from 1786–1800 from the Archive of Simancas, which can also be found on microfilm at the | Once you find the soldiers in the above index, refer to the service records from 1786–1800 from the Archive of Simancas, which can also be found on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library as follows: | ||
''Hojas de Servicios Militares de América: Nueva España, 1786–1800'' ''(Lists of the Military Service of America: New Spain 1786–1800).'' Madrid, Spain: Servicio Nacional de Microfilm, 1971. (FS Library films 1156334–1156342.) | ''Hojas de Servicios Militares de América: Nueva España, 1786–1800'' ''(Lists of the Military Service of America: New Spain 1786–1800).'' Madrid, Spain: Servicio Nacional de Microfilm, 1971. (FS Library films 1156334–1156342.) | ||
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=== Locating Other Military Records === | === Locating Other Military Records === | ||
Records of military service in Mexico were kept by several government agencies. Some of these records have been centralized at the Archivo General de la Nacion and the Archivo Histórico Militar Mexicano. Others can be found in different state archives as well as in the municipio archives (archivos del ayuntamiento). The | Records of military service in Mexico were kept by several government agencies. Some of these records have been centralized at the Archivo General de la Nacion and the Archivo Histórico Militar Mexicano. Others can be found in different state archives as well as in the municipio archives (archivos del ayuntamiento). The FamilySearch Library has some military records that cover the 1500s to 1900s. | ||
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 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: | ||
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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. | 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. | ||
Some of the Mexican military records at the | Some of the Mexican military records at the FamilySearch Library that contain helpful genealogical information include: | ||
Luna, Laurentino. ''Archivo de Genovevo de la O'' ''(Archive of Genovevo de la O).'' México, D.F.: Archivo General de la Nación, 1980. (FS Library book 972 B4a #36). An index to the records in the Archivo de Genovevo de la O. The original records are housed in the Archivo de La Nacion This collection includes a history of the Zapatista movement of 1920 to1929 and contains dates acts bulletins letters receipts telegrams service records minutes offices reports certificates newspapers and military and pension records | Luna, Laurentino. ''Archivo de Genovevo de la O'' ''(Archive of Genovevo de la O).'' México, D.F.: Archivo General de la Nación, 1980. (FS Library book 972 B4a #36). An index to the records in the Archivo de Genovevo de la O. The original records are housed in the Archivo de La Nacion This collection includes a history of the Zapatista movement of 1920 to1929 and contains dates acts bulletins letters receipts telegrams service records minutes offices reports certificates newspapers and military and pension records | ||
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