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The uses and value of military records in genealogical research for ancestors who were veterans are obvious, but military records can also be important to re-searchers whose direct ancestors were not soldiers in any war. The fathers, grandfathers, brothers, and other close relatives of an ancestor may have served in a war, and their service or pension records could contain information that will assist in further identifying the family of primary interest. Due to the amount of genealogical information contained in some military pension files, they should never be overlooked during the research process. Those records not containing specific genealogical information are of historic value and should be included in any overall research design. A list of Wars fought on American.
The Colorado State Archives holds the National Guard muster rolls (1861–1919) and the Colorado National Guard service records (1861–1945). The Adjutant General (see Cemetery Records for address) has a microfilmed copy of the “Index to Compiled Service Records of the Union Army for Colorado.” This can also be found at National Archives—Rocky Mountain Branch, Denver Public Library, and FHL.
The researcher may also wish to search Sherman Lee Pompey’s Confederate Soldiers Buried in Colorado (Independence, Calif.: Historical and Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965) and John H. Nankivel’s History of the Military Organizations of the State of Colorado, 1860–1935 (Denver: W. H. Kistler Stationary Co., ca. 1935).
Soldiers’ discharge papers for post World War II and later conflicts are located at the county level in the clerk and recorder’s office; however, many counties are closing the veterans’ discharge papers.
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