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Records Of The Family History Library
Family History Library Catalog
Archives And Libraries
Bible Records
Biography
Cemeteries
Census
Church Records
Court Records
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
Gazetteers
Genealogy
History
Land And Property
Maps
Military Records
Naturalization And Citizenship
Newspapers
Periodicals
Probate Records
Vital Records
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions
MAPS The Family History Library has a small collection of maps for Colorado and early western territories, including a set of topographical maps The largest collection of maps in Colorado is in the map library of the University of Colorado at Boulder. A specialized map collection for Colorado and the southern Rocky Mountain area is in Fountain Valley School's Science Department at Colorado Springs. The Denver Public Library and the Colorado Historical Society also collect maps and atlases. The Colorado Division of State Archives and Public Records has the incorporation filings and original plats for most towns.
The U.S. Military Records Research Outline (34118) provides more information on federal military records and search strategies.
Many military records are found at the Family History Library, the National Archives, and other federal and state archives. The United States Research Outline provides more information on federal records. For Colorado the following sources are also very helpful:
The Family History Library and the National Archives have an Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers (FHL films 821998-822000) and an index to pension applications A roster of Colorado soldiers is in William Clarke Whitford, Colorado Volunteers in the Civil War: The New Mexico Campaign in 1862, (Denver: S.p., State Historical and Natural History Society, 1906; FHL film 1000145 item 3).
The names of soldiers who served at military posts on the frontier are in Registers of Enlistments in the United States Army at the National Archives. The Family History Library has copies of the registers from 1798 to 1914 (beginning on FHL film 350307). The registers give the soldier's name, rank, company, regiment, company and commanders, physical description, age, occupation, and birthplace. They are arranged by year and by the first letter of the surname.
World War I draft registration cards United States. Selective Service System. Colorado, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
for the state. The library also has city ward maps of Denver for the year 1874 (FHL film 1377700; fiche 6016642). A series of maps showing changes of county boundaries between 1861 and 1913 is in Colorado Maps (n.p.; FHL book 978.8 E7cm).
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MILITARY RECORDS
Civil War (1861-1865)
. The actual service and pension records have not been microfilmed and are only at the National Archives.
Indian Wars (1798-1914)
World War I (1917-1918)
for men age 18 to 45 may list address, birth date, birthplace, race, nationality, citizenship, and next of kin. Not all registrants served in the war. For registration cards for Colorado, see:
To find an individual's draft card, it helps to know his name and residence at the time of registration. The cards are arranged alphabetically by county, within the county by draft board, and then alphabetically by surname within each draft board.
Most counties had only one board; large cities had several. A map showing the boundaries of individual draft boards is available for most large cities. Finding an ancestor's street address in a city directory will help you in using the draft board map. There is an alphabetical list of cities that are on the map. For a copy of this map see:
United States. Selective Service System. List of World War One Draft Board Maps. Washington, D.C.: National Archives. (FHL film 1498803.)
The Family History Library and the National Archives have two indexes of pension records: Old War Pension Index (1815-1926) and Indian Wars (1892-1926). These are listed in the Family History Library Catalog under UNITED STATES - MILITARY RECORDS.
Additional military records are at the Colorado Division of State Archives and Public Records, including militia muster roll books through World War I and grave registrations of veterans.
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