MAP & PLACE NAME INFORMATION
Looking for a place? Here's a list of links that will help you find it. If you know of a good site and it's not listed here please send it to me.
It will help you if you will browse all the way to the end of the page to see what's here before you start clicking away <g>
If you find any broken links please let me know (copy the broken item and past it in an e-mail - please remember to give me the page heading above so I can it on this page to fix.). Thanks Linda
It works best to open these links in a new window. That way you can get back here easily.
OLD MAPS
This site has a bunch of links to old maps - great resource for family historians http://jrshelby.com/hcl/ODDENS' BOOKMARKS
- Lots of information on maps, mapping, etc. http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/index.phpMAPS OF NORTH AMERICA
- Lots of old maps http://www.genealogyatlas.com/MAP QUEST:
My personal favorite - Current maps, check out places to visit and plan a trip. http://www.mapquest.com/HOW FAR FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER?
Here's the site that gives you the answers including a map to get you from here to there! http://www.indo.com/distance/HOW FAR FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER - UK & ENGLAND?
http://uk2.multimap.com/home.htmlTHE MAP MACHINE:
National Geographic's Site. These maps are topographical maps on several different kinds. Really interesting. http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/TOPOZONE:
Topo maps. http://topozone.com/find.aspANOTHER GREAT SITE TO FIND A TOWN or COUNTY!
Who among us has not needed to find the location of a town who's name pops up in our research? Here's a new resource for help. http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgiHAVE THE ZIP CODE BUT NEED THE COUNTY & TOWNSHIP?
Here's the place to find it. http://tier2.census.gov/ctsl/ctsl.htmGETTY THESAURUS OF GEOGRAPHIC NAMES:
Type in a name of a place and get info on the country, state, county, physical location, etc. Nice easy site to use. http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/tgn/index.htmlTIGER MAPS:
Offered by the Census Dept this site allows you to type in a place name and it builds you a map "on the fly", you can save it, make it bigger, or move around on it. A really neat place to go and play. http://tiger.census.gov/ The gateway to Tiger is a US map, double click on the state and you get the state map broken down into counties. http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.htmlGET A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF CURRENT PLACES:
This gives you a satellite's-eye view of almost any place on earth... you can actually SEE individual buildings as though you were a thousand feet in the air. It's kind of spooky... but neat. :} http://terraserver.microsoft.com/1895 US ATLAS ON LINE:
This is a great site. Look at the 1895 US Atlas - lots of old place names. http://www.LivGenMI.comMAP AND PLACE HELP:
The place to find everyplace. Hunting old or new places? Go here I bet they have it. Or want to know if somewhere is named after your family? Or where that elusive town really is or maybe you only have a name of a creek or road or school, Search for it here. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_formUS GEOLOGICAL MAPS:
Place to find and order Geological Maps to use in Genealogy (well - and for other things also) http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/MAPS 1597-1988
found in Library of Congress - all kinds of great maps http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.htmlLOOK AT A MAP THAT SHOWS SURNAME DISTRIBUTION:
I couldn't quite find a spot for this site, maybe Genealogy since it's tied loosely to the Federal Census dates, but what ever - go and enter your family surname, choose a date and a map will be displayed that shows the distribution of that surname for the date you entered. Is extremely interesting. http://www.hamrick.com/names/LOOKING FOR A NAME OF A COUNTY OR TOWN?
This site is pretty simple. You enter the name of the place you are looking for and the search returns info on County, State, Lat/Long, population, ect. http://www.mit.edu/geo/HISTORICAL MAPS
: John Robertson's map site has grown & grown. If you haven't been by in awhile you need to visit. http://jrshelby.com/genmap/atlas.htm#topRAILROAD MAPS:
Pam is putting on-line a lot of old Railroad maps. Really interesting. http://www.livgenmi.com/1891shippersgaz.htmEXPEDIA MAPS (Microsoft)
Pick the place it gives you the map, ask for a location, plan a trip, find an address, etc. http://www.expediamaps.com/GOLD BUG MAPS:
Lots of maps for sale. It doesn't cost anything to check and see if they have an old map you might want. http://www.goldbug.com/DEEDMAPPER
: Looking for a program that will build you a map from old deeds? Here's the spot http://www.ultranet.com/~deeds/
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