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== Why use maps? == | |||
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== Maryland County Maps == | == Maryland County Maps == | ||
[http://www.familyhistory101.com/maps/md_cf.html Maryland County Formation Maps]. This site will show every change in county boundries from 1637 to the present day in an online map. It shows a map and gives details about each change and the year the change took place. | [http://www.familyhistory101.com/maps/md_cf.html Maryland County Formation Maps]. This site will show every change in county boundries from 1637 to the present day in an online map. It shows a map and gives details about each change and the year the change took place. | ||
[http://ftp2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/us_base/stco2003/stco2003.pdf United States Census Bureau State and County Map] This map from the US Census Bureau is a Nation wide county map. You can search for counties by name and can zoom in and see counties and neighboring counties even in other states. | [http://ftp2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/us_base/stco2003/stco2003.pdf United States Census Bureau State and County Map] This map from the US Census Bureau is a Nation wide county map. You can search for counties by name and can zoom in and see counties and neighboring counties even in other states. | ||
== Maryland Map Resources == | == Maryland Map Resources == | ||
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*Film numbers for additional and more recent topographical maps are listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under UNITED STATES - MAPS. | *Film numbers for additional and more recent topographical maps are listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under UNITED STATES - MAPS. | ||
*To see changes in county boundaries, use: Long, John H., ed. ''Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia atlas of Historical County Boundaries.'' New York: Charles Schribner’s Sons, 1996. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=779549&disp=Delaware%2C+Maryland%2C+District+of+Colu%20%20&columns=*,0,0 975 E3L].) This volume is part of a proposed 40-volume reference work under the common title “Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.” It intends to trace boundary changes from the earliest date to 1990, leaving no gaps. It also intends to provide a frame of reference for understanding boundary changes. | *To see changes in county boundaries, use: Long, John H., ed. ''Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia atlas of Historical County Boundaries.'' New York: Charles Schribner’s Sons, 1996. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=779549&disp=Delaware%2C+Maryland%2C+District+of+Colu%20%20&columns=*,0,0 975 E3L].) This volume is part of a proposed 40-volume reference work under the common title “Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.” It intends to trace boundary changes from the earliest date to 1990, leaving no gaps. It also intends to provide a frame of reference for understanding boundary changes. | ||
*Also see: ''Maryland, Delaware Atlas and Gazetteer''. DeLorme Mapping. 4th ed., Freeport, Maine: DeLorme, 2004. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1355097&disp=Maryland%2C+Delaware+atlas+%26+gazetteer%20%20&columns=*,0,0 975 E7md] .) | *Also see: ''Maryland, Delaware Atlas and Gazetteer''. DeLorme Mapping. 4th ed., Freeport, Maine: DeLorme, 2004. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1355097&disp=Maryland%2C+Delaware+atlas+%26+gazetteer%20%20&columns=*,0,0 975 E7md] .) | ||
*The Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog lists more maps under: | *The Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog lists more maps under: | ||
*Selected Maryland Out-of-print historical maps can be viewed online at [http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/us_states/maryland/index.html Historical Maps of Maryland]. | *Selected Maryland Out-of-print historical maps can be viewed online at [http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/us_states/maryland/index.html Historical Maps of Maryland]. | ||
*MARYLAND, [COUNTY] - MAPS | *MARYLAND, [COUNTY] - MAPS | ||
*Printable maps are also available from the [http://nationalatlas.gov/printable.htm National Atlas of the United States] | *Printable maps are also available from the [http://nationalatlas.gov/printable.htm National Atlas of the United States] | ||