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Maps can help you find where your ancestors lived. Maps can show churches, geographical features, transportation routes, and neighboring towns. | Maps can help you find where your ancestors lived. Maps can show churches, geographical features, transportation routes, and neighboring towns. | ||
[http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/ravenstein/home.html Ravenstein's Atlas of the German Empire] covers Germany as it existed between 1871 and 1914. The maps and accompanying gazetteer can be downloadd in sections. Once downloaded, each colored map can be enlarged to show details. Localities are charted down to the parish level. | [http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/ravenstein/home.html Ravenstein's Atlas of the German Empire] covers Germany as it existed between 1871 and 1914. The maps and accompanying gazetteer can be downloadd in sections. Once downloaded, each colored map can be enlarged to show details. Localities are charted down to the parish level. | ||
Maps may be published individually or in collections called atlases. Maps may also be included in gazetteers, guidebooks, local histories, and history texts. | Maps may be published individually or in collections called atlases. Maps may also be included in gazetteers, guidebooks, local histories, and history texts. | ||
Helpful maps showing historical territories and boundary changes are found in [http://www.maproom.org/00/01/index.php Putzger's Historical Atlas , 1905], [http://www.maproom.org/00/19/index.php 1914, and 1923] . If Westermann's Historical Atlas [seebelow] is not on hand, this is a good substitute. | Helpful maps showing historical territories and boundary changes are found in [http://www.maproom.org/00/01/index.php Putzger's Historical Atlas , 1905], [http://www.maproom.org/00/19/index.php 1914, and 1923] . If Westermann's Historical Atlas [seebelow] is not on hand, this is a good substitute. | ||
There are many types of maps. Each can help you in a different way. Historical maps describe the growth and development of countries. They show boundaries, migration routes, settlement patterns, military campaigns, and other historical information. Road maps provide details on highways, rivers, and town size. Street maps are extremely helpful when researching in large cities such as Berlin. | There are many types of maps. Each can help you in a different way. Historical maps describe the growth and development of countries. They show boundaries, migration routes, settlement patterns, military campaigns, and other historical information. Road maps provide details on highways, rivers, and town size. Street maps are extremely helpful when researching in large cities such as Berlin. | ||
This website has links to maps for different parts of Prussia: | Historical maps are especially useful for understanding boundary changes. This website has links to maps for different parts of Prussia: | ||
[http://www.worldgenweb.org/~deupru/maps/index.htm http://www.worldgenweb.org/~deupru/maps/index.htm] | [http://www.worldgenweb.org/~deupru/maps/index.htm http://www.worldgenweb.org/~deupru/maps/index.htm] | ||
Several historical maps for the 19th and 20th Centuries can be found at: | |||
[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/germany.html http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/germany.html] | |||
=== Using Maps === | === Using Maps === | ||
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Gazetteers can help you identify the government district your ancestor's town was in. With this information, you may be able to distinguish between places with the same name. See the “Gazetteers” and “Historical Geography” sections for more information. Along with gazetteers, check histories, family records, and other sources to learn all you can about your ancestor's area. The following information can be very helpful: | Gazetteers can help you identify the government district your ancestor's town was in. With this information, you may be able to distinguish between places with the same name. See the “Gazetteers” and “Historical Geography” sections for more information. Along with gazetteers, check histories, family records, and other sources to learn all you can about your ancestor's area. The following information can be very helpful: | ||
*The government administrative districts in which your ancestor's town was located | *The government administrative districts in which your ancestor's town was located [see [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=325694&disp=Meyers+Orts%2D+und+Verkehrs%2DLexikon+de%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Meyers Gazetteer] ] | ||
*Your ancestor's state or province | *Your ancestor's state or province | ||
*The ancestor's religion [ in most places one religious denomination is predominant] | *The ancestor's religion [ in most places one religious denomination is predominant] | ||
*The name of the parish where your ancestor was baptized or married | *The name of the parish where your ancestor was baptized or married | ||
*Places where related ancestors lived | *Places where related ancestors lived | ||
*The size of your ancestor's town | *The size of your ancestor's town | ||
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Two general maps of Germany are found earlier in this outline. Listed below is the most detailed map of Germany at the Family History Library: | Two general maps of Germany are found earlier in this outline. Listed below is the most detailed map of Germany at the Family History Library: | ||
''Königliche Preußische Landesaufnahme. Kartographische Abteilung. Karte des Deutschen Reiches (Map of the German Empire).'' Scale1:100,000. Berlin, Germany: Königliche PreußischeLandesaufnahme, 1914-1917. (FHL film 68,814.) This map will help you find places in the former German Empire as they existed from 1871 to 1914. The detailed maps on this microfilm are in numerical order. A digital verson of this map is available on [http://www.ancestry.com www.ancestry.com] at [http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1294&path= this link]. You can also search the Ancestry card catalog for the term "Ubersichtsblatt" to get to the map set. | ''Königliche Preußische Landesaufnahme. Kartographische Abteilung. Karte des Deutschen Reiches (Map of the German Empire).'' Scale1:100,000. Berlin, Germany: Königliche PreußischeLandesaufnahme, 1914-1917. (FHL film 68,814.) This map will help you find places in the former German Empire as they existed from 1871 to 1914. The detailed maps on this microfilm are in numerical order. A digital verson of this map is available on [http://www.ancestry.com www.ancestry.com] at [http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1294&path= this link]. You can also search the Ancestry card catalog for the term "Ubersichtsblatt" to get to the map set. | ||
The identification numbers on the detailed maps correspond to the small numbers in the upper right corner of each grid square on the first several overview maps. | The identification numbers on the detailed maps correspond to the small numbers in the upper right corner of each grid square on the first several overview maps. | ||