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Several historical maps for the 19th and 20th Centuries can be found at: | 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] | [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/germany.html http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/germany.html] | ||
=== Using Maps === | === Using Maps === | ||
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The more information you can gather about the town where your ancestor lived, the better chance you have of finding it on a map. | The more information you can gather about the town where your ancestor lived, the better chance you have of finding it on a map. | ||
For identifying and locating a town or village from the old Prussia that is currently part of Poland, the "Kartenmeister" website is very helpful. [http://www.kartenmeister.com/preview/databaseuwe.asp]. Featured on this website is an extensive database of 75391 locations. All locations are east of the Oder and Neisse rivers and are based on the borders of the eastern provinces in Spring 1918. Included in this database are the following provinces: Eastprussia, including Memel, Westprussia, Brandenburg, Posen, Pomerania, and Silesia. When searching the database for a location name, the data returned will include the German and Polish names of the location as well as the longitude and latitude of the location. | For identifying and locating a town or village from the old Prussia that is currently part of Poland, the "Kartenmeister" website is very helpful. [http://www.kartenmeister.com/preview/databaseuwe.asp]. Featured on this website is an extensive database of 75391 locations. All locations are east of the Oder and Neisse rivers and are based on the borders of the eastern provinces in Spring 1918. Included in this database are the following provinces: Eastprussia, including Memel, Westprussia, Brandenburg, Posen, Pomerania, and Silesia. When searching the database for a location name, the data returned will include the German and Polish names of the location as well as the longitude and latitude of the location. | ||
=== Finding Maps and Atlases === | === Finding Maps and Atlases === | ||
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The following are helpful printed atlases for Germany: | The following are helpful printed atlases for Germany: | ||
''Auto Atlas Deuschland''. Scale 1:200,000. Berlin, Germany: RV Verlag: Berlin, 1997-. ( | ''Auto Atlas Deuschland''. Scale 1:200,000. Berlin, Germany: RV Verlag: Berlin, 1997-. (Family History Library book 943 E7a.) | ||
Der Grosse V.A.G. ''Atlas (The great V.A.G. atlas).'' Scale 1:200,000. Berlin, Germany: Reise-und Verkehrsverlag, Annual. (FHL book 940 E7gv1991-2.) This is an excellent atlas of Germany. It has an index of cities and towns that makes finding locations easy. It also has some maps of neighboring countries that are on a smaller scale than the maps of Germany. Street maps for several larger cities are also included. Editions published before 1991 are not as detailed for the areas that were then in East Germany. | Der Grosse V.A.G. ''Atlas (The great V.A.G. atlas).'' Scale 1:200,000. Berlin, Germany: Reise-und Verkehrsverlag, Annual. (FHL book 940 E7gv1991-2.) This is an excellent atlas of Germany. It has an index of cities and towns that makes finding locations easy. It also has some maps of neighboring countries that are on a smaller scale than the maps of Germany. Street maps for several larger cities are also included. Editions published before 1991 are not as detailed for the areas that were then in East Germany. | ||
''Der Grosse Shell Atlas (The great Shell atlas).'' Scale 1:500,000. Ulm/Donau, Germany: Franz Spiegel Buch, Annual. ( | ''Der Grosse Shell Atlas (The great Shell atlas).'' Scale 1:500,000. Ulm/Donau, Germany: Franz Spiegel Buch, Annual. (Family History Library book 943 E7gs.) This atlas contains maps for both western and eastern Germany. The maps are on a smaller scale than those in the atlas listed above. This atlas is indexed and contains street maps of some larger cities. Several neighboring countries are also featured in this atlas. | ||
Stier, Hans-Erich. ''Westermann Grosser Atlas zur Weltgeschichte (Westermann atlas of world history).'' Eighth Edition. Braunschweig, Germany: Georg Westermann, 1972. ( | Stier, Hans-Erich. ''Westermann Grosser Atlas zur Weltgeschichte (Westermann atlas of world history).'' Eighth Edition. Braunschweig, Germany: Georg Westermann, 1972. (Family History Library book Ref 940 E3we.) This is an excellent historical atlas. | ||
You can purchase German maps and postal codebooks and get current prices from: | You can purchase German maps and postal codebooks and get current prices from: | ||