Pennsylvania Maps: Difference between revisions

To locate Philadelphia wards and townships from 1711 to 1965, see John Daly and Allen Weinberg, ''Genealogy of Philadelphia County Subdivisions'', 2nd ed. (Philadelphia, PA: Department of Records, 1966; Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=290553&disp=Genealogy+of+Philadelphia+County+subdivi%20%20&columns=*,0,0 974.811] E3w; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=6046613 fiche 6046613]).

Wards were civil subdivisions of cities that divided services such as police, fire and rescue, utilities, and voting. Ward maps can be helpful when using census records. See ''Ward Maps of United States Cities: Microfilm Reproduction of 232 Maps Described in Ward Maps of United States Cities''. Washington, D. C.: Library of Congress, [1975?]. (Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=1377700 1377700]; on 320 fiche beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=6016554 6016554].) These include:  

*Philadelphia, 1802-98 (Family History Library fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=6016721 6016721]-36)  

*Pittsburgh, 1855-98 (Family History Library fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=6016737 6016737]-43)

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