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Use gazetteers to identify the department or canton your ancestor's town was in. This will distinguish it from other towns of the same name and help you locate it on a map. See the "[[France Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]" section. | Use gazetteers to identify the department or canton your ancestor's town was in. This will distinguish it from other towns of the same name and help you locate it on a map. See the "[[France Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]" section. | ||
=== Finding Maps and Atlases === | === Finding Maps and Atlases === | ||
Collections of maps and atlases are available at numerous historical societies and at public and university libraries. | Collections of maps and atlases are available at numerous historical societies and at public and university libraries. | ||
The Family History Library has an excellent collection of French maps and atlases. These are listed in the Place search of the Family History Library Catalog under FRANCE - MAPS. | The Family History Library has an excellent collection of French maps and atlases. These are listed in the Place search of the Family History Library Catalog under FRANCE - MAPS. | ||
Some helpful maps at the Family History Library are: | Some helpful maps at the Family History Library are: | ||
* Cassini de Thury, César François. ''Carte de France (Map of France)''. Paris, France: [s.n.], 1759-1789. Microfiched at Washington, DC, USA: LC Photoduplication Service, 1985. ( | *Cassini de Thury, César François. ''Carte de France (Map of France)''. Paris, France: [s.n.], 1759-1789. Microfiched at Washington, DC, USA: LC Photoduplication Service, 1985. (Family History Library fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=6002154 6002154] part 1 to 186.) Scale 1: 86,400. | ||
* Institut Géographique National (France). ''Cartes topographique [de France] (Topographic maps of France)''. Paris, France: Institut Géographique National, 1984. ( | *Institut Géographique National (France). ''Cartes topographique [de France] (Topographic maps of France)''. Paris, France: Institut Géographique National, 1984. (Family History Library Map [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=944+E7ig 944 E7ig]; not on microfilm.) Scale 1: 100,000. | ||
Helpful atlases for France are: | Helpful atlases for France are: | ||
*''Grand atlas routier, France, Belgique (Road atlas of France and Belgium)''. Paris, France: Editions Solar, 1986. ( | *''Grand atlas routier, France, Belgique (Road atlas of France and Belgium)''. Paris, France: Editions Solar, 1986. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=944+E7g 944 E7g]; not on microfilm.) Includes Luxembourg. Scale 1: 250,000. | ||
See also the "[[France Gazetteers|Gazetteer]]" and "[[France Historical Geography|Historical Geography]]" sections. | See also the "[[France Gazetteers|Gazetteer]]" and "[[France Historical Geography|Historical Geography]]" sections. | ||
You can purchase maps of France from: | |||
:Genealogy Unlimited<br>P.O. Box 537<br>Orem, UT 84059-0537<br>USA<br>Telephone 800-666-4363 | :Genealogy Unlimited<br>P.O. Box 537<br>Orem, UT 84059-0537<br>USA<br>Telephone 800-666-4363 | ||
[[Category:France]] | [[Category:France]] | ||