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=== Fire insurance maps (Sanborn maps) === | === Fire insurance maps (Sanborn maps) === | ||
*'''Fire insurance maps (Sanborn maps)''' of 12,000 cities and towns yield street names and specific properties and addresses starting in 1867. Using these with city directories can help locate urban ancestors in a given year. | *'''Fire insurance maps (Sanborn maps)''' of 12,000 cities and towns yield street names and specific properties and addresses starting in 1867. Using these with city directories can help locate urban ancestors in a given year. | ||
*[http://sanborn.umi.com/ Sanborn maps] ($) 1867-1970 have been digitized. This collection has more than 660,000 maps of 12,000+ cities and towns, and includes a [http://sanborn.umi.com/HelpFiles/key.html map key]. | |||
*Some Sanborn maps are also available in the Websites listed in the Atlases section in this page, as well as on some sites listed at [http://www.maphistory.info/imageus.html Images of Early Maps on the Web] (free) by Maphistory.info. | |||
=== Land ownership (cadastral) maps and plat books === | === Land ownership (cadastral) maps and plat books === | ||