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:*'''[https://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection]''' | :*'''[https://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection]''' | ||
==Maps By Country== | |||
*[[:Category:Maps|List of Country Map Wiki articles]] | |||
== How can maps help me research my family? == | == How can maps help me research my family? == | ||
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== Helpful Terminology == | == Helpful Terminology == | ||
*'''Boundary change maps''' show shifts in borders of townships, counties, states and territories over time. | *'''Boundary change maps''' show shifts in borders of townships, counties, states and territories over time. | ||
*'''City and town locator maps''' plot a town | *'''City and town locator maps''' plot a town and often give its coordinates so that it can be plotted in an historical atlas or map to determine the county, parish, or state in which it resided during a given year. | ||
*'''City plans''' often demystify the renaming of streets, parks, neighborhoods, and other features. | *'''City plans''' often demystify the renaming of streets, parks, neighborhoods, and other features. | ||
*'''Gazetteer''' is a geographical dictionary or directory used in conjunction with a map or atlas. It typically contains information concerning the geographical makeup, social statistics and physical features of a country, region, or continent.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Gazetteer," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazetteer, accessed 25 April 2018.</ref> | *'''Gazetteer''' is a geographical dictionary or directory used in conjunction with a map or atlas. It typically contains information concerning the geographical makeup, social statistics and physical features of a country, region, or continent.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Gazetteer," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazetteer, accessed 25 April 2018.</ref> | ||
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