Jump to content

Minnesota Maps: Difference between revisions

m
Text replacement - "[fF]amily([\s_])[hH]istory[\s_]([lL])ibrary" to "FamilySearch$1$2ibrary"
m (Text replacement - "\{\{(FHL)" to "{{FSC")
m (Text replacement - "[fF]amily([\s_])[hH]istory[\s_]([lL])ibrary" to "FamilySearch$1$2ibrary")
Line 19: Line 19:
Historical Minnesota maps are available online in the [http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/view/search/where/Minnesota/?q=Minnesota David Rumsey Map Collection], the [https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/maps-of-north-america#/?tab=navigation&roots=2:a2f19de0-c52a-012f-3bcd-3c075448cc4b/3:b8e12c20-c52a-012f-11bb-3c075448cc4b/3:4162e680-c52b-012f-c2dc-3c075448cc4b/11:cc5d6b30-b143-0132-180b-58d385a7bbd0 New York Public Library Digital Collections], and the [https://www.loc.gov/maps/?fa=location:minnesota%7Csubject:maps Library of Congress Map Collection].  
Historical Minnesota maps are available online in the [http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/view/search/where/Minnesota/?q=Minnesota David Rumsey Map Collection], the [https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/maps-of-north-america#/?tab=navigation&roots=2:a2f19de0-c52a-012f-3bcd-3c075448cc4b/3:b8e12c20-c52a-012f-11bb-3c075448cc4b/3:4162e680-c52b-012f-c2dc-3c075448cc4b/11:cc5d6b30-b143-0132-180b-58d385a7bbd0 New York Public Library Digital Collections], and the [https://www.loc.gov/maps/?fa=location:minnesota%7Csubject:maps Library of Congress Map Collection].  


The Minnesota Historical Society Library also has an extensive map collection, and the Family History Library has a few maps that can aid your research. Two atlases, ''An Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Minnesota'' and Bakeman’s ''A Comprehensive Index to A. T. Andreas’ Illustrated Historical Atlas of Minnesota—1874'', are both cited in [[Minnesota Biography]].  
The Minnesota Historical Society Library also has an extensive map collection, and the FamilySearch Library has a few maps that can aid your research. Two atlases, ''An Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Minnesota'' and Bakeman’s ''A Comprehensive Index to A. T. Andreas’ Illustrated Historical Atlas of Minnesota—1874'', are both cited in [[Minnesota Biography]].  


A bibliography of available county atlases is in:  
A bibliography of available county atlases is in:  


*Treude, Mai. ''Windows to the Past: A Bibliography of Minnesota County Atlases''. Minneapolis, Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press, 1980. (Family History Library {{FSC|41094|title-id|disp=book 977.6 E73t}}.) Available at [https://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/11299/207805 University of Minnesota]. It indicates whether copies of individual atlases are at the Library of Congress or at archives or libraries in Minnesota.
*Treude, Mai. ''Windows to the Past: A Bibliography of Minnesota County Atlases''. Minneapolis, Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press, 1980. (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|41094|title-id|disp=book 977.6 E73t}}.) Available at [https://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/11299/207805 University of Minnesota]. It indicates whether copies of individual atlases are at the Library of Congress or at archives or libraries in Minnesota.


A guide to the history of [[Minnesota, United States Genealogy|Minnesota]]’s counties and boundary changes has also been published:  
A guide to the history of [[Minnesota, United States Genealogy|Minnesota]]’s counties and boundary changes has also been published:  


*Long, John H., ed. ''Historical Atlas and Chronology of County Boundaries 1788–1980''. Volume 5: Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota. Boston, Massachusetts: G. K. Hall, 1984. (Family History Library {{FSC|16321|title-id|disp=}}].) Shows when and where each county changed boundaries.  
*Long, John H., ed. ''Historical Atlas and Chronology of County Boundaries 1788–1980''. Volume 5: Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota. Boston, Massachusetts: G. K. Hall, 1984. (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|16321|title-id|disp=}}].) Shows when and where each county changed boundaries.  
*[http://www.mnhs.org/collections/digitalmaps/index.htm Historical maps] from the collection of the Minnesota Historical Society and the State of Minnesota.  Original land survey maps, plat books and atlases available online.  
*[http://www.mnhs.org/collections/digitalmaps/index.htm Historical maps] from the collection of the Minnesota Historical Society and the State of Minnesota.  Original land survey maps, plat books and atlases available online.  
*[http://www.hearthstonelegacy.com/minnesota-county-map-mn-counties.htm State map of Minnesota] showing the location of each Minnesota County is on Hearthstone Legacy.<br>
*[http://www.hearthstonelegacy.com/minnesota-county-map-mn-counties.htm State map of Minnesota] showing the location of each Minnesota County is on Hearthstone Legacy.<br>