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=== Historical Maps Collections === | === Historical Maps Collections === | ||
Historical map collections are helpful because they can show you the geography of your ancestor's residence at or around the time they lived there. The following collection is helpful: | Historical map collections are helpful because they can show you the geography of your ancestor's residence at or around the time they lived there. The following collection is helpful: | ||
*Maps of districts (povit) with villages existing about 1900 for the areas of Ukraine from which people emigrated to Alberta, Canada can be found at the [http://www.artsrn.ualberta.ca/heritagevillage/menu1.php website of the Ukrainian Cultural Village]. This is not a direct link to the maps. | *Maps of districts (povit) with villages existing about 1900 for the areas of Ukraine from which people emigrated to Alberta, Canada can be found at the [http://www.artsrn.ualberta.ca/heritagevillage/menu1.php website of the Ukrainian Cultural Village]. This is not a direct link to the maps. In the second paragraph introducing the website, you will see the phrase "maps, interviews, music....". Click on the word "maps". | ||
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Austrian pre-WWI maps for western Ukraine. '''Generalkarte von Mitteleuropa''' (General Maps of Central Europe). Vienna, 1898-1967. 249 maps. Scale 1:200,000. Cover southern Belarus, western Ukraine, and Moldova. This map set uses Ferro as the Prime Meridian, which is 17˚ 39' 44"degrees west of Greenwich. URL: [http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/digkonyv/topo/3felmeres.htm 3rd Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary] | Austrian pre-WWI maps for western Ukraine. '''Generalkarte von Mitteleuropa''' (General Maps of Central Europe). Vienna, 1898-1967. 249 maps. Scale 1:200,000. Cover southern Belarus, western Ukraine, and Moldova. This map set uses Ferro as the Prime Meridian, which is 17˚ 39' 44"degrees west of Greenwich. URL: [http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/digkonyv/topo/3felmeres.htm 3rd Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary] | ||