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You will often need minute detail to find the location of an ancestor’s home. City and street maps are helpful when researching in large cities. A partial list of such maps available at the FamilySearch Library is: | You will often need minute detail to find the location of an ancestor’s home. City and street maps are helpful when researching in large cities. A partial list of such maps available at the FamilySearch Library is: | ||
*''Rural and City Maps.'' Typescript. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1985. (FamilySearch Library | *''Rural and City Maps.'' Typescript. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1985. (FamilySearch Library book {{FSC|942 E73c|disp=942 E73c}}.) | ||
==Using Maps== | ==Using Maps== | ||
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*Several places have the same name. For example, there are 57 places called Mount Pleasant in Great Britain. | *Several places have the same name. For example, there are 57 places called Mount Pleasant in Great Britain. | ||
*The place-name on the map may not be spelled as expected. Names in records were often spelled like they sounded. | *The place-name on the map may not be spelled as expected. Names in records were often spelled like they sounded. | ||
*Jurisdictional | *Jurisdictional boundaries may not be indicated. | ||
==Finding the Specific Place on the Map== | ==Finding the Specific Place on the Map== | ||
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*'<nowiki/>'''Parish Maps of Scotland''''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1991. (FS Library book {{FSC|459108|title-id|disp=941 E7ch}} 1991.) | *'<nowiki/>'''Parish Maps of Scotland''''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1991. (FS Library book {{FSC|459108|title-id|disp=941 E7ch}} 1991.) | ||
*'<nowiki/>'''The Phillimore Atlas and Index of Parish Registers''''. 2nd ed. Chichester, England: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., 1995. (FS Library book {{FSC|942 E7pa|disp=942 E7pa}} 1995.) | *'<nowiki/>'''The Phillimore Atlas and Index of Parish Registers''''. 2nd ed. Chichester, England: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., 1995. (FS Library book {{FSC|942 E7pa|disp=942 E7pa}} 1995.) | ||
*The '<nowiki/>'''Ordnance Survey 1:50 000 Landranger Series.'''' Southampton, England: Ordnance Survey, c1987-89. | *The '<nowiki/>'''Ordnance Survey 1:50 000 Landranger Series.'''' Southampton, England: Ordnance Survey, c1987-89. (FS Library book {{FSC|608445|item|disp=942 E5o}}) | ||
==Books== | ==Books== | ||
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==Scotland's Old and New Counties== | ==Scotland's Old and New Counties== | ||
In 1974, the thirty-four counties of Scotland were reorganized into | In 1974, the thirty-four counties of Scotland were reorganized into twelve regions. For more information, see [[Scotland Old Counties pre 1974 and New Counties post 1974|Scotland Old and New Counties]]. | ||
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