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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 Family History 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 Family History Library is: | ||
*''Rural and City Maps.'' Typescript. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1985. (Family History Library book | *''Rural and City Maps.'' Typescript. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1985. (Family History Library book {{FHL|942 E73c|disp=942 E73c}}.) | ||
=== Using Maps === | === Using Maps === | ||
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Some helpful maps at the Family History Library are: | Some helpful maps at the Family History Library are: | ||
*''Civil Parishes and Counties of North East Scotland''. [Scotland]: Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society, [198-]. (Family History Library book | *''Civil Parishes and Counties of North East Scotland''. [Scotland]: Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society, [198-]. (Family History Library book {{FHL|941 E7c|disp=941 E7c}}.) | ||
*''National Map Series,'' Scale 1:100,000''.'' Var. eds. Edinburgh, Scotland: John Bartholomew & Son, 1978-81. (Family History Library book | *''National Map Series,'' Scale 1:100,000''.'' Var. eds. Edinburgh, Scotland: John Bartholomew & Son, 1978-81. (Family History Library book {{FHL|942 E7bm|disp=942 E7bm}}.) These are detailed, modern sheet maps, roughly one-mile-to-the-inch. Also in a bound atlas. | ||
*''Parish Maps of Scotland'''.''''' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1991. (Family History Library book | *''Parish Maps of Scotland'''.''''' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1991. (Family History Library book {{FHL|459108|title-id|disp=941 E7ch}} 1991.) | ||
*''The Phillimore Atlas and Index of Parish Registers''. 2nd ed. Chichester, England: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., 1995. (Family History Library book | *''The Phillimore Atlas and Index of Parish Registers''. 2nd ed. Chichester, England: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., 1995. (Family History Library book {{FHL|942 E7pa|disp=942 E7pa}} 1995.) | ||
Other useful publications on maps include: | Other useful publications on maps include: | ||
*Harley, J.B. ''Ordnance Survey Maps: A Descriptive Manual''. Southampton, England: Ordnance Survey, 1975. (Family History Library book | *Harley, J.B. ''Ordnance Survey Maps: A Descriptive Manual''. Southampton, England: Ordnance Survey, 1975. (Family History Library book {{FHL|280190|title-id|disp=942 E3osa}}.) This explains the history of and detail on Ordnance Survey maps. | ||
*''Civil Parish Map Index''. Edinburgh, Scotland: General Register Office for Scotland, [1985?]. (Family History Library book | *''Civil Parish Map Index''. Edinburgh, Scotland: General Register Office for Scotland, [1985?]. (Family History Library book {{FHL|406137|title-id|disp=941 B4sg}} no. 1, 1987.) | ||
*Wilkes, Margaret. ''The Scot and His Maps''. Edinburgh, Scotland: Scottish Library Association, 1991. (Family History Library book | *Wilkes, Margaret. ''The Scot and His Maps''. Edinburgh, Scotland: Scottish Library Association, 1991. (Family History Library book {{FHL|645773|title-id|disp=941 E7wm}}.) This is a good overview of the history of Scottish maps and mapmaking. | ||
Contact your local bookstore to order maps of Scotland, or you may purchase maps by writing to either of the two following places: | Contact your local bookstore to order maps of Scotland, or you may purchase maps by writing to either of the two following places: | ||