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== Online Resources == | |||
*See [[United States Maps]] for more resources. | |||
*[https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names Geographical Names Information System] | |||
*[http://www.mapofus.org/minnesota/ Maps of Minnesota from MapofUS.org]. Includes boundary changes map. | |||
*[http://www.mnhs.org/collections/digitalmaps/index.htm Historical maps] at 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] | |||
*[http://ftp2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/us_base/stco2003/stco2003.pdf United States Census Bureau State and County Map]. | |||
==Printed Publications== | |||
*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. | |||
*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. | |||
==Background== | |||
*See [[Maps | Maps]] for more information. | |||
Several types of maps are useful for genealogists. Some give the historical background of the area; others show migration routes such as roads, rivers, and railroads. Topographical maps show physical and manmade features, such as creeks, hills, trails, and roads used as persons came to Minnesota. Sometimes maps also include cemeteries and churches. Plat and land ownership maps, as well as other types of maps, are described in [[United States Maps|United States Maps]]. In the FamilySearch Catalog, atlases are listed in the Place Search. Remember to search each locality as a town, a county and as a state. <br> | |||
The Wilson Library of the University of Minnesota has the most complete collection of maps for the state. Their web address is: | |||
*''Map Collections in the Wilson Library''[Internet site] Minneapolis, Minnesota: University of Minnesota, 2000 [cited 27 January 2000]. Available at: [http://www.lib.umn.edu/wilsonlib/maps.html. www.lib.umn.edu/wilsonlib/maps.html.] | |||
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 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]]. | |||
[[United States Maps]] describes additional sources containing maps of Minnesota. Maps are listed in the Locality Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under: | |||
MINNESOTA – MAPS | MINNESOTA – MAPS | ||
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MINNESOTA, [COUNTY] – MAPS | MINNESOTA, [COUNTY] – MAPS | ||
MINNESOTA, [COUNTY], [TOWN] – MAPS | MINNESOTA, [COUNTY], [TOWN] – MAPS | ||
[[Category:Minnesota]] | Printable maps are also available from the National Atlas of the United States -- https://nationalmap.gov/small_scale/printable.html | ||
[[Category:Minnesota, United States|Maps]] [[Category:Maps_of_the_United_States_by_state]] | |||
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