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==Online Resources== | |||
*'''1805-1874''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=62510 England, Wales, Scotland and Isle of Man, Old Series Maps, 1805-1874] at Ancestry — index & images ($) | |||
*'''1900''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62577/ UK, Imperial Gazetteer Maps, 1900] at Ancestry — index & images ($) | |||
*'''1940-1948''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62555/ England and Wales, New Popular Edition Maps, 1940-1948] at Ancestry — index & images ($) | |||
Maps can help you find where your ancestors lived. There are many types of maps. Each can help you in a different way. Historical maps describe economic growth and development, boundaries, migration and settlement patterns, and other historical information. Road maps provide details on highways, rivers, and town size. Other types of maps include parish, county, topographical maps, enclosure, civil district, and church diocesan. | Maps can help you find where your ancestors lived. There are many types of maps. Each can help you in a different way. Historical maps describe economic growth and development, boundaries, migration and settlement patterns, and other historical information. Road maps provide details on highways, rivers, and town size. Other types of maps include parish, county, topographical maps, enclosure, civil district, and church diocesan. | ||
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*The place-name on the map may not be spelled as expected (names were often spelled as they sounded). | *The place-name on the map may not be spelled as expected (names were often spelled as they sounded). | ||
*Parish boundaries are seldom indicated; however, the larger scale ordnance survey maps do show parish boundaries. | *Parish boundaries are seldom indicated; however, the larger scale ordnance survey maps do show parish boundaries. | ||
=== Wales County Maps === | |||
County reorganization over time. | |||
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=== Finding the Specific Place on the Map === | === Finding the Specific Place on the Map === | ||
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Some maps at the FamilySearch Library are: | Some maps at the FamilySearch Library are: | ||
*''Ordnance Survey''. Scale 1:50,000. Rev. ed. Southampton: Director General of the Ordnance Survey, 1972. (FamilySearch Library map {{FSC|282287|title-id|disp=book | *''Ordnance Survey''. Scale 1:50,000. Rev. ed. Southampton: Director General of the Ordnance Survey, 1972. (FamilySearch Library map {{FSC|282287|title-id|disp=book 942 E7me}}.) The 1-inch-to-the-mile edition contains nine sheets covering most of South Wales. | ||
*''Ordnance Surveyors’ Drawings, 1790–1840''. On microfiche, 2- and 3-inches-to-the-mile. (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|389407|title-id|disp=fiche 6066967.}}) There are 425 microfiche in this set, and the first three fiche are an index to the set. The first ordnance survey maps were made from these ordnance survey drawings. They are very detailed, and represent the best maps in the FamilySearch Library for Wales. | *''Ordnance Surveyors’ Drawings, 1790–1840''. On microfiche, 2- and 3-inches-to-the-mile. (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|389407|title-id|disp=fiche 6066967.}}) There are 425 microfiche in this set, and the first three fiche are an index to the set. The first ordnance survey maps were made from these ordnance survey drawings. They are very detailed, and represent the best maps in the FamilySearch Library for Wales. | ||