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Detailed patent maps may show where early settlers lived. An inventory of these is David Ellicott Evans Mix, ''Catalogue of Maps and Surveys in the Offices of the Secretary of State, State Engineer and Surveyor and Comptroller and the New York State Library'' (Albany, New York: Charles van Benthuysen, 1859; Family History Library film 947104 item 5; or 947,853, item 2). The New York State Archives also has a finding aid that lists the location of specific patent maps.  

Street and ward maps are extremely helpful in doing research in city records. Successful census research often depends on finding maps that show ward boundaries, enumeration districts, or election districts. A large collection of pre-1900 ward maps for every major American city, including Albany, Brooklyn, Buffalo, New York, and Rochester, is ''Ward Maps of United States Cities'' (Family History Library film 1377700; microfiche 6016554–782). A helpful atlas for New York City research is ''Hagstrom Map Co., Hagstrom New York City 5 Borough Atlas, 22 edition.''(Maspeth, New York: Hagstrom Map, 1987; Family History Library book Q 974.71 E7h).  

An important set of maps at the Library of Congress is available at the Family History Library on microfiche. The Land Ownership Map Collection contains 109 maps for New York counties, showing the names of landowners and the location of their property (Family History Library fiche 6079710–818). They date from 1668–1899 but most are from the 1850s. They are listed in the Family History Library Catalog Locality Search under UNITED STATES - MAPS. A description of each map is found in Richard W. Stephenson, ''Land Ownership Maps: A Checklist of Nineteenth Century United States County Maps in the Library of Congress'' (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1967; Family History Library book 973 A3Loc).  

[http://ftp2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/us_base/stco2003/stco2003.pdf United States Census Bureau State and County Map].  This map will allow you to zoom in on any state or county in the United States and read the names of all of the neighboring counties.

Thorndale, William and William Dollarhide. ''Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790–1920''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1987. (Family History Library book 973 X2th.)  

''County Formations and Minor Civil Divisions of the State of New York''. Series B, Number 4. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Genealogical Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1978. (Family History Library book Ref 929.1 G286gs Series B, no. 4; fiche 6046845.)