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Maps are an important source for locating places where your ancestors lived. They help you see the neighboring towns, transportation routes, | Maps are an important source for locating places where your ancestors lived. They help you see the neighboring towns, transportation routes, and geographic features of the area your ancestor came from. Historical maps are especially useful for understanding boundary changes. | ||
Maps are published individually or as an atlas (a bound collection of maps). They may be included in gazetteers, guidebooks, local histories, and history texts. | Maps are published individually or as an atlas (a bound collection of maps). They may be included in gazetteers, guidebooks, local histories, and history texts. | ||
Different types of maps will help you in different ways. Historical atlases describe the growth | Different types of maps will help you in different ways. Historical atlases describe the growth and development of countries. They show boundaries, migration routes, settlement patterns, military campaigns, and other historical information. Road atlases are useful because of their detail, and they include an alphabetical index. Other types of maps include parish maps, county atlases, topographical maps, and military maps. Maps can show townships in great detail (to ½" to the mile). City maps are extremely helpful when researching in large cities such as Warszawa. | ||
=== Using Maps === | === Using Maps === | ||
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To do successful research in Poland, you must identify the town where your ancestor lived. | To do successful research in Poland, you must identify the town where your ancestor lived. | ||
Because many towns have the same name, you may need some additional information before you | Because many towns have the same name, you may need some additional information before you can locate the correct town on a map. You will be more successful if you have some information about the town. You may search gazetteers, histories, family records, and other sources to learn about the following: | ||
* The state or province the ancestor came from | * The state or province the ancestor came from | ||
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Some maps at the Family History Library are: | Some maps at the Family History Library are: | ||
''Karte des Deutschen Reiches ''(Map of the German Empire). Scale 1:100.000. Berlin, Germany: Kartographische Abteilung der Königlichen Preußischen Landesaufnahme, 1914–1917. (FHL film 0068814.) | ''Karte des Deutschen Reiches''(Map of the German Empire). Scale 1:100.000. Berlin, Germany: Kartographische Abteilung der Königlichen Preußischen Landesaufnahme, 1914–1917. (FHL film 0068814.) | ||
''Mapa Polski (taktyczna)'' (Tactical maps of Poland). Warszawa, Poland: Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny,1926–38. (FHL fiche 6312622.) | ''Mapa Polski (taktyczna)'' (Tactical maps of Poland). Warszawa, Poland: Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny,1926–38. (FHL fiche 6312622.) | ||
A set of 483 microfiche maps of Poland as it existed between World War I and World | A set of 483 microfiche maps of Poland as it existed between World War I and World War II. | ||
Modern road atlases for Poland are for sale at various genealogical booksellers and many on-line bookstores through the Internet. The following is an easy-to-use, well-produced road atlas that is typical of what is available. | Modern road atlases for Poland are for sale at various genealogical booksellers and many on-line bookstores through the Internet. The following is an easy-to-use, well-produced road atlas that is typical of what is available. | ||
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Two excellent national historical atlases are: | Two excellent national historical atlases are: | ||
''Atlas geograficzny illustrowany | ''Atlas geograficzny illustrowany królestwa polskiego'' ''(An illustrated geographical atlas of the Kingdom of Poland)''. Scale 1:420,000. Warszawa: J. M.Bazewicz, 1907. (FHL book 943.8 E3b; film 0873665 item 3; fiche 6000827.) | ||
''Iwo Cyprian Pogonowski.'' ''(Poland: A Historical Atlas)''. New York, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., 1987. (FHL book 943.8E7p.) | ''Iwo Cyprian Pogonowski.'' ''(Poland: A Historical Atlas)''. New York, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., 1987. (FHL book 943.8E7p.) | ||
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http://www.pgsa.org/geomaps.htm | http://www.pgsa.org/geomaps.htm | ||
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