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*'''County, Parish, or Province maps '''show roads, cemeteries, landmarks, local boundaries, and physical features. | *'''County, Parish, or Province maps '''show roads, cemeteries, landmarks, local boundaries, and physical features. | ||
*'''Fire insurance maps (Sanborn maps)''' of 12,000 cities and towns yield street names and specific properties and addresses starting in 1867. Using these with city directories can help locate urban ancestors in a given year. | *'''Fire insurance maps (Sanborn maps)''' of 12,000 cities and towns yield street names and specific properties and addresses starting in 1867. Using these with city directories can help locate urban ancestors in a given year. | ||
*'''Gazetteers''' | *'''Gazetteers''' geographical dictionary or directory used in conjunctions with a map or atlas. It typical contains information concerning the geographical makeup, social statistics and physical features of a country, region, or continent.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Gazetteer," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazetteer, accessed 4 April 2018.</ref> | ||
*'''Guidebooks''' | *'''Guidebooks''' | ||
*'''Historical Geographies''' | *'''Historical Geographies''' | ||