4,706
edits
→How Can Maps Help Me Do Genealogy?
| Line 7: | Line 7: | ||
}} | }} | ||
== How | == How can maps help me research my family? == | ||
Maps will help you locate the places where your ancestors lived. They identify political boundaries, place names, parishes, geographical features, cemeteries, churches, and migration/transportation routes. Historical maps are especially useful for understanding boundary changes or finding communities that no longer exist. You can find maps at [https://www.google.com/maps Google Maps], [https://www.davidrumsey.com/ David Rumsey's Historical Maps Collection], [https://www.oldmapsonline.org/ Old Maps Online Collection], [https://www.loc.gov/maps/collections/ Library of Congress Maps Collection], [https://collections.leventhalmap.org/ Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library], [Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection]. You may also find maps at other archives, libraries and historical societies. | Maps will help you locate the places where your ancestors lived. They identify political boundaries, place names, parishes, geographical features, cemeteries, churches, and migration/transportation routes. Historical maps are especially useful for understanding boundary changes or finding communities that no longer exist. | ||
You can find online maps at: | |||
*'''[https://www.google.com/maps Google Maps]''' - Using Google Maps can be a really quick way to see the basic geography of the area you are researching. You can also use online tools with Google Maps to tag where your ancestors lived or to share your map information with your family. You can also use Google Maps to plan a trip to see where your ancestors lived. Google Maps, however, will only show you the most up to date information of an area. Therefore, you will want to use historic maps to understand geographic/boundary changes or to find communities/landmarks that no longer exist.<br> | |||
:To learn more about how to use Google Maps for your genealogy research, go to [https://www.rootstech.org/blog/google-and-maps-for-genealogists-tracking-where-youve-been this blog post] by Miryelle Resek. | |||
*[https://www.davidrumsey.com/ David Rumsey's Historical Maps Collection], | |||
*[https://www.oldmapsonline.org/ Old Maps Online Collection], | |||
*[https://www.loc.gov/maps/collections/ Library of Congress Maps Collection], | |||
*[https://collections.leventhalmap.org/ Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library], | |||
*[Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection]. | |||
*You may also find maps at other archives, libraries and historical societies. | |||
Maps are published either individually or as an atlas. An atlas is a bound collection of maps. Use tools like gazetteers, guidebooks, local histories, historical geographies, encyclopedias, and history texts to get the most out of maps. | Maps are published either individually or as an atlas. An atlas is a bound collection of maps. Use tools like gazetteers, guidebooks, local histories, historical geographies, encyclopedias, and history texts to get the most out of maps. | ||