New York Maps: Difference between revisions

*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 {{FHL|595910|item|disp=FHL fiche 6079710–818}} They date from 1668–1899 but most are from the 1850s. They are listed in the FamilySearch 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) {{FHL|448424|item|disp=FHL book 973 A3Loc}} A digital version is available through the FamilySearch Catalog entry.

*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'' {{FHL|373717|item|disp=FHL film 1377700; 6016554–782}}

*Thorndale, William and William Dollarhide. ''Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790–1920''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1987. {{FHL|545087|item|disp=FHL 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. {{FHL|153570|item|disp=FHL fiche 6046845; book 929.1 G286gs}}  

Thorne, Kathryn Ford, compiler. ''New York Atlas of Historical County Boundaries''. New York, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. {{FHL|471644|item|disp=FHL book 974.7 E7t}}.) Maps show when and where each county changed boundaries from colonial times to 1990.  

*Wright, Albert Hazen. ''A Check List of the County Atlases of New York''. Ithaca, New York: A. H. Wright, 1943. {{FHL|218623|item|disp=FHL fiche 609391 (244 fiche); book 974.7}} This is study number 4 of New York Historical Source Studies.

*Burr, David H. ''An Atlas of the State of New York.'' New York, NY: David H. Burr, 1829. Reprint, Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1970. {{FHL|292138|item|disp=FHL film 813651 items 3–4}}

*Bien, Joseph R. ''Atlas of the State of New York''. New York, New York: J. Bien and Company, 1895. {{FHL|475871|item|disp=FHL film 1870120}} This includes some of the original land patents.

*''New York State Atlas''. Albany, New York: New York State Department of Transportation, 1983. {{FHL|81963|item|disp=FHL book 974.7 E7n}}

*DeLorme Mapping Company, ''New York State Atlas & Gazetteer''. report, Maine: DeLorme Mapping, 1988. {{FHL|1355113|item|disp=FHL book 974.7 E7}}

*DeLorme Mapping Co. ''Upstate New York Street Maps''. Freeport, Maine: DeLorme Mapping, 1988. {{FHL|126067|item|disp=FHL Q book 974.7 E7d}} This is an atlas of upstate urban areas from Middletown north to Plattsburgh, and Albany west to Buffalo. It has more than 80 cities and towns in all.

*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. {{FHL|658600|item |disp=FHL Q book 974.71 E7h}}

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. {{FHL|341313|item|disp=FHL film 947104 item 5, 947853 item 2}} The New York State Archives also has a finding aid that lists the location of specific patent maps.