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Since 1800, the Ordnance Survey has been the major source of topographical maps. English, Welsh, Scottish, and Irish maps are available in one-inch-to-the-mile, six-inches-to-the-mile, and twenty-five-inches-to-the-mile, and even ten-feet-to-the-mile. The series has been revised and published at different dates. An online version is available through [https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/shop/os-maps-online.html Ordinance Survery] - free and $ | Since 1800, the Ordnance Survey has been the major source of topographical maps. English, Welsh, Scottish, and Irish maps are available in one-inch-to-the-mile, six-inches-to-the-mile, and twenty-five-inches-to-the-mile, and even ten-feet-to-the-mile. The series has been revised and published at different dates. An online version is available through [https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/shop/os-maps-online.html Ordinance Survery] - free and $ | ||
You will often need minute detail to find the location of an ancestor’s home. City and street maps are helpful when researching in large cities. A partial list of such maps available at the | You will often need minute detail to find the location of an ancestor’s home. City and street maps are helpful when researching in large cities. A partial list of such maps available at the FamilySearch Library is: | ||
*''Rural and City Maps.'' Typescript. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1985. ( | *''Rural and City Maps.'' Typescript. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1985. (FamilySearch Library book {{FSC|942 E73c|disp=942 E73c}}.) | ||
==Using Maps== | ==Using Maps== | ||
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==Finding Maps and Atlases== | ==Finding Maps and Atlases== | ||
The | The FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City has a good collection of Scottish maps and atlases. To find call numbers, look in the search FamilySearch Catalog]Search under: | ||
SCOTLAND - MAPS <br>SCOTLAND, [COUNTY] - MAPS <br>SCOTLAND, [COUNTY], [CITY] - MAPS GREAT BRITAIN - MAPS | SCOTLAND - MAPS <br>SCOTLAND, [COUNTY] - MAPS <br>SCOTLAND, [COUNTY], [CITY] - MAPS GREAT BRITAIN - MAPS | ||
Some helpful maps at the | Some helpful maps at the FamilySearch Library are: | ||
*'<nowiki/>'''Civil Parishes and Counties of North East Scotland''''. [Scotland]: Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society, [198-]. (FS Library book {{FSC|941 E7c|disp=941 E7c}}.) | *'<nowiki/>'''Civil Parishes and Counties of North East Scotland''''. [Scotland]: Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society, [198-]. (FS Library book {{FSC|941 E7c|disp=941 E7c}}.) | ||
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