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The Auburn University Library Special Collections Department has an extensive collection of maps of Alabama. The Family History Library has a few historical maps and general highway maps. | The Auburn University Library Special Collections Department has an extensive collection of maps of Alabama. The Family History Library has a few historical maps and general highway maps. | ||
Maps for 1800, 1808, 1809, 1812, 1815, 1818, 1820, 1823, 1825, 1830, 1832, 1840, 1850, 1870, and 1903 are included in Marilyn Davis Barefield’s ''Researching in Alabama: A Genealogical Guide''. Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1987. (Family History Library book 976.1 D27b.) This book has a chapter about records that can help you research in the "burned counties." The book includes information about valuable records collections in various libraries and archives. | Maps for 1800, 1808, 1809, 1812, 1815, 1818, 1820, 1823, 1825, 1830, 1832, 1840, 1850, 1870, and 1903 are included in Marilyn Davis Barefield’s ''Researching in Alabama: A Genealogical Guide''. Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1987. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=976.1+D27b book 976.1 D27b].) This book has a chapter about records that can help you research in the "burned counties." The book includes information about valuable records collections in various libraries and archives. | ||
Maps showing county boundaries, rivers, railroads, townships, roads, mountains, valleys, and other geographic features for Alabama for 1823, 1838, 1862, and 1960 and a map showing the Alabama area during the Revolutionary War period are in the following book: | Maps showing county boundaries, rivers, railroads, townships, roads, mountains, valleys, and other geographic features for Alabama for 1823, 1838, 1862, and 1960 and a map showing the Alabama area during the Revolutionary War period are in the following book: | ||
Jackson, Richard C. ''Historical and Genealogical Atlas of North America.'' Provo, Utah: Gentech Press, 1974. (Family History Library book 973 E3j; film 908951 item2.) See pages 36 and 93. | Jackson, Richard C. ''Historical and Genealogical Atlas of North America.'' Provo, Utah: Gentech Press, 1974. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=267939&disp=Historical+and+genealogical+atlas+of+Nor%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 973 E3j; film 908951 item2].) See pages 36 and 93. | ||
Two statewide atlases are: | Two statewide atlases are: | ||
Dodd, Donald B. ''Historical Atlas of Alabama.'' Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1974. ( | Dodd, Donald B. ''Historical Atlas of Alabama.'' Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1974. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=192413&disp=Historical+atlas+of+Alabama%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 976.1 E7d].) Included are maps that show the location of forts, Indian land cessions with their dates, and county boundaries from 1819 to 1972. | ||
''Alabama: Atlas of Historical County Boundaries''. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1996. (Family History Library 976.1 E3s.) This book has maps showing when and where each county changed boundaries. | ''Alabama: Atlas of Historical County Boundaries''. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1996. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=775070&disp=Alabama%3A+atlas+of+historical+county+bo%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 976.1 E3s].) This book has maps showing when and where each county changed boundaries. | ||
In the Place Search of the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library Catalog], atlases and maps may be found under: | In the Place Search of the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library Catalog], atlases and maps may be found under: | ||