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Use gazetteers to identify the province your ancestor's town was in. This will distinguish it from other towns of the same name and help you locate it on a map. See the "Gazetteers" section of this outline. | Use gazetteers to identify the province your ancestor's town was in. This will distinguish it from other towns of the same name and help you locate it on a map. See the "Gazetteers" section of this outline. | ||
==Finding Maps and Atlases== | === Finding Maps and Atlases === | ||
Collections of maps and atlases are available at numerous historical societies and at public and university libraries. You can purchase maps of Argentina from any local book store. | Collections of maps and atlases are available at numerous historical societies and at public and university libraries. You can purchase maps of Argentina from any local book store. | ||
The Family History Library has a good collection of Argentinian maps and atlases. These are listed in the Family History Library Catalog by using a '''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitysearch&columns=*,0,0 Place Search]''' under: | The Family History Library has a good collection of Argentinian maps and atlases. These are listed in the Family History Library Catalog by using a '''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitysearch&columns=*,0,0 Place Search]''' under: | ||
ARGENTINA - MAPS | ARGENTINA - MAPS | ||
ARGENTINA - PROVINCE - MAPS | ARGENTINA - PROVINCE - MAPS | ||
'''A helpful set of maps at the Family History Library is:''' | '''A helpful set of maps at the Family History Library is:''' | ||
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** ''Carta provisional de la República Argentina.'' (Provisional Map of the Republic Argentin). Scale: 1:500.000. 69 maps. Buenos Aires: El Instituto, 1939–1975. (FHL map 982 E7ag.) | **''Carta provisional de la República Argentina.'' (Provisional Map of the Republic Argentin). Scale: 1:500.000. 69 maps. Buenos Aires: El Instituto, 1939–1975. (FHL map 982 E7ag.) | ||
'''Helpful atlases for Argentina include:''' | '''Helpful atlases for Argentina include:''' | ||
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** Chapeaurouge, Carlos de. ''Atlas del plano catastral de la República Argentina.'' (Atlas of the Planning Tax Offices of the Republic of Argentina). Buenos Aires: Eigendorf y Lesser, 1905. Buneos Aires: J. Lesser, 1913. (FHL film 0908853 item 1; Fiche 6030612 [supplement].) Includes 119 maps. | **Chapeaurouge, Carlos de. ''Atlas del plano catastral de la República Argentina.'' (Atlas of the Planning Tax Offices of the Republic of Argentina). Buenos Aires: Eigendorf y Lesser, 1905. Buneos Aires: J. Lesser, 1913. (FHL film 0908853 item 1; Fiche 6030612 [supplement].) Includes 119 maps. | ||
** Latzina, Francisco. ''Geografía de la República Argentina.''(Geography and Description of Argentina). Buenos Aires: Félix Lajouane, 1888. (FHL book 982 E2lf; film 0599567 item 1.) | **Latzina, Francisco. ''Geografía de la República Argentina.''(Geography and Description of Argentina). Buenos Aires: Félix Lajouane, 1888. (FHL book 982 E2lf; film 0599567 item 1.) | ||
'''Bibliographies of Argentianian maps and atlases are found in the following books:''' | '''Bibliographies of Argentianian maps and atlases are found in the following books:''' | ||
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** Barba, Fernando E. ''Indice de mapas, planos y fotografías del Ministerio de Obras Públicas 1885–1910''. (Index to the maps, plan and photograph holdings of the Sección Ministerio de Obras Públicas 1885–1910). La Plata: Archivo Histórico de la Provincia, 1968. (FHL book 982 A3b; film 0873668 item 4.) | **Barba, Fernando E. ''Indice de mapas, planos y fotografías del Ministerio de Obras Públicas 1885–1910''. (Index to the maps, plan and photograph holdings of the Sección Ministerio de Obras Públicas 1885–1910). La Plata: Archivo Histórico de la Provincia, 1968. (FHL book 982 A3b; film 0873668 item 4.) | ||
** Fúrlong Cárdiff, Guillermo. ''Cartografía Histórica Argentina: mapas planos y diseños que se conservan en el Archivo General de la Nación''. (Inventory of the maps, plans, and drawings found in the National Archives of Argentina). Buenos Aires, Talleres Gros del Boletín Oficial e Imprentas de Ministerio del Interior, 1963. (FHL book 982 A3f; film 0897023 item 2.) | **Fúrlong Cárdiff, Guillermo. ''Cartografía Histórica Argentina: mapas planos y diseños que se conservan en el Archivo General de la Nación''. (Inventory of the maps, plans, and drawings found in the National Archives of Argentina). Buenos Aires, Talleres Gros del Boletín Oficial e Imprentas de Ministerio del Interior, 1963. (FHL book 982 A3f; film 0897023 item 2.) | ||
=== Websites === | === Websites === | ||