Websites for Family History Beginners: Difference between revisions

20. [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic United States and its Territories Geographic Names Information System]: The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States of America and its territories. It is a type of gazetteer. GNIS was developed by the United States Geological Survey in cooperation with the United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) to promote the standardization of feature names<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Geographic Names Information System," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Geographic_Names_Information_System&amp;amp;oldid=331084733 (accessed December 17, 2009).</ref>.  

21. [http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/ Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names]: This website allows you to search for a geographic name and shows the heirarchy of jurisdictions associated with that location.<br>22. [http://www.davidrumsey.com/ David Rumsey Map Collection]: A collection of over 21,000 historic maps online. The website includes a link to the David Rumsey Blog for additional information.<br>23. [http://lib.utexas.edu/maps/ Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection]: The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection is an extensive collection of maps at The University of Texas at Austin. Many have been scanned and are available online, most of which are public domain<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Perry-Casta%C3%B1eda_Library_Map_Collection&amp;amp;amp;amp;oldid=308129700 (accessed December 16, 2009).</ref><br>