Maps of the South

Maps are essential when doing genealogical research. Maps can help determine:

• Jurisdictions and boundaries
• Geographical and physical features
• Relationships between towns and counties

Use many sources to locate a map closest to the time period your ancestor lived in a certain location.

Here are some references and web sites to assist you in locating maps.

Alabama

• Alabama Maps
• Alabama Maps-Perry Castaneda Libary
• Alabama Burned Counties
• H.C. Hudgins & Co., Railroad and County Map of Alabama, (Atlanta: H. C.Hudgins, [19--].)
• Sara Elizabeth Mason, A List of the Nineteenth Century Maps of the State of Alabama, (Birmingham Public Library, 1973.)
• W. Craig Remington and Thomas Kallsen, ed., Historical Atlas of Alabama, (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama, 1997.)
• Peggy Tuck Sinko, comp., Alabama: Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, (New York City: Charles Scribner's Sons., 1996.)

Georgia

• Georgia Department of Archives and History
• Georgia Railway Map
• Georgia Maps-Perry Castanada Library
• Georgia Maps

See also

Rural Records of the Southern United States