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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 Family History Library is: | 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 Family History Library is: | ||
*''Rural and City Maps.'' Typescript. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1985. (Family History Library book {{ | *''Rural and City Maps.'' Typescript. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1985. (Family History Library book {{FSC|942 E73c|disp=942 E73c}}.) | ||
==Using Maps== | ==Using Maps== | ||
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Some helpful maps at the Family History Library are: | Some helpful maps at the Family History Library are: | ||
*'<nowiki/>'''Civil Parishes and Counties of North East Scotland''''. [Scotland]: Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society, [198-]. (Family History Library book {{ | *'<nowiki/>'''Civil Parishes and Counties of North East Scotland''''. [Scotland]: Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society, [198-]. (Family History Library book {{FSC|941 E7c|disp=941 E7c}}.) | ||
*'<nowiki/>'''National Map Series,'''' Scale 1:100,000''.'' Var. eds. Edinburgh, Scotland: John Bartholomew & Son, 1978-81. (Family History Library book {{ | *'<nowiki/>'''National Map Series,'''' Scale 1:100,000''.'' Var. eds. Edinburgh, Scotland: John Bartholomew & Son, 1978-81. (Family History Library book {{FSC|942 E7bm|disp=942 E7bm}}.) These are detailed, modern sheet maps, roughly one-mile-to-the-inch. Also in a bound atlas. | ||
*'<nowiki/>'''Parish Maps of Scotland''''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1991. (Family History Library book {{ | *'<nowiki/>'''Parish Maps of Scotland''''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1991. (Family History Library book {{FSC|459108|title-id|disp=941 E7ch}} 1991.) | ||
*'<nowiki/>'''The Phillimore Atlas and Index of Parish Registers''''. 2nd ed. Chichester, England: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., 1995. (Family History Library book {{ | *'<nowiki/>'''The Phillimore Atlas and Index of Parish Registers''''. 2nd ed. Chichester, England: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., 1995. (Family History Library book {{FSC|942 E7pa|disp=942 E7pa}} 1995.) | ||
*The '<nowiki/>'''Ordnance Survey 1:50 000 Landranger Series.'''' Southampton, England: Ordnance Survey, c1987-89. (Family History Library book [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F608445 942 E5o]) | *The '<nowiki/>'''Ordnance Survey 1:50 000 Landranger Series.'''' Southampton, England: Ordnance Survey, c1987-89. (Family History Library book [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F608445 942 E5o]) | ||
==Books== | ==Books== | ||
*Harley, J.B. '<nowiki/>'''Ordnance Survey Maps: A Descriptive Manual''''. Southampton, England: Ordnance Survey, 1975. (Family History Library book {{ | *Harley, J.B. '<nowiki/>'''Ordnance Survey Maps: A Descriptive Manual''''. Southampton, England: Ordnance Survey, 1975. (Family History Library book {{FSC|280190|title-id|disp=942 E3osa}}.) This explains the history of and detail on Ordnance Survey maps. | ||
*'<nowiki/>'''Civil Parish Map Index''''. Edinburgh, Scotland: General Register Office for Scotland, [1985?]. (Family History Library book {{ | *'<nowiki/>'''Civil Parish Map Index''''. Edinburgh, Scotland: General Register Office for Scotland, [1985?]. (Family History Library book {{FSC|406137|title-id|disp=941 B4sg}} no. 1, 1987.) | ||
*Wilkes, Margaret. '<nowiki/>'''The Scot and His Maps''''. Edinburgh, Scotland: Scottish Library Association, 1991. (Family History Library book {{ | *Wilkes, Margaret. '<nowiki/>'''The Scot and His Maps''''. Edinburgh, Scotland: Scottish Library Association, 1991. (Family History Library book {{FSC|645773|title-id|disp=941 E7wm}}.) This is a good overview of the history of Scottish maps and mapmaking. | ||
Contact your local bookstore to order maps of Scotland, or you may purchase maps by writing to either of the two following places: | Contact your local bookstore to order maps of Scotland, or you may purchase maps by writing to either of the two following places: | ||
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