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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 | 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 {{FHL|976.1 D27b|disp=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 | Jackson, Richard C. ''Historical and Genealogical Atlas of North America.'' Provo, Utah: Gentech Press, 1974. (Family History Library {{FHL|267939|title-id|disp=book 973 E3j; film 908951 item2}}.) See pages 36 and 93. | ||
[http://ftp2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/us_base/stco2003/stco2003.pdf United States Census Bureau State and County Map]. This map will allow you to zoom in on any state or county in the United States and read the names of all of the neighboring counties. | [http://ftp2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/us_base/stco2003/stco2003.pdf United States Census Bureau State and County Map]. This map will allow you to zoom in on any state or county in the United States and read the names of all of the neighboring counties. | ||
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Two statewide atlases are: | Two statewide atlases are: | ||
Dodd, Donald B. ''Historical Atlas of Alabama.'' Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1974. (Family History Library | Dodd, Donald B. ''Historical Atlas of Alabama.'' Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1974. (Family History Library {{FHL|192413|title-id|disp=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 | ''Alabama: Atlas of Historical County Boundaries''. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1996. (Family History Library {{FHL|775070|title-id|disp=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: | ||