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For more information about a specific locality, you may want to use the following sources: | For more information about a specific locality, you may want to use the following sources: | ||
• Bullinger's Postal and Shippers Guide for the United States | •[[https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/125704?availability=Family%20History%20Library Bullinger's Postal and Shippers Guide for the United States and Canada]] The Family History Library has one or more copies of the following editions: 1871, 1895?, 1951, 1960, 1961, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1997, 1998 <br> • Gazetteers have lists of villages, towns, cities, and counties. <br> • [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2249066?availability=Family%20History%20Library Map Guide to the U. S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920]. The Map Guide shows county outline maps at ten-year intervals, the old county boundaries being superimposed over the modern lines. <br> • Local histories of towns, counties, and states discuss local events, people, and places. <br> • Encyclopedias contain historical background information about towns, cities, counties, states, and historical events. <br> | ||
== Where To Find It == | == Where To Find It == | ||