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Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005
From: "Rich Green" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: News Release: Web site Update
Web site update 4/11/05
http://www.historic-atlas-series.com/
The Historic Atlas Series has been updated to include new precinct level
atlases from the State of Kentucky. By popular request, we are currently
digitizing more of these kinds of atlas and map data, and will be adding
more in the coming weeks.
Kentucky: http://www.historic-atlas-series.com/ky_map/ky_index.html
At the present, atlas CD's are offered from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Additional
KY atlas CD's are currently in production. Missouri, West Virginia and
Virginia products are planned later this year so please feel free to check
back often.
The Historic Atlas Series may be an invaluable aid to Genealogists,
Historians and cartographic researchers in search of 19th century places and
place names. Many early property owners are indicated on the township and
precinct level maps making these a great resource for identifying 19th
century land ownership.
Each atlas includes the following 19th century features:
* roads, railroads and canals
* cities, towns and villages
* post offices and government sites
* one-room schoolhouses, churches and cemeteries
* rivers, streams and ferries
* industrial sites, furnaces and mills
* early homesteads and farms
* land ownership
- and much, much more
Details on early maps are often difficult to read and these are no
exception; however, by virtue of high resolution Adobe PDF formatting, map
documents may be inspected at high levels of magnification without
additional digital distortion; something that simply cannot be accomplished
with paper reproductions and photocopies.
The Adobe Acrobat Reader for MS Windows is needed to view, zoom, pan and
print from the PDF map images, and is included free on each CD. No other
software is necessary. The map data has been created and configured using
the Adobe Acrobat Reader (6.0) for MS Windows (98, 98SE, XP, NT and 2000).
The maps may be viewed in earlier versions of the software as well; however,
optimum use of the data can be expected using the Adobe Reader 6.0 that is
included on each CD.
Best Regards,
Rich Green
Historic Atlas Series
http://www.historic-atlas-series.com/
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