-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: A Genealogy Map Story Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:11:33 -0500 (CDT) From: Donna G Genzmer <[log in to unmask]> To: Air Photo Maps, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]> ...which brings to mind Robert Frost's poem "Ghost House" <http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ghost-house/> I dwell in a lonely house I know That vanished many a summer ago, And left no trace but the cellar walls, And a cellar in which the daylight falls, And the purple-stemmed wild raspberries grow. O'er ruined fences the grape-vines shield The woods come back to the mowing field; The orchard tree has grown one copse Of new wood and old where the woodpecker chops; The footpath down to the well is healed.... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From: *"Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee" <[log in to unmask]> *To: *[log in to unmask] *Sent: *Wednesday, March 21, 2012 11:58:56 AM *Subject: *Re: A Genealogy Map Story -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [MAPS-L] A Genealogy Map Story Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:53:36 -0500 From: Robert T Wyatt <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: [log in to unmask] To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]> CC: Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee <[log in to unmask]> My former neighbor and architectural preservation expert once told me that looking for plants like irises, etc., was a common way to search for old homesteads. > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: RE: A Genealogy Map Story > Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:54:20 +0000 > From: Hadden, Robert L AGC <[log in to unmask]> > To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship > <[log in to unmask]> > > A Genealogy Story > > ... > I have heard of benchmarks and landmarks, but this was the only > case of > "bloom marks" I have ever heard of. Perhaps it is a new variation of the > compass rose. > > Lee Hadden > > R. Lee Hadden > Army Geospatial Center > ATTN: WSGRLH (Hadden) > 7701 Telegraph Road > Alexandria, VA 22315 > (703) 428-9206 > [log in to unmask] -- Donna G. Genzmer, GISP Director, Cartography & GIS Center Secretary, Treasurer, Webmaster, GIS Council University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PO Box 413 2025 East Newport Ave/Northwest Quadrant B 6535 Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA 414-229-4865 (p) 414-229-3981 (f) http://www4.uwm.edu/cgis http://www4.uwm.edu/gis http://people.uwm.edu/dgs http://www.linkedin.com/in/donnagenzmer http://www.twitter.com/MapGoddess