Please note that the Library of Congress' website on Sanborn Maps includes the following "Other Resources" reference:

Collections of Sanborn insurance maps are to be found in other North American libraries. The holdings of some of these institutions are listed in the two-volume checklist, Union List of Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Held by Institutions in the United States and Canada External, published in 1976-77 by the Western Association of Map Libraries.

Stanley D. Stevens

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On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 9:13 AM Ratliff, Louise <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hello all,

I found this article referenced in yesterday’s American Libraries Direct newsletter. It is especially relevant to the upcoming ALA ALCTS Preservation Week, April 21-27, 2019, the theme of which is preservation efforts in the field of genealogy (http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2019/02/professional-genealogist-and-author-kenyatta-d-berry-serve-preservation-week

How to Use the Library of Congress’ New Sanborn Maps for Genealogy

By Diane Haddad

February 4, 2019

Published in FamilyTree.

https://www.familytreemagazine.com/articles/genealogy_research_strategies/libraries-archives/how-to-use-the-library-of-congress-new-sanborn-maps-for-genealogy/

Enjoy!

Louise

Louise Ratliff

Social Sciences and Map Catalog Librarian

UCLA Library Cataloging & Metadata Center

2400 Life Sciences Building

Box 957230

Los Angeles, CA 90095-7230

(310)206-5853

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