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Mon, 20 Sep 1993 08:49:05 -0700 (MST)
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Sources genealogists are using
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Mon, 20 Sep 1993 07:42:05 -0500
Richard Ammann <[log in to unmask]>
Map, atlas, & gazetteer source
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Many people are asking for specific locations of towns in the United
States. I think this is an excellent resource which Roots-L readers can
provide each other, as a part of the broad nature of genealogy and family
history searching. (Thus, another vote here for _not_ breaking apart this
network!)
I have been using the U.S. atlas and gazetteer series published by DeLorme
Mapping Co., P.O. Box 298, Freeport, Maine 04032, (207) 865-4171. This
series of oversize books uses a scale of 1:150,000, so that one inch on
the map equals 2.3 miles or 3.7 kilometers on the ground. Each volume
costs about $13. Current states available are: Alaska, Northern
California, Southern and Central California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho,
Illinois, Maine, Maryland & Delaware, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire,
New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah,
Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Arizona will be available
in October / November and Montana will be available in February 1994.
A local map dealer here sells these maps, if you cannot buy them near you.
Contact: Dover Flag and Map, 323 Main Street, Racine WI 53403, phone
414-632-3133, fax 414-632-3188. They accept credit cards. They also can
order other maps of the U.S. and worldwide. This is _not_ a commercial
message for them...
For England, Scotland, and Wales I have had good success locating places
with the AAA Britain Road Atlas, published by the Automobile Association
in Great Britain. The maps are in a scale of 4 miles to 1 inch. While
their index to the maps is impressive, it is _not_ complete -- it didn't
have Groton, one ancestor's home town (8().
Hope this information is useful...
Dick Ammann, 1612 Park Avenue, Racine WI 53403 (414) 632-4610
University of Wisconsin-Parkside [log in to unmask]
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