This message was sent in by Jack Mount and was downloaded from Roots-L@NDSUVM1 -------Johnnie ---------------------------------------- Mon, 20 Sep 1993 08:49:05 -0700 (MST) [log in to unmask] Sources genealogists are using ---------------------------------- Mon, 20 Sep 1993 07:42:05 -0500 Richard Ammann <[log in to unmask]> Map, atlas, & gazetteer source ROOTS-L Genealogy List <[log in to unmask]> 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]