General Resource Sites

• ABCgenealogy: Maps 
  Links to online map resources.
• About The Human Internet - Geography 
  Weekly article about geography and maps, annotated links to map and geographical resources, and much more.
• Ancestor Search - Genealogy Surname Search Engines for Maps - US and Europe 
• Ancestry.com - Reference - Map Center 
• Books We Own - Atlases and Gazetteers 
  Find a book from which you would like a lookup and click on the submitter's code at the end of the entry. Once you find the contact information for the submitter, write them a polite request for a lookup. Be sure to follow the Tips for making a request . See also the Frequently Asked Questions about Copyright page and please also consider reading through: How to Contribute to Books We Own.
• Cartographic Images 
  Ancient, Medieval & Renaissance Maps.
• Cartography Maps & GIS Resources  ~ Fairfax, Virginia
  From George Mason University.
• CGRER Netsurfing: Maps and References 
  Huge compilation of links from the University of Iowa.
• Find-our-Community.net - World Map, World Travel Guide and Community Web Sites 
• GBR-Maps-Online Mailing List 
  For for the discussion and sharing of information regarding British maps and etchings, and their availability online.
• Genealogical Geography: Place Identification in the Map Library 
  Article by William H. Lamble.
• Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names 
• GIS Datab 
  List of online GIS data and resources from the John R. Borchert Map Library, Univ. of Minnesota.
• Global Gazetteer 
  This is a directory of the world's cities and towns, sorted by country and linked to a map for each town.
• John Robertson's Genealogy & Maps 
  Historical county lines; genealogy atlas "how-to" and more.
• Locations - Finding United States Locations Using On-Line Aerial Photos and Topographical Maps 
• Map Empire 
  North American maps and related products. Road maps, atlases, travel guides, airline route maps, topographic maps, globes, marine charts, railroad maps, bicycle maps, map libraries.
• Map History / History of Cartography 
  A tightly organized global overview of the history of cartography, aimed at surfers or scholars, spread over about 100 pages. The site provides reference information and lists activities, opportunities and resources. There are also leads to the collecting of early maps. 'Map History' is managed by the former Map Librarian of the British Library and forms part of the WWW-Virtual Library.
• Map Reference 
  Compiled listing of non-printed reference material on the subject of historical maps & cartography.
• Map Related Web Sites 
• mapsarea.com 
  World maps and atlases.
  • Historical Maps 
  • Map Libraries 
• Map Societies Around the World 
  From the Cleveland State University Library. A meta index of links to societies with a focus on cartography around the globe. Includes areas of interest for each society and contact information.
• Oddens's Bookmarks - The Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping 
  Over 20,000 cartographic links.
• Same Place, Different Name 
  Provides an example of how the modern county of Sullivan, Tennessee "wandered" between three different states over the course of its history.
• The US GeoGen Project™ 
  The US GeoGen Project™ is a national project designed to combine the hobbies of genealogy and electronic orienteering.

Ethnic Group Maps

• Ancestry Groups in the United States 
  Maps which show how many people in each county of the United States identify with certain ancestry groups.
• Germans in America - 1914 Map 
  From the Library of Congress.
• John R. Borchert Map Library - Atlas of Minnesota - Ancestry Maps 
  From the University of Minnesota. Displays 1990 census data for self-reported ancestry background by county.

  Arab  Asian  Austrian  Belgian  Canadian  Czech  Danish  Dutch  English  Finnish  French  French Canadian  German  Greek  Hispanic  Hungarian  Irish

  Italian  Lithuanian  Norwegian  Polish  Portuguese  Romanian  Russian  Scotch Irish  Scottish  Slovak  Subsaharan African  Swedish  Swiss  Ukranian  Welsh  West Indian  Yugoslavian

• Maps of American Ancestries 
  Various ancestry distribution maps showing ancestry concentrations by county as reported on the 2000 census.
  • Small US County Map 
  • Large US County Map 

Fire Insurance Maps

• Ancestry.com - Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps 
  Article by Michael John Neill.
• Assessing the Risk: Insurance Cartography in Cecil County  ~ Maryland
  • Catalog of Sanborn Maps in the Collection of the Historical Society 
• Chadwyck-Healey - Manufacturers Mutual Fire Insurance Site Maps, 1894 - 1954 
  Microfiche for sale.
• Checklist of Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps in Branner Library 
  List of holdings for California, Nevada, and British Columbia. Branner Earth Sciences Library and Map Collections, Stanford University Libraries/Academic Information Resources.
• City of Saskatoon Archives - Fire Insurance Plans Index  ~ Saskatchewan
• Environmental Data Resources, Inc. 
  EDR owns the Sanborn Map Company which owns the rights to the highly detailed fire insurance so helpful for genealogy and for house histories. Digital images of the Sanborn fire insurance maps may be ordered and delivered electronically for a fee.
• Fire Insurance Maps of Chicago 
• Fire Insurance Maps of Cities & Towns 
  From the State Historical Society of Iowa.
• Fire Insurance Maps, Their History and Applications 
  A book by Diane Oswald. Good information about this under-utilized source.
• Fire Insurance Plans held by the University of Waterloo Library  ~ Ontario
• Fire Insurance Plans in York Libraries 
  Canadian fire insurance plans housed in the libraries at York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• Florida Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps 
  Holdings of the University of Florida.
• Geostat: Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps 
  At the University of Virginia Library.
  • 1907 Sanborn Maps of Charlottesville 
  • Charlottesville, Virginia 1920 
  • History of Sanborn Maps 
• Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Collections 
  Insurance maps of U.S. cities, from the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, in the Library of Congress Special Collections.
• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps 
  Beyond the Index - Michael John Neill. This article discusses what Sanborn fire insurance maps are and how to locate them.
• Sanborn and Other Fire Insurance Maps 
  From the University of California, Berkeley, Earth Sciences & Map Library's Home Page.
• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps 
  Extracted from Fire Insurance Maps in the Library of Congress. A description from the Earth Sciences and Map Library at the University of California at Berkeley.
• Sanborn Insurance Maps 
  Digitized Sanborn Maps from 1886, 1891, 1896, 1907 & 1912 for Fredericksburg, Virginia.
• Sanborn Maps in Special Collections 
  At the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries.
• Trent University Archives- Coboconk, Ontario: Fire Insurance Plan 

How To

• Ancestry.com - Learning Center - Learn More 
  Thousands of FREE, searchable how-to articles from Ancestry.com publications such as Ancestry Magazine, the Ancestry Weekly Discovery and the Ancestry Monthly Update.
  • Building A Locality File 
    Article by Juliana Smith.
  • Using Ancestry: The Value of Gazetteers 
    Article by George G. Morgan.
  • Using Maps and Gazetteers in Your Research 
    Article by Juliana Smith.
  • Using Maps in Family History Research 
    Article by Donn Devine.
• Beyond the Index--Michael John Neill's Articles in the Ancestry Daily News 
  • Organizing by Place 
    With some thought, some analysis, and some time, a map may help you notice more than you expect about your ancestor and his family.
  • Plat Books 
    This article describes what plat books are, how to locate them, and how to use them in genealogical research.
  • Where is That? 
    This article describes some on and offline ways to locate places that no longer exist, or barely exist.
• Using Maps in Genealogy 
  From the USGS Mapping Applications Center.

Interactive Online Map Creation

• Expedia Maps 
  US Maps & World Maps with points of interest, nearby hotels & ratings.
• Falk Online 
  Online maps of major German cities, trip planning, and atlas.
• Genealogy Maps with local.live.com 
  Examples of family history research maps done with Microsoft's free mapping system.
• Google Earth 
• Google Maps 
• Live Search Maps 
  Create detailed street maps.
• MapaPolski/Map of Poland 
  This map site allows researchers to towns in Poland.
• MapQuest! 
  Interactive atlas for U.S. streets and more.
• MultiMap.com 
  UK based interactive mapping service on the web, offering street-level maps of Europe and detailed maps of the world.
• National Atlas of the United States of America 
  From the U.S. Geological Survey.
• norge.no 
  Interactive map of Norway showing fylkes and kommunes.
• Norgesglasset 
  Interactive maps of Norway.
• Norguide 
  Interactive maps of Norway.
• planiglobe - Online Vector Map Creation 
  Make a customized map. Pan and zoom to an area of the world. Add your own locations to a map and download a PostScript or Illustrator compatible version.
• TerraServer Homepage 
  Microsoft world imagery database. Create photographic maps of any place in the United States as well as several major world cities using satellite images and aerial photographs.
• Topozone 
  Interactive web site with topographical maps for the United States.

Libraries, Archives & Museums

• American Geographical Society Library  ~ Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  Reference and research library devoted to the acquisition, analysis, preservation, and retrieval of the literature of geography, cartography, and related fields. Located at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Library
• Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives 
• The Bodleian Library Map Room 
• The British Cartographic Society 
  • The British Cartographic Society - A Directory of UK Map Collections 
    Detailed information of map holdings in libraries and archives throughout the United Kingdom.
• Center for American History  ~ Austin, Texas
  From the University of Texas at Austin.
  • Research and Collections Division 
    • Maps 
      More than 35,000 printed & manuscript maps which date from 1513 to the present. These cartographic resources depict many geographic areas throughout the world, but their special strengths relate to Texas, the U.S. South, the U.S. Southwest & Mexico.
      • Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps 
        Alphabetical index gives locations and years available.
• Earth Sciences & Map Library-University of California, Berkeley 
  • HISTOPO Homepage-Earth Sciences & Map Library-University of California, Berkeley 
    This is a project to provide Web access to the historic topographic quadrangles produced by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1895 to the present. Selected editions for maps covering the greater San Francisco Bay are currently available.
• The European Library 
  A portal which offers access to the combined resources (books, magazines, journals.... - both digital and non-digital) of the 45 national libraries of Europe. It offers free searching and delivers digital objects - some free, some for a fee.
• Flinders' Journeys | State Library of New South Wales 
  Matthew Flinders circumnavigated and charted Australia.
• Harvard Map Collection 
• Heritage Map Museum Home Page 
  Antique maps from 15th to 19th century.
• John R. Borchert Map Library 
  Univ. of Minnesota.
  • Other Map Libraries and Related Organizations 
• The Library of Congress 
  • American Memory - Historical Collections for the National Digital Library 
    • Map Collections: 1500-2003 
      • Cities and Towns 
      • Conservation and Environment 
      • Cultural Landscapes 
      • Discovery and Exploration 
      • General Maps 
      • Military Battles and Campaigns 
      • Transportation and Communication 
  • Geography and Map Division 
• MAGIC - Map and Geographic Information Center - University of Connecticut 
  • Scanned Historical Maps 
    Primarily Connecticut and southern New England.
• The Map Collection at the University of Stony Brook, New York 
• Map Collections - National Library of Scotland 
• Maps 
  Held by the Wyoming State Archives.
• National Library of Scotland Maps Collection 
  Online images of dozens of historical Scottish maps.
• Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education 
  University of Southern Maine, Portland.
• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection 
  From The University of Texas at Austin.
  • Africa Maps 
  • Asia Maps 
  • Europe Maps 
  • Historical Maps 
    From The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, The University of Texas at Austin.
  • Historical Map Web Sites 
    A list by the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, The University of Texas at Austin.
  • Maps of The Americas 
  • Maps of Australia and the Pacific 
  • Maps on Other Web Sites 
  • Middle East Maps 
  • Polar Regions and Oceans Maps 
  • Russia and the Former Soviet Republics Maps 
  • United States Maps 
  • World Maps 
• Rare Map Collection at the Hargrett Library, University of Georgia 
• University of Texas at Arlington - Map Collections 
• USGS Library 
  Established in 1879 to build and organize a collection of scientific materials in the earth sciences, the U.S. Geological Survey Library is now the largest library for earth sciences in the world. The library system includes four libraries and is part of the Geographic Information Office of the USGS.
• UVa Library Geographic Information Center 
  • Digital Resources Catalog 
  • Maps Collection 
  • Virginia Digital Map Library 
  • Virginia Locator Service 
• Western Association of Map Libraries 
• Yahoo!...Science...Maps...Libraries 

Locality Specific

• Geographical Names Board of New South Wales  ~ Australia
• Geoscience Australia 
  • Maps of Australia 
  • Place Names Search 
• History of Australian Places Index 
• Landgate  ~ Western Australia
  • Historical Records 
    Ownership records dating back to the beginning of the settlement of the State.
  • Western Australian Place Names and Addressing 
• LINZ - The New Zealand Geographic Place-Names Database 
• Map of New Zealand - Guide to Cities & Towns 
• National Library of Australia Map Collection 

Canada
    See also: Cyndi's List - Canada Index

• 1927 Maps of Southeast Saskatchewan  ~ Canada
  Showing location of old schools, churches, coal mines & more.
• Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives / Association des Cartotheques et Archives 
  ACMLA actively serves as the representative professional group for Canadian map librarians, cartographic archivists and others interested in geographic information in all formats. The site includes a page with books about Canadian maps.
• The Atlas of Canada / L'Atlas du Canada 
• BC Geographical Names Information System  ~ Canada
  Searchable database.
• Canadian Geographical Names / Les noms géographiques du Canada 
  • Canadian Geographical Names - Publications 
    List of available publications on geographical names including policy documents and manuals, gazetteers, glossaries, newsletters and brochures.
  • Origins of Canada's Geographical Names 
  • Querying Canadian Geographical Names:
    Query by Geographical Name  or Current Names Selected by Coordinates
    Search this database of over 500,000 geographical names by name, feature type, region and by province
• Canadian Maps 
  1926 Souvenir Highway Map-Province of Saskatchewan; Early 1900s Map of Western Canada, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba: Canadian National Railways (shows township, range, meridian markings); The New World Atlas and Gazetteer 1922 Edition, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba (shows Provincial Electoral Districts 1922), California (Shows 1922 Counties), Austria, Hungary, Czecho-slovakia, Roumania, Jugo-slavia, Europe; Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Maps 1924 and 1984 (all SWP maps show meridians, township and range markings); 1947-48, 1950-51 and 1952-53 Saskatchewan Pool Country Elevator System Maps with calendar index.
• Cartes Historiques Canadiennes: Table des Matières 
• Historical Atlas of Canada - Online Learning Project 
• In Search of Your Canadian Past: The Canadian County Atlas Digital Project 
  From McGill University's Rare Books and Special Collections Division. A searchable database derived from published county atlases between 1874 & 1881. Searchable by property owners' names or by location. Township maps, portraits and properties have been scanned, with links from the property owners' names in the database.
• Natural Resources Canada 
• Online Historical Map Digitization Project  
  Maps, gazetteers and atlases for Saskatchewan.
• Parishes of Québec 17th-18th Centuries 
  Interactive map will display the position of the parishes.
• Places and Names of Canada 
  How places in Canada received their names.
• Saskatchewan, Canada Rand McNally 1924 Indexed Pocket Map Tourists and Shippers Guide 
  Map of Saskatchewan, showing township and range grid markings, CPR and CNR railways, helps to locate homesteads.
• Saskatchewan Country Elevator System Maps with Index Years: 1924-25, 1947-48, 1950-51, 1952-53, 1984 
  Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Historic Maps of Saskatchewan. In the early 1900s transportation was via walking or horse and no roads, travel was difficult. When hauling grain to elevators with horse and wagon, approximately seven miles was considered to be a convenient distance. Many early Saskatchewan placenames which do not currently exist are on these maps.
• Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Maps 60 Years 1924-1984 
  Maps showing township, range, meridian to locate old placenames and homestead locations.
• Scandinavian Canadian Land Co. Historic Map Townships 32, 33, 34, 35 and Ranges 1,2,3,4,5,6. West of the 2nd  
  Map shows settlers of 1904 and 1905 and previous.

Germany / Deutschland
    See also: Cyndi's List - Germany / Deutschland

• Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Vermessungsverwaltungen der Länder der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (AdV) / Working Committee of the Surveying Authorities of the States of the Federal Republic of Germany (AdV) 
  Maps for sale at various levels of detail from the German mapping authority.
• Atlas des Deutschen Reichs - An Atlas of the German Empire 
  The Atlas des Deutschen Reichs by Ludwig Ravenstein is relatively rare in libraries of the United States. Memorial Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison selected the 1883 copy in our collection as one of our first digitization projects because of its usefulness for genealogists. The atlas helps in tracing the roots of families with origins in any part of the German empire from the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century. Besides Germany, the maps of this atlas also cover the bordering portions of present-day Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Hungary, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, the Russian Federation, Slovakia, and Switzerland. Due to the large scale of its maps (1:850,000) and its thorough gazetteer of place-names, one can locate even small towns and villages on the maps in the Ravenstein atlas. A special feature is the marking of the locations of churches on all of the maps as well as one special map with an accompanying table giving statistics on the religious denominations found throughout the German empire down to the Regierungsbezirk and Kreis governmental units. Place-names and political jurisdictions often change over time. A common challenge in genealogy is identifying the current name and jurisdiction of a family's place of origin in order to figure out where the records of births, deaths, and marriages of an earlier period are now being kept. Comparison of the Ravenstein atlas and a recently published atlas often provides the solution to this problem. Here's how it is done: First, one needs to locate the family's place of origin in the Ravenstein atlas by looking up the place-name in the gazetteer portion of the atlas and then finding the place on the map cited in the gazetteer entry. Second, by observing the nearby natural features (such as a river, lake, etc.) or the closest larger cities or towns, one can then turn to a recently published atlas and match up that same location. Third, now knowing the current jurisdiction and name of the family's place of origin, one can then use current government directories, genealogical handbooks or other reference tools to identify the appropriate governmental office, etc., for the genealogical records wanted.
• East and West Prussia Gazetteer  ~ Germany
• Falk Online 
  Online maps of major German cities, trip planning, and atlas.
• GEOserv - a German town locator / Ein Service um Städte in Deutschland zu finden
• GOV - Suchergebnis 
  German genealogical town database.
• An Index of German-Polish and Polish-German names of the localities in Poland & Russia 
• Map List 
  For Germany from WorldGenWeb.
• Mecklenburg Gazetteer & 1819 Census Guide  ~ Germany
  Genealogical guide for research in Mecklenburg. Includes gazetteer of all place names in Mecklenburg.
• Origins Genealogy Book Store: Historic Maps and Atlases of Germany 
• Origins Genealogy Book Store: Present Day Maps and Atlases of Germany 
• ProGenealogists, Inc.: German Gazetteers  ~ Germany
  Complete genealogical gazetteers giving the Lutheran and Catholic parishes and other record offices for each town in: Bavaria, East & West Prussia, Hohenzollern, Hessen-Darmstadt, Hessen-Nassau, Mecklenburg, and Waldeck.
• ProGenealogists, Inc.: German Maps  ~ Germany
  German maps of Prussian-Poland, the German Empire and Schleswig-Holstein.
• ProGenealogists, Inc.: German Street Guides  ~ Germany
  Genealogical guides listing the parish and civil registration offices for each street address in the cities of Berlin, Leipzig, Halle, Magdeburg and Stettin.
• Stadtplan-Service, Stadt information und Wirtshafts information für ganz Deutschland 
  Detailed street maps of German towns and villages.

Miscellaneous

• Antique Maps of Iceland 
  All antique maps of Iceland (older than 1900) that are in the collection of the National and University Library of Iceland have been converted to a digital format and are accessible here.
• Czechoslavakia Map, 1918 
  Map showing the borders of Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia and Slovakia, which made up Czechoslavakia in 1918 and was part of Austria before that.
• Le Dictionnaire des communes 
  If you are searching for a place name in France, or Algeria, Philippe RAMONA will do a lookup for you in this book: "Dictionnaire des Communes de la France, de l'Algòrie et des autres colonies Franôaises" (Paris 1866).
• De eerste gedrukte wandkaarten van Rijnland, Delfland en Schieland  ~ The Netherlands
  Circa 1600.
• FEEFHS Map Room - Background and Map Index 
• HIC LEONES Archive: Historical Maps (Countries, Cities), Coats of Arms, and Flags (1880-1898) 
  Constantly growing database of detailed historical maps (countries, cities), coats of arms, and flags from the time period 1880-1898 (originals taken from dictionaries and geographical lexica).
• Historical Maps of India 
  Maps of pre-independance India.
• Historic Maps of Dutch Cartographers 
  • Maps from De Vyerighe Colom 
    Historic maps of the Netherlands and its various regions.
• Home Page of Hungarian Cartography 
• Hungarian Village Finder and Gazetteer for the Kingdom of Hungary 
  More than 30,000 place names for villages, settlements, towns, and cities in the former Kingdom of Hungary.
• Imperial Mapping Company 
  High quality 19th century mapping of Europe. Providing genealogists, geographers, scholars and libraries with instant access to an unrivalled collection of 19th and early 20th Century mapping.
• An Index of German-Polish and Polish-German names of the localities in Poland & Russia 
• Index to the 'Atlantes Neerlandici' 
  From the Netherlands. Bibliography of all "Dutch" atlases up to 1880 which could be traced.
• Kort & Matrikelstyrelsen 
  Site containing historic maps of Denmark. The three included are 1842-1899, 1900-1960 & 1983-1997.
• Luxembourg gazetteer of villages and towns 
• MapaPolski/Map of Poland 
  This map site allows researchers to towns in Poland.
• Maps of Belarus 
• Maps of Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina 
• Maps of Finland 
• Maps of Hungary, 1900 
• Maps of Liberia 1830-1870 
  From the Library of Congress.
• Maps of Lithuania 
• Maps of Moldova 
• Maps of Poland 
• Maps of the South Pacific Islands 
  South Pacific maps and travel guides to Tahiti, Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu, Easter Island, and more. The De Rienzi Gallery displays 60 antique engravings.
• Maps of Ukraine 
• norge.no 
  Interactive map of Norway showing fylkes and kommunes.
• Norgesglasset 
  Interactive maps of Norway.
• Norguide 
  Interactive maps of Norway.
• Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia (1910) / Austria-Hungary (1910) 
  Variously scaled maps of the Empire as it was in 1910.
• Place Names Database of EKI 
  Estonian gazetteer.
• Plans de Paris / Maps of Paris 
• ProGenealogists, Inc.: Danish Maps  ~ Denmark
  Genealogical maps of Denmark showing counties and regions at different points in time.
• ProGenealogists, Inc.: Hungary Historical Maps  ~ Hungary
  Maps of Hungarian counties in different periods of time, Hungarian census information, Hungarian given names, and list of counties of the Hungarian Empire and what they relate to now.
• SNA Map of Sweden 
  Interactive map at 1:700,000 scale.
• The Swedish Gazetteer 
  Search 60,000 placenames in Sweden.
• SOL - Svenskt ortnamnslexikon /Swedish Placenames Lexicon  ~ Sweden
  Entries identify the type of place, the parish, jurisdictional district and district.
• Statens Kartverk - Norwegian Mapping Authority  ~ Norway
  Free search site for place names and addresses in Norway combined with maps in different scales.
• Ukrainian Road Map 

United Kingdom & Ireland
    See also: Cyndi's List - United Kingdom & Ireland Index

• 1789 Map of Norwich  ~ Norfolk, England
• 1841 Town Tithe Map  ~ Bradford On Avon, Somerset, England
• 1880 Gloucestershire  ~ England
• 1880 Herefordshire  ~ England
• 1880 Worcestershire  ~ England
• 1886 Map  ~ Bradford On Avon, Somerset, England
• 1886 Staffordshire, Shropshire, Cheshire  ~ England
• 1940 Map of Norwich  ~ Norfolk, England
• Administrative Regions of the British Isles 
  From GENUKI.
  • GENUKI: London Parishes and Boroughs 
    Provides a list of the City of London parishes, the County of London metropolitan boroughs created in 1889 and their original counties, and the Greater London boroughs created in 1965 and their original counties and metropolitan boroughs. Very valuable for understanding the growth of the metropolis and the changes of its administrative boundaries.
  • GENUKI: Modern and Administrative Counties and County Boroughs 
    Associates more modern counties and county boroughs with the GENUKI pages which cover those areas. Very valuable for understanding the modern boundary changes.
• Baedeker's Old Guide Books 
  Featuring maps and town plans: Great Britain, 1910; London and its Environs, 1905; Spain and Portugal, 1901; The United States, 1909.
• Border Art 
  Genealogy clan maps of Scotland and Ireland and Irish and Scottish clan crest merchandise.
• British Geological Survey Maps 
• British History Online - Historical Geography 
  Digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust. Historic Ordnance Survey maps in 1:10,560 scale for each county in England, Wales & Scotland. Historic Ordnance Survey maps in 1:2,500 scale for Chester, Colchester, Coventry, Oxford and much of central London.
• Caledonian Maps 
  Scottish reproduction historical maps including, Victorian Ordnance Survey, Town Plans and county maps.
• Charting the Nation: Widening Access to Maps of Scotland and Associated Archives, 1590-1740 
• Church of England Parishes in County Durham 
  For each parish there is a map showing the location of the parish, a list of adjacent parishes, the date of creation of the parish and details of any parish(es) created from that parish, and details of surviving parish registers, microfilm copies and indexes.
• Civil Parish Map of Somerset  ~ England
• Civil Parishes of Warwickshire  ~ England
• Civil Parish Maps for Ulster  ~ Northern Ireland
  • The Civil Parishes of County Antrim 
  • The Civil Parishes of County Armagh 
  • The Civil Parishes of County Cavan 
  • The Civil Parishes of County Donegal 
  • The Civil Parishes of County Down 
  • The Civil Parishes of County Fermanagh 
  • The Civil Parishes of County Londonderry 
  • The Civil Parishes of County Monaghan 
  • The Civil Parishes of County Tyrone 
• Collecting Field Names in Calverton  ~ Buckinghamshire, England
• Cornwall 1878 Map  ~ England
• Counties and Countries in Britain and Ireland 
  Many foreigners, and not a few British and Irish people, seem to get confused by the names of the countries and counties which make up these offshore islands.
• Counties Gazetteer 
  Organized by the counties of England, Scotland, and Wales, this site contains scanned images of historic maps dating from 1846 to 1899. They are at 1:10,560 scale. Over 40,000 places are indexed with links to where they appear on the maps.
• Counties of England, Scotland and Wales Prior to the 1974 Boundary Changes 
• County Map of Scotland 
  From the GENUKI web site for Scotland.
• The Courts and Yards of Old Norwich  ~ Norfolk, England
• Cronfa Ddata Enwau Lleoedd / Archif Melville Richards 
  Online searchable database of the place names of Wales from the University of Wales at Bangor's Place-Name Research Centre. Provides alternate historical spellings, historic references, dates, and most importantly the exact sources in which these place name references are found.
• The Data Wales Maps Page 
• Devon Parishes 
  Alphabetical listing from the Devon Family History Society.
• The Elizabethan County Maps of England by John Speede 
  Reproduction maps carefully created on antiqued parchment.
• The Enclosure Maps of England and Wales 
  Online searchable, descriptive and analytical catalogue of all the parliamentary and non-parliamentary enclosure maps known to be extant and available for inspection in public archives and libraries. There is also an index which lists every map, provides some key descriptive information about each & contains links to the fuller information about each map in this database.
• Framland Hundred  ~ Leicestershire, England
  Village maps & directory listings.
• Gardiner's Atlas of English History 
  Maps from the 1892 book "A School Atlas of English History".
• Gazetteer for Scotland 
  Under development at the Department of Geography at the University of Edinburgh.
• Gazetteer of British Place Names 
  Contains the ancient or geographical County of over 50,000 place names in Britain along with modern administrative areas information.
• Genmaps 
  Online old maps of Great Britain for genealogists and historians.
• Geology of Great Britain 
  Geological maps of various regions of the UK scanned for online viewing.
• Great Britain Historical GIS Project 
  Project to capture the changing boundaries of the major administrative areas of Britain and Ireland from the mid-nineteenth century to the present and link these to a major socio-economic database to allow the analysis and mapping of data for at least the last 150 years.
• Greater Manchester Gazetteer 
• Greenwood Map of London 1830 
  8 inches to a mile, surveyed by Christopher and John Greenwood 1824 to 1826, with additions to 1830. Access the map by clicking on an image of the complete map, or by using the 5000 place name index.
• Greenwood's Map of London 1827 
• Guernsey on the Map - How the World Discovered the Bailiwick  ~ Channel Islands, United Kingdom
  Companion web site to an exhibition of historic maps of Guernsey from the Priaulx Library.
• Herefordshire Field Names Database  ~ England
  Online searchable database.
• Integration and Analysis of Historical and Environmental Data using a Geographical Information System  ~ Wales
  A case study of Landownership as a Factor in Mid-Nineteenth Century Agricultural Productivity at Newport, Pembrokeshire.
• IreAtlas Townland Search Form 
  Search Ireland geographically by Townland, Parish, Poor Lay Union, Barony, or other.
• Irish Townland Maps 
  Past Homes provides high quality colour 6 inch to the mile Ordnance Survey maps of Ireland, surveyed between 1829 and 1843. Also available are colour and greyscale Index to the Townland Survey County maps. The maps clearly show individual buildings along with Townland, Parish and Barony boundaries and names. They are highly detailed and decorative making excellent gifts and are invaluable to genealogical research. Index Maps, Major Town Maps and Site-Centred Maps are available.
• John Cary's Environs of London 1786 
  50 hand-coloured plates, with nearly 2000 named locations. Access the key map to get to each of the grid maps.
• John Speed 
  Online images of John Speed's 17th century maps of the United Kingdom.
• A Key to English Place-Names 
  Guide to the interpretation of the names of England's cities, towns and villages, drawing on the work of the English Place-Name Society.
  • Place-Name Search 
  • County Index 
• Large Map of Wales 
• Leitrim-Roscommon Map Collection  ~ Ireland
  Maps that display the Parishes, Baronies and Poor Law Unions for these two counties.
• London Place Names 
• Map 1797 - Plan of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk by William Faden  ~ England
• Map of John Snow's London in 1859 
• Map of Leven around 1851  ~ Yorkshire, England
• Map of Norfolk  ~ England
  From the Norfolk Record Office. Includes records availability information by parish.
• Map of Norwich Parishes  ~ England
  From the Norfolk Family History Society.
• Map of Scottish Clans 
• Map of Vanished Villages in Norfolk  ~ England
• Maps  ~ Scotland
  From Ayrshire Roots.
• Maps & Plans 
  From the National Archives of Scotland.
• Maps of Ireland 
  Maps of Ireland, including: Map of Irish Counties; Detailed Map of Ireland; Map from Kinealy's This Great Calamity; Poor Law Unions, 1842-1849; Public Works, 1846-1847; Cholera Map, 1848-1850,"Quiz Map" of Irish Counties; The Provinces of Ireland; and Belfast Neighborhoods. From ThomasJ. Archdeacon, Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1997.
• Maps of Stoke-on-Trent & North Staffordshire  ~ England
• Maps to the ancient kingdoms & new counties of Wales 
• Maps Worldwide 
  Large scale maps of UK and Ireland as well as 200 other countries. Road and street maps and historical maps as well. We ship worldwide.
• Metheringham Area - 1890s First Edition Ordnance Survey Maps  ~ Lincolnshire, England
• MultiMap.com 
  UK based interactive mapping service on the web, offering street-level maps of Europe and detailed maps of the world.
• National Gazetteer of Wales 
  Place name index to over 6000 places in Wales, a map of Wales, details of current administrative bodies and areas in Wales and a guide to the Counties of Wales.
• National Gazetteer of Wales 
  • Counties of Wales 
  • Map of Wales 
  • Place Name Index 
• Norfolk and Suffolk Place-Names 
• Norfolk Contiguous Parishes 
  Lists of contiguous parishes and links to resources for each parish. ~ England
• Norfolk County Council - E-Map Explorer  ~ England
  Online interactive maps of Norfolk both current and historical.
  • Historical Maps 
    Historical Maps of Norfolk, Norwich, Great Yarmouth, King's Lynn and Thetford.
    • Historical Maps of Norfolk 
  • Enclosure Maps 
    Enclosure maps, showing land affected by the Enclosure Acts, circa 1800 - 1850.
    • Enclosure Maps of Norfolk 
  • OS Map 1st Edition 
    The first edition Ordnance Survey map of Norfolk.
    • The Ordnance Survey Maps of Norfolk 
  • Tithe maps of Norfolk, circa 1840.  
    • Tithe Maps of Norfolk 
• Norfolk Map from 1830 
• Norwich City (Earlham Road) Cemetery Map  ~ England
  From the Norfolk Family History Society.
• Old Hampshire Mapped  ~ England
  Historic maps of Hampshire.
• Old House Books - A Street Map of London 1843 
  The map shows street names, prominent buildings, docks, factories, canals and the earliest railways in minute detail.
• Old Maps of the Channel Islands 
• Old Sussex Mapped  ~ England
  Two centuries of Sussex county maps.
• Ordnance Survey Home Page 
  National Mapping Agency of Great Britain. In today’s ever-changing world, Ordnance Survey’s Historical Mapping reveals the history of every town and village throughout the country, giving a snapshot through time. Ordnance Survey holds an extensive archive of Historical Mapping, dating from the early nineteenth century and offers a full range of scales, from Victorian Town Plans at 1:500, 1:528 and 1:1056 (Some Town Plans even show the divisions in buildings and the names on church pews). Large scale maps at 1:1250, 1:2500, 1:10560 and 1:10 000. Small Scale Maps at 1:25 000, 1:50 000 and the very popular 1" Series. From this archive, individual black and white copies can be produced on high-quality chart paper that is ideal for framing, or film, depending on what you require.
• Ordnance Survey Ireland - Ireland's national mapping agency. 
  Ordnance Survey Ireland's mandate is to provide three main map services in the State. These are detailed large scale maps at 1:1000 scale in urban areas and 1:2500 and 1:5000 scale in rural areas; and the Discovery Series of tourist mapping at 1:50000 scale. These map series are created from base data, which also support a number of derivative products, including atlases and guides, and other products and services tailored to the needs of customers.
• Ordnance Survey - Historical map data: Digital Archive Dating Back to Mid-Victorian Times 
  An extensive archive of more than 1.5 million maps dating from the mid 1800s to 1995 covering England, Wales and Scotland.
• Ordnance Survey Large Scale Scottish Town Plans 1847-1895 
  Over 1,900 sheets covering 62 towns - the most detailed maps ever surveyed by Ordnance Survey.
• Parish Map of Warwickshire  ~ England
• Parish Search 
  Online searchable database of the geographic location of churches, registration districts etc in the UK, with details of their founding and closing dates. From GENUKI.
• Pigot's and Slater's Topography of the British Isles 
  For selected locations.
• Places in County Durham 
  Shows which parish a place was in at any given date. There are links straight from the index to the parish pages.
• Poor Law Union Map of Ireland 
  Marking workhouses both before and after 1849.
• Poor Law Union Maps  ~ United Kingdom
• Poor Law Unions and Registration Districts of Warwickshire  ~ England
• Population Change in Welsh Civil Parishes, 1901-1911  ~ Wales
• Pre-Enclosure Plan of Hunmanby  ~ Yorkshire, England
• Registration Districts of Norfolk in 1836  ~ England
  With maps & list of parishes.
• Registration Districts of Suffolk in 1836  ~ England
  With maps and list of parishes.
• Somerset Parishes 
  Detailed map of selected Somerset parish boundaries.
• South Stoneham Hampshire - Tithe Map - 1845 - West End  ~ England
• Street Map of Central Birmingham, 1861  ~ England
  With clickable features linking to pictures and additional information on buildings of interest.
• Tithe Map List 1837  ~ Freshford, Somerset, England
• Tithe Maps of Wales 
  From the National Library of Wales. An excellent description of the Tithe Maps and why they are of use to researchers. Includes information on how to use the Tithe Map holdings of the Library.
• Tom's Big Chest of Old English Maps 
  Scanned online set of the English county maps by Samuel Lewis published in 1831.
• Two Antique Maps of Monmouthshire 
  From 1793 & 1840.
• UK Sensitive Map - Universities 
• The UK Street Map Page 
  Gazetteer and map reference for London and the UK.
• Village Maps  ~ Ruishton, Somerset, England
• A Vision of Britain Through Time  ~ United Kingdom
  Interactive historical geographic survey of the British Isles from 1801 through 2001. Compiled from maps, statistics & historical descriptions. Place name searchable. Excellent source of information for placing ancestors in historical context of their locality.
  • Guide to Census Reports: Great Britain 1801-1966 
    Outlines the history of the census & describes how coverage of various topics has developed.
  • Expert Search 
  • Historical Mapping 
• Warwickshire 1888 Map  ~ England
• Your Old Maps Online 
  Scans of original maps & etchings for the United Kingdom.

United States
    See also: Cyndi's List - United States Index

• 1805 Orleans Territory Map 
• 1853 Wisconsin Gazetteer On-Line 
  From the University of Michigan. Scanned images of the original book.
• 1854 Map of Hannibal 
  Includes names of residents and their locations. ~ New York
• 1855 State Census & 1855 Election District Bounadries - Manhattan  ~ New York
• 1860 Manhattan & Brooklyn Street Index by Wards  ~ New York
• 1864 Manhattan Ward Boundaries  ~ New York
• 1866 Johnson's Brooklyn Map ~ New York
• 1867 Brooklyn Ward Boundaries  ~ New York
• 1872 County Map of Colorado, Dakota, Indian Nations, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska & Wyoming 
• 1874 Plat Maps Keokuk County of Iowa 
• 1874 Richland County Plat Maps  ~ Richland County, Wisconsin
  1874 plat maps of the 16 townships of Richland County.
• 1876 Maps of Maryland's Eastern Shore 
• 1880 Allen County, Ohio Maps 
  Maps of each township in Allen County, Ohio in 1880 including landowners.
• 1887 Plat Maps Keokuk County of Iowa 
• 1891-92 Kings County Ward Boundaries  ~ New York
• The 1891 Grain Dealers and Shippers Gazetteer 
  Another terrific map project from Pam Rietsch.
• 1893 Brooklyn Boundaries and Districts  ~ New York
• 1895 U.S. Atlas 
  Scanned images of county and state maps, index of towns.
• 1897 Brooklyn Ward Boundaries  ~ New York
• 1903 Brooklyn Assembly District Descriptions  ~ New York
• 1900 Brooklyn/Kings County Wards  ~ New York
• 1905 Plat Maps Mahaska County of Iowa 
• 1910 Atlas of Eau Claire County Index  ~ Wisconsin
• 1910 Brooklyn/Kings County Enumeration Districts and Ward Numbers 1-5  ~ New York
• 1910 Brooklyn/Kings County Enumeration Districts and Ward Numbers 6-10  ~ New York
• 1910 Brooklyn/Kings County Enumeration Districts and Ward Numbers 11-15  ~ New York
• 1910 Brooklyn/Kings County Enumeration Districts and Ward Numbers 16-20  ~ New York
• 1910 Brooklyn/Kings County Enumeration Districts and Ward Numbers 21-25  ~ New York
• 1910 Brooklyn/Kings County Enumeration Districts and Ward Numbers 26-30  ~ New York
• 1910 Queens Assembly District Descriptions  ~ New York
• 1910 Queens Enumeration Districts and Ward Numbers  ~ New York
• 1912 Plat Maps Keokuk County of Iowa 
• 1913 Plat Maps Mahaska County of Iowa 
• 1914 Plat Maps Keokuk County of Iowa 
• 1914 Plat Maps Mahaska County of Iowa 
• 1915 Bronx Ward and Assembly District Descriptions  ~ New York
• 1915 Brooklyn Assembly District Descriptions  ~ New York
• 1915 Brooklyn Ward Descriptions  ~ New York
• 1915 Manhattan House Numbers and Streets  ~ New York
• 1920 Kings Co. Brooklyn ED/Assembly Districts  ~ New York
• 1920 Plat Maps Mahaska County of Iowa 
• 1925 Assembly District Map New York City  ~ New York
• 1925 New York County Census Reel Locator by Assembly Districts and Enumeration Districts   ~ New York
• Alabama Maps 
  Free downloadable maps covering numerous topics for the state of Alabama.
  • Historical Map Archive 
• Alphabetical Index of Changes in Street Names, Old and New Period 1852 to Current Date, Dec. 1st 1938  ~ New Orleans, Louisiana
• American Memory Railroad Maps 1828-1900 
  From the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.
• The American Revolution and Its Era: Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789 
  From the Library of Congress.
• American Shores - Maps of the Middle Atlantic Region to 1850 
  Maps on this site cover the early modern period ending in 1850, just as so-called internal improvements (canals, highways, and railroads) began to cross the young nation and change the landscape.
• Ancestor Tracks: Using Maps to Track Your Ancestors 
  Track your early ancestors who moved to and through Pennsylvania through their land tracts. "Early Landowners of Pennsylvania" is a series of atlases of Township Warrantee Maps showing land tracts and their first purchasers under colonial and then state jurisdiction.
• Ancestry.com - Map of Boston, Massachusetts, 1775-1776 
• Ancestry.com - Map of Dorchester, Massachusetts Land Allotments, 1660 
• Andreas' Historical Atlas of Dakota  ~ 1884
• Animated Atlas: Growth of a Nation 
  Fabulous Flash-animated depiction of the territorial expansion of the United States.
• Atlas of Historical County Boundaries 
  From the Newberry Library.
• Baedeker's Old Guide Books 
  Featuring maps and town plans: Great Britain, 1910; London and its Environs, 1905; Spain and Portugal, 1901; The United States, 1909.
• Benton County Place Names  ~ Oregon
• Boston Streets: Mapping Directory Data  ~ Massachusetts
  Combines photographs, maps, & city directories into a variety of interactive tools for exploring Boston past & present.
  • Cowpaths 
    Interactive orthographic maps for 1844, 1867, 1874, 1898, 1928, 1950 & 2001.
  • Moments: Photographs and Images 
    Photographic collection complete with detailed descriptions.
  • The People: City directories 
    City directories for 1845, 1855, 1865, 1870, 1872, 1875, 1885, 1905 & 1925.
    • Search Boston city directories 
    • Browse all Boston city directories 
      • Stimpson's Boston Directory, 1845 
      • The Boston Directory, 1855 
      • The Boston Directory, 1865 
      • The Boston Directory, 1870 
      • The Boston Directory, 1872 
      • The Boston Directrory, 1875 
      • The Boston Directory, 1885 
      • The Boston Directory, 1905 
      • The Boston Directory for the year commencing July 1, 1925 
  • Places: Atlases, Maps, and Geospatial material 
    Atlases from 1874, 1898, and 1928 are available for browsing and searching.
    • Browse all Boston city atlases 
    • Browse a specific Boston city atlas 
      • Atlas of the county of Suffolk, Massachusetts. Volume 1. Boston proper 
        Published by G.M. Hopkins of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania G.M.Hopkins & Co.1873-1875. This atlas contains 26 hand colored plates plus an index map covering the Shawmut peninsula and extending into the Back Bay.
      • Atlas of the City of Boston. from actual surveys and official plans. Boston proper and Back Bay 
        Published by G. W. Bromley & Co., 1898. Thirty two hand colored plates extending as far as the Back Bay Fens.
      • Atlas of the city of Boston. Boston Proper and Back Bay from actual surveys and official plans. Atlas of the City of Boston 
        Published by G. W. Bromley & Co., 1928. Thirty six hand colored plates, plus title page, street index, and overview map.
• Boundaries of the United States and the Several States  with an animated GIF map of the Settlement of the United States 
• Brooklyn, Index to Streets by Wards - 1860/1878  ~ New York
• California 1922 Map 
• California County Data by the California State Association of Counties 
  Links for cities within each county, county websites, county maps, county history and more.
  • California County History 
    • The Creation of Our 58 Counties 
      • The Birth of Each County and Later Significant Boundary Changes - County Listings 
    • California Counties — A Chronology 
    • California County Seats - Ninety-Five of Them 
      • California County Seats From 1850 to Present, County by County 
    • California's Original 27 Counties 
    • How Did Our 58 Counties Get Their Names? 
    • Maps of California Counties: 1850 to Present 
• Chicago World War I Draft Registration Districts 
• City of Brooklyn/Enumeration/Wards 1880  ~ New York
• City of Los Angeles 1922 Map 
• Cleveland Cartography 
  Information about historical and contemporary maps and map-related happenings in and about Cleveland and the Western Reserve region of northeastern Ohio.
• Colden Composite 
  1866 Map of Colden Township, Erie Co., NY with family names and locations.
• Color Landform Atlas of the United States 
• Common Placenames 
  There's lots of duplication among the names of American places.
• County Map of Missouri 
  From the Missouri State Archives.
• David Rumsey Collection, Cartography Associates 
  Online images focusing on 18th and 19th century North and South American cartographic materials.
  • Visual Collections: Cartography 
• Details of the original Mason-Dixon Line Map 
  From the Maryland State Archives.
• Early Virginia Maps 
  From the Libary of Congress.
• Defunct Counties of Texas 
  Article by R. L. Batts in the Southwestern Historical Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association.
• Evolution of United States County Boundaries  and an animated GIF showing county boundaries for 1650, 1700, 1750, and census years from 1790 onward
• Find A Street Name in Johnston County  ~ North Carolina
  Online searchable database.
• Geographic Name Server 
  Find location, county name and zip code.
• Government Documents and Map Department  ~ U.S.
  At the University of California, Davis.
• Graphical Display of the Federal Township and Range System  ~ U.S.
  Explains the division of townships and sections.
• Heritage Trail Press | Genealogy and Historical Family Research Records 
  Pay-for-use databases for Oregon and Utah. Including: Old Historic Oregon and Utah Newspaper; Oregon Catholic Church Records; Cumulative Indexes to Munnicks Catholic Church Records of the Pacific Northwest; Portland City Directories; Oregon BLM Maps; Oregon Metsker Atlases; Oregon Cemetery Survey (free); Oregon Death Index (free).
• Historical Commission Place Name Search  ~ Jefferson County, Colorado
  Online searchable database.
• Historical County Lines 
• Historical Maps of Manatee County  ~ Florida
• Historic USGS Maps of New England 
  From the UNH Dimond Library Documents Department & Data Center.
  • About the Collection 
  • Alphabetic Quadrangle Listing 
• Historical Atlas of Georgia Counties 
• Historical Maps of Pennsylvania 
• Historical USGS Maps 
  Topigraphical maps from the 1890s to 1950s for 13 eastern US states.
• HomeTownLocator - US Cities Gazetteer: Data for 42,500 US Cities, Towns & ZIP Codes 
  Comprehensive and easy to use U.S. gazetteer with data for 1.8 million physical and cultural features, census information for 98,000 local areas and distance calculations for 177,000 populated places. Links to aerial photos, regional, local and topographical maps. Search by city, town, county, state or zip code.
• Illinois County Boundaries 1790 - Present 
  Series of maps showing the development of Illinois counties from 1790 to present.
• Introduction to Manhattan Timeformations  ~ New York
  Maps Manhattan's Skyscrapper district through time.
• Johnson's 1855 Map of Brooklyn  ~ New York
• Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer 
  • Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer - Kentucky Counties 
    Provides historic information and a searchable online database of geographic features such as cemeteries.
• Keokuk County, Iowa 1861 Maps 
• Keokuk County, Iowa 1875 Map 
• Key Names 
  A gazetteer of the islands of the Florida Keys.
• Land Ownership Maps in the Library of Congress 
  A list by state, county and year, of the maps available in the collection held at the Library of Congress.
• Lincoln County Place Names  ~ Oregon
• A Look At Cook 
  Census tools for Cook County Illinois, including Chicago City. Maps, enumeration district descriptions, ward boundaries & notes.
  • 1870 Census 
  • 1880 Census 
  • 1900 Census 
  • 1910 Census 
  • 1920 Census 
  • 1930 Census 
  • Census Research Tools 
• Louisiana Map Collection 
  From the New Orleans Public Library.
• Mahaska County, Iowa 1875 Map 
• Making of America Books - Wisconsin gazetteer 
  From the University of Michigan. Wisconsin gazetteer, containing the names, location and advantages of the counties, cities, towns, villages, post offices, and settlements,together with a description of the lakes, water courses, prairies, and public localities, in the state of Wisconsin, alphabetically arranged: by John Warren Hunt, 1853.
• Maps of United States National Parks and Monuments  ~ United States
• Maps of Northern Kentucky 
• Maps to Aid Research in South Carolina 
• Michigan County Histories and Atlases 
  The Michigan County Histories collection is a collaborative effort of Michigan's Council of Library Directors. The collection is projected to provide access to 192 histories dating from 1866 to 1926. There are 172 volumes in 146 titles currently online. The collection is made possible, in part, through a generous Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant.
• National Atlas of the United States of America 
  From the U.S. Geological Survey.
• National Imagery and Mapping Agency - Geonames Query Home Page 
  United States NIMA GNPS Query Form for searching a database of foreign geographic feature names.
• New Jersey Local Names Search 
  New Jersey local place names with municipality and county.
• New Orleans Historical Maps and Panoramas 
• New Orleans Ward Boundaries, 1805-1880  ~ Louisiana
• New York State Historical Maps 
• Obtaining EDs for the 1930 Census in One Step (Large Cities) 
  Online searchable database for 56 of the top population areas in the U.S. which provides Enumeration District numbers based on street locations.
• Office of Coast Survey - Historical Maps and Charts 
  The Project is managed by the Cartographic & Geospatial Technology Program of the Coast Survey Development Laboratory of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
• Ohio Historical and Changed Name Locations 
  Includes historical and changed names, townships in each county, 1851 listing of post offices and more.
• Old Kansas Area Maps 
• OSSHE Historical & Cultural Atlas Resource 
• Panoramic Maps Collection 
  From the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.
• People and Places: Gazetteer of Hamilton County, TX 
• Phelps County MO Township Plat Maps 1937 
  Downloadable images for each township.
• Pioneer Trails from U.S. Land Surveys 
• Piper Publishing LLC - Genealogy/Maps  ~ Massachusetts
  BEERS County Atlas CD Collection of Massachusetts 1870-1876. Each CD is the complete facsimile reproduction of one county.
• Place Name Servers on the Internet 
  World place locator page with links to online gazeteers, maps & place locators.
• Plans of Division: Describing the Enumeration Districts of the 1930 Census 
  By Claire Prechtel-Kluskens for Prologue, the quarterly of the National Archives and Records Administration.
• Post Office Publications 
  This site lists the pbooks available on Post Offices with author, years covered, and total number. Books with postmasters are also indicated.
• RootsWeb Town Search - TownCo 
  Enter the name of a U.S. town to learn the name of the county where that town is located.
• Rutgers Cartography - Historical Maps of New Jersey 
  A large collection of historical New Jersey maps, with a special focus on the central part of the state.
• South East California 1922 Map 
• TerraServer Homepage 
  Microsoft world imagery database. Create photographic maps of any place in the United States as well as several major world cities using satellite images and aerial photographs.
• Texas County Locator 
  Choose from list of all Texas counties and that county's position will be displayed.
• Texas General Land Office Archives - Map Collection 
• Texas Historic Sites Atlas 
  Presented by the Texas Historical Commission. The Atlas features more than 200,000 site records, including data on Official Texas Historical Markers and National Register of Historic Places properties in Texas. Also included are courthouses, museums, and sawmills across the state. You can search by Historic Designation, Keyword, County, Address, or Site Name.
• Tiger Mapping Service Home Page (US Census Bureau) 
• Topozone 
  Interactive web site with topographical maps for the United States.
• Tribal Migrations East of the Mississippi 
  Charts the migrations of Linguistic Stocks of the Muskhogean, Proto-Muskhogean, Siouan, Iroquoian, Algonquain & Caddoan Tribes.
• United States Board on Geographic Names 
  A description from the USGS Mapping Information web site.
• United States Digital Map Library 
  A project of the USGenWeb Archives.
  • Indian Land Cessions in the United States 
    This site contains all sixty-seven maps from the 1899 paper, "Indian Land Cessions in the United States" by Charles C. Royce.
  • National Maps 
  • State and County Maps 
• United States First Ancestry 
  Maps from an academic geographer, using 1990 census data to plot regional ancestral sources. For example, there are clusters of Dutch in western Michigan and Iowa, clusters of Swiss in Wisconsin, Ohio and Indiana, etc. Great for visualizing and understanding patterns of immigration.
• U.S. County Maps 
  Historic maps of North America.
  • 1795-Carey's American Atlas 
  • 1814-Carey's General Atlas 
  • 1822-A Complete Historical, Chronological, And Geographical American Atlas 
  • 1836 New Universal Atlas 
  • 1845-Morse's North American Atlas 
  • 1856 Colton's Atlas of the World 
• U.S. Census Maps 1790-1920 
  Links to rotating animated maps showing all the county boundries for each census year overlayed with past & present maps showing the changes in county boundries.
• U.S. Gazetteer - From the U.S. Census Bureau 
• USGS National Mapping Information 
  • USGS Mapping Information: Foreign Geographic Names Gazetteers 
  • USGS Mapping Information: Geographic Names Information System 
  • USGS Mapping Information: GNIS Data Base Query Form 
  • USGS Mapping Information: The National Gazetteer 
  • USGS National Mapping Division Reference Collection Library and Historical Map Archives 
  • USGS NSDI Clearinghouse - Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) 
• U.S. Territorial Maps 1775-1920 
• Wapello County 1922 Plat Maps 
• Wapello County, Iowa 1875 Map 
• Washington County Gazetter & Directory 1783-1899  ~ Vermont
  County Section of "Gazetteer and Business Directory of Washington County, Vermont 1783-1899," compiled and published by Hamilton Child, 1889. This section of the Gazetteer includes the history of Washington County, Vermont.
• Washington Secretary of State - Historical Maps 
  Browse our collection of historical maps of Washington State from its early days to the creation of the territory and finally statehood.
• Wisconsin State Cartographer's Office 
  • Wisconsin Outline Maps 
  • Maps 
    • Historical Maps 
    • Parcel Maps 
    • Plat Books 
• Wisconsin County Maps, 1901 
• Wyoming Maps 
  Wyoming maps, gazetteers & atlases.
• Yale Peabody Museum: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) 
  Search the USGS Geographic Names Database. You can limit the search to a specific county in this state and search for any of the following features: airport arch area arroyo bar basin bay beach bench bend bridge building canal cape cemetery channel church cliff crater crossing dam falls flat forest gap geyser glacier gut harbor hospital island isthmus lake lava levee locale mine oilfield other park pillar plain ppl range rapids reserve reservoir ridge school sea slope spring stream summit swamp tower trail tunnel valley well woods.

Military

• History of Mapping the Civil War 
  From the Library of Congress.
• United States Military Academy (West Point) - Department of History - Map Library 
  Online archive of historic maps depicting wars, war zones and battlefields.

Publications, Software & Supplies

• Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - Maps  and Atlases 
  The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.
  • American Place Names of Long Ago 
    A book by Gilbert S. Bahn.
  • Atlas of American Migration 
    A book by Stephen A. Flanders.
  • Atlas of Oregon 
    A book by William G. Loy.
  • Genealogical Gazetteer of the Kingdom of Hungary 
    A book by Jordan Auslander.
  • Historical Atlas of East Central Europe 
    A book by Paul Robert Magocsi.
  • The Historical Atlas of New York City: A Visual Celebration of Nearly 400 Years of New York City's History 
    A book by Eric Homberger.
  • Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920 
    A book by William Thorndale and William Dollarhide.
  • Maps of Indiana Counties in 1876 
    A book by Indiana Historical Society.
  • Meyers Orts- und Verkehrs-Lexikon des Deutschen Reichs 
    A book by Raymond Wright III.
  • Nicknames and Sobriquets of U.S. Cities, States, and Counties 
    A book by Joseph N. Kane.
  • Supplement to Using Maps and Aerial Photography in Your Genealogical Research 
    A book by Marilyn Lind.
  • Using Maps and Aerial Photography in Your Genealogical Research 
    A book by Marilyn Lind.
  • Walking with Your Ancestors: A Genealogist's Guide to Using Maps and Geography 
    A book by Melinda Kashuba.
• Archer Software 
  GenMap UK, a Windows mapping program designed mainly for UK genealogical and historical mapping; and LDS Companion, a program designed to enhance the functionality of the various CD-ROM databases published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
• Atlas of Oregon CD-ROM 
• Computer Programs for Drawing Plat Maps 
• Deed Mapper Software 
• Deed Plotting and Land Surveying Software 
  Muncy's Plat Pronto plots deeds easily and quickly. Download shareware available.
• Dutch City Maps (1800's) 
  1,326 historic maps for sale on CD-ROM of cities in The Netherlands done about the year 1865. Maps were done by J. Kuyper.
• Gold Bug 
  Historical map reproductions & county mapping software.
  • AniMap Plus Version 2.5 
• Historic Parishes of England & Wales 
  Book and CD-ROMs for sale mapping parish boundaries before 1850 with a gazetteer and metadata. Book is the companion guide to the maps. Maps are available on CD-ROM in Adobe Illustrator or Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
• Origins Genealogy Book Store: Maps and Atlases 
• Texas Original Land Owner County Maps 
  CD-ROM for sale of scanned images of original land owner maps for various Texas counties.
• U.S. Cities Galore 
  Software for sale providing a gazetter of the United States and geographic editor for GEDCOM files.
• World History Maps 
  CD-ROMs for sale of changing country borders through history.

Surname Maps

• GENS-US Surname Map 
  Search your surname's distribution in the USA.
• German Surname Maps 
• RootsMap Surname Distribution Maps 
  Surname distribution maps for the UK and Ireland to help in the search for a particular surname. Maps produced and published by RootsMap can either be downloaded and printed by you immediately after payment, or we can dispatch your map to you by 1st class post. Maps of surnames may be produced based on the 1881 Census or the IGI and can show surname distribution across the entire nation or within a chosen county.
• Surname Distribution Analysis and Mapping 
  A useful tool for those engaged in a One-name Study or more general genealogical research. While this analysis can be done non-graphically, a graphical analysis has much more visual impact, and spatial relationships are more readily discerned. This site permits genealogists to upload data extracted from the LDS Census CDs or other sources and to generate distribution density maps for the UK or the USA.
• Surnames in Italy / L'Italia dei cognomi 
  By entering a surname and pressing the red arrow, a distribution map of Italy is generated showing the concentrations of that particular surname in Italy.
• U.S. Surname Distribution Maps 
  Generates online maps of the United States showing the distribution of people with this surname within the 50 United States. The source of this data is the 1850 Census, 1880 Census, 1920 Census, and 1990s phone books. Note that the Census data is a sampling of 1 in 100 names, so the 1990 data is the most accurate

Vendors

• Antique Maps, Prints, & Charts - Baldwins Old Maps & Prints 
• Appalachian Arts 
  Antique maps, prints and nautical charts.
• AQUA 3 All Weather Maps 
  Online source of all maps Ordnance Survey Maps of Ireland.
• Boston Rare Maps 
  Dealer specializing in antique and rare maps (and books with maps) of New England and the Northeast.
• Classical Images - Buy Antique Maps, Historical Atlases, World Maps, Cartography and Antique Prints - Classical Images Australia 
  Antique maps and prints - specializing in pre 1900 maps and atlases. Will provide information and image files to researchers on request.
• The David Morgan Home Page 
  Has British Ordnance Survey maps for sale.
• Domesday Maps 
  Historical and Genealogical Maps of the World, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales. Decorative hand-coloured historical and genealogical maps of England and the English counties, an Irish family name map, a Scottish clan map, a historical map of Wales.
• eBay Listings: Maps 
  Online auction service for buying & selling.
• Elstead Maps (UK) 
  Specialist UK-based mail-order retailer of over 50,000 maps, guides, travel books, atlases & globes.
• Genealogical.com - Atlases/Gazetteers/Place Names 
  The online store of Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. & Clearfield Company.
• Genealogy Unlimited - Maps and Atlases from Europe 
  Maps and atlases from Poland, Prussia, and Germany.
• Gleason's Old Maps Etc. 
  Photocopies of Old Maps, Old Prints, and Old Articles of Interest to Genealogists and Historians Pertaining to Pennsylvania, New Jersey, California, Illinois, Virginia, Indiana, Ohio, New York and more to come.
• Global Genealogy - Historical & Contemporary Maps & Atlases 
• The Godfrey Edition - Old Ordnance Survey Maps 
  List of UK and Belgium maps available at large scale in the period of about 1890 to 1915.
• In Italy Online - Maps of Italy 
  Italian provincial maps for sale showing the administrative boundaries of small towns in the province.
• Interlink Bookshop Genealogical Services  ~ Victoria, B.C., Canada
• International Map Trade Association (IMTA) Home Page 
  Map makers and dealers all over the world.
• K.B. Slocum Books and Maps 
  A huge selection of old U.S. state and city maps.
• Macbeth Genealogical Services 
  Books, fiche, maps, and CD-ROMs. Australia.
• Machine Cancel Publications of Richard E. Small 
  Listings of historic post office locations for sale for the states of Alabama, Georgia, Hawaii, Virginia, West Virginia, the terrritory of Puerto Rico, & more.
• Map Express 
  Current and historic USGS topographical maps for genealogists, historians, and researchers.
• Maps by Mail - Carolina Maps 
  The GP Stout Historical Research Maps of North Carolina reveal the location of all place names throughout NC history. Post offices, churches, cemeteries, mill sites, ferry sites, towns, communities, streams etc. Scaled maps with full index. Also other historical & unique maps of the Carolinas.
• The Map Shop: Upton Upon Severn 
  U.K. map retailer.
• Maps of Gloucestershire and Herefordshire 
  Tithe, enclosure and other maps for Gloucestershire and Herefordshire, England for sale.
• Maps of the Past 
  Maps from as early as the 16th Century, in categories including, but not limited to: USA maps, State maps, County maps, Township maps, City maps, Plat maps or Landowner maps, Railroad maps, Civil War Battle maps, Mining maps, Colonial maps, USGS Topographic maps USCS Nautical Survey maps, River maps, Lewis and Clark maps, Panoramic or Bird's Eye View maps, Territory maps, Statehood maps, Political maps and charts, Census maps, Demographic maps, and Indian Territory maps, including maps of Europe. For the avid genealogist, one of a kind Land Ownership maps.
• MapWorks 
  Map shop in Melbourne, Australia specializing in old and current editions of large scale maps for the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany and more.
• Old House Books  ~ United Kingdom
  Historical street maps, out-of-print guide books & more.
• The Old Map Company of Great Britain and the Maps of John Speede 
  Reproduction maps of UK counties from the 17th century.
• Old Maps 
  Reproductions for sale of old maps of New Hampshire, Vermont & Massachusetts.
• Old Maps of New York, Pennsylvania and New England (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts) 
  Quality reproductions of towns in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine with family names.
• Old Ordnance Survey Maps - The Godfrey Edition 
  These maps are invaluable for historians and genealogists. More than a thousand titles have been issued in this major series of reprints of Old Ordnance Survey Maps of towns throughout Britain and Ireland. The Maps are highly detailed, taken from the 1/2500 plans and reprinted at about 14 inches to the mile. They cover towns in great detail, showing individual houses, railway tracks, factories, churches, mills, canals, tramways and even minutiae such as dockside cranes, fountains, signal posts, pathways, sheds, wells, etc. Each map includes historical notes on the area concerned. Many also include extracts from contemporary directories. The maps are neatly folded, often with an early photograph on the cover. The maps are ideal for local historians, transport historians, and family historians, or simply those with an interest in the town they live in or have visited.
• Old Towns of England 
  Contemporary descriptions of British towns written in 1836. Also old maps for sale.
• Origins Genealogy Book Store - Maps and Atlases 
• Pacific Shore Maps 
  Antique maps and charts from around the world.
• Philadelphia Print Shop 
  Antique prints, maps & related books.
• Quintin Publications - Maps  ~ Canada
• ReevesMaps.com - Charles A. Reeves, Jr. 
  Reproductions of antique maps and new map creations.
• Rockford Map Publishers, Inc. 
  Land ownership information from 1945 to present for over 600 counties in 17 states, mainly the midwest United States.
• Roots and Branches 
  Used books, forms, maps and the Civil War info.
• Scharlau Prints and Maps 
  Etchings, antiquarian engravings, maps and prints of Scotland.
• Steve Bartrick Antique Prints and Maps 
• Storbeck's Genealogy Books Maps CD-ROM 
• Travel Genie - Detailed Maps for Genealogy 
• The Village Atlas 
  Reproductions for sale of the composite Ordnance Survey maps from the Village Atlas series published in the UK between 1987 and 1991. A range of reproduction town and county maps is also available.
• Ye Olde Genealogie Shoppe © - Forms, Charts, Maps & Goodies 
• Your Old Books & Maps 
  A project to digitally archive old historical books, trade directories, county & local interests, atlases & maps to CD-Rom. All of the UK covered and more titles added every month.

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