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.
• 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 

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.
• 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.
  • 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.
• Ancestor Search - Genealogy Surname Search Engines for Maps - US and Europe 
• Ancestry.com - Building A Locality File 
  Article by Juliana Smith.
• Ancestry.com - Reference - Map Center 
• Ancestry.com - Using Maps & Gazetteers in Genealogy 
• Ancestry Groups in the United States 
  Maps which show how many people in each county of the United States identify with certain ancestry groups.
• 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.
• 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.
• Cartography Maps & GIS Resources  ~ Fairfax, Virginia
  From George Mason University.
• CGRER Netsurfing: Maps and References 
  Huge compilation of links from the University of Iowa.
• 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.
• Geographic Information Systems - Resources on the Web 
  List from the John R. Borchert Map Library, Univ. of Minnesota.
• Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names 
• 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 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.
• Using Maps in Genealogy 
  From the USGS Mapping Applications Center.

Historical Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers

• 1789 Map of Norwich  ~ Norfolk, England
• 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.
• 1880 Gloucestershire  ~ England
• 1880 Herefordshire  ~ England
• 1880 Worcestershire  ~ England
• 1886 Staffordshire, Shropshire, Cheshire  ~ England
• 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
• 1940 Map of Norwich  ~ Norfolk, England
• allcanadianbooks.com - Homestead Maps 
  Reproduction maps showing actual home locations identified by the family name - most areas of Eastern Canada and Ontario. Available as full size maps or as partial details, in regular or large print.
• 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.
• American Place Names of Long Ago 
  A book by Gilbert S. Bahn.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Atlas of American Migration 
  A book by Stephen A. Flanders.
• Atlas des Deutschen Reichs 
  This 1883 atlas of the German empire includes maps of 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. Maps are large scale (1:850,000). Includes a thorough gazetteer of place-names.
• Baedeker's London & its Environs 1900 
  Reprint of Baedeker's London guidebook for sale.
• 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.
• 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.
• Brooklyn, Index to Streets by Wards - 1860/1878  ~ New York
• California 1922 Map 
• 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 
• Cartographic Images 
  Ancient, Medieval & Renaissance Maps.
• Charting the Nation: Widening Access to Maps of Scotland and Associated Archives, 1590-1740 
• 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.
• Cornwall 1878 Map  ~ England
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Devon Parishes 
  Alphabetical listing from the Devon Family History Society.
• 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).
• Early Virginia Maps 
  From the Libary of Congress.
• East and West Prussia Gazetteer  ~ Germany
• The Elizabethan County Maps of England by John Speede 
  Reproduction maps carefully created on antiqued parchment.
• De eerste gedrukte wandkaarten van Rijnland, Delfland en Schieland  ~ The Netherlands
  Circa 1600.
• Defunct Counties of Texas 
  Article by R. L. Batts in the Southwestern Historical Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association.
• FEEFHS Map Room - Background and Map Index 
• Gardiner's Atlas of English History 
  Maps from the 1892 book "A School Atlas of English History".
• 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.
• GOV - Suchergebnis 
  German genealogical town database.
• Germans in America - 1914 Map 
  From the Library of Congress.
• 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.
• 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).
• Highlights of the Map Collection 
  From National Library of Scotland.
• 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.
• Historical Atlas of Canada - Online Learning Project 
• 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.
• Historical Maps of India 
  Maps of pre-independance India.
• 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 Map Web Sites 
  A list by the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, The University of Texas at Austin.
• Historical Maps 
  From The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, The University of Texas at Austin.
• Historical Atlas of East Central Europe 
  A book by Paul Robert Magocsi.
• Historical USGS Maps 
  Topigraphical maps from the 1890s to 1950s for 13 eastern US states.
• Historic Maps of Dutch Cartographers 
  • Maps from De Vyerighe Colom 
    Historic maps of the Netherlands and its various regions.
• History of Mapping the Civil War 
  From the Library of Congress.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Introduction to Manhattan Timeformations  ~ New York
  Maps Manhattan's Skyscrapper district through time.
• Irish Townland Maps 
  Ordnance Survey maps of Ireland, surveyed between 1829 and 1843.
• 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.
• John Speed 
  Online images of John Speed's 17th century maps of the United Kingdom.
• Keokuk County, Iowa 1861 Maps 
• Keokuk County, Iowa 1875 Map 
• Key Names 
  A gazetteer of the islands of the Florida Keys.
• 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 
• Landgate  ~ Western Australia
  • Historical Records 
    Ownership records dating back to the beginning of the settlement of the State.
  • Western Australian Place Names and Addressing 
• Lincoln County Place Names  ~ Oregon
• London Place Names 
• 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 
• Luxembourg gazetteer of villages and towns 
• 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.
• Map 1797 - Plan of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk by William Faden  ~ England
• Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920 
  A book by William Thorndale and William Dollarhide.
• Map of John Snow's London in 1859 
• Map of Scottish Clans 
• Map of Vanished Villages in Norfolk  ~ England
• Map List 
  For Germany from WorldGenWeb.
• Map Reference 
  Compiled listing of non-printed reference material on the subject of historical maps & cartography.
• Maps  ~ Scotland
  From Ayrshire Roots.
• Maps of Belarus 
• Maps of Hungary, 1900 
• Maps of Indiana Counties in 1876 
  A book by Indiana Historical Society.
• Maps of Liberia 1830-1870 
  From the Library of Congress.
• Maps of Lithuania 
• Maps of Moldova 
• Maps of United States National Parks and Monuments  ~ United States
• Maps of Northern Kentucky 
• Maps of Poland 
• Maps of Ukraine 
• Maps & Plans 
  From the National Archives of Scotland.
• 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.
• Mecklenburg Gazetteer & 1819 Census Guide  ~ Germany
  Genealogical guide for research in Mecklenburg. Includes gazetteer of all place names in Mecklenburg.
• Meyers Orts- und Verkehrs-Lexikon des Deutschen Reichs 
  A book by Raymond Wright III.
• 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 
• New Orleans Historical Maps and Panoramas 
• New Orleans Ward Boundaries, 1805-1880  ~ Louisiana
• New York State Historical Maps 
• Norfolk and Suffolk Place-Names 
• Norfolk Map from 1830 
• 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 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 Kansas Area Maps 
• Old Maps of the Channel Islands 
• Old Sussex Mapped  ~ England
  Two centuries of Sussex county maps.
• Online Historical Map Digitization Project  
  Maps, gazetteers and atlases for Saskatchewan.
• 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.
• Origins Genealogy Book Store: Historic Maps and Atlases of Germany 
• Origins Genealogy Book Store: Maps and Atlases 
• Origins Genealogy Book Store: Present Day Maps and Atlases of Germany 
• OSSHE Historical & Cultural Atlas Resource 
• Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia (1910) / Austria-Hungary (1910) 
  Variously scaled maps of the Empire as it was in 1910.
• Panoramic Maps Collection 
  From the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.
• People and Places: Gazetteer of Hamilton County, TX 
• Pigot's and Slater's Topography of the British Isles 
  For selected locations.
• 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 Names Database of EKI 
  Estonian gazetteer.
• Place Name Servers on the Internet 
  World place locator page with links to online gazeteers, maps & place locators.
• Plans de Paris / Maps of Paris 
• 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.
• Poor Law Union Map of Ireland 
  Marking workhouses both before and after 1849.
• Poor Law Union Maps  ~ United Kingdom
• Population Change in Welsh Civil Parishes, 1901-1911  ~ Wales
• 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.
• ProGenealogists, Inc.: Danish Maps  ~ Denmark
  Genealogical maps of Denmark showing counties and regions at different points in time.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps 
  A description from the Earth Sciences and Map Library at the University of California at Berkeley.
• 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.
• 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.
• SOL - Svenskt ortnamnslexikon /Swedish Placenames Lexicon  ~ Sweden
  Entries identify the type of place, the parish, jurisdictional district and district.
• South East California 1922 Map 
• Statens Kartverk - Norwegian Mapping Authority  ~ Norway
  Free search site for place names and addresses in Norway combined with maps in different scales.
• Street Map of Central Birmingham, 1861  ~ England
  With clickable features linking to pictures and additional information on buildings of interest.
• The Swedish Gazetteer 
  Search 60,000 placenames in Sweden.
• 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.
• 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.
• Tribal Migrations East of the Mississippi 
  Charts the migrations of Linguistic Stocks of the Muskhogean, Proto-Muskhogean, Siouan, Iroquoian, Algonquain & Caddoan Tribes.
• 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.
• The UK Street Map Page 
  Gazetteer and map reference for London and the UK.
• U.S. Territorial Maps 1775-1920 
• 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.
• United States Military Academy (West Point) - Department of History - Map Library 
  Online archive of historic maps depicting wars, war zones and battlefields.
• Wapello County 1922 Plat Maps 
• Wapello County, Iowa 1875 Map 
• Warwickshire 1888 Map  ~ England
• 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 

Interactive Online Map Creation

• 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.
• MapaPolski/Map of Poland 
  This map site allows researchers to towns in Poland.
• MapBlast! 
  Create detailed street maps.
• MapQuest! 
  Interactive atlas for U.S. streets and more.
• Microsoft Expedia Maps 
• 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.
• 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.
• Ukrainian Road Map 

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.
• 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.
• Harvard Map Collection 
• Heritage Map Museum Home Page 
  Antique maps from 15th to 19th century.
• 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 Libraries on the World Wide Web - List from the John R. Borchert Map Library, Univ. of Minnesota 
• Maps 
  Held by the Wyoming State Archives.
• Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education 
  University of Southern Maine, Portland.
• Matthew Flinders Collection 
  Matthew Flinders circumnavigated and charted Australia.
• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection 
  From The University of Texas at Austin.
  • Africa Maps 
  • Asia Maps 
  • Europe Maps 
  • 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 

Local Boundary Resources

• 1805 Orleans Territory Map 
• 1841 Town Tithe Map  ~ Bradford On Avon, Somerset, England
• 1886 Map  ~ Bradford On Avon, Somerset, England
• 1927 Maps of Southeast Saskatchewan  ~ Canada
  Showing location of old schools, churches, coal mines & more.
• 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.
• Alabama Maps 
  Free downloadable maps covering numerous topics for the state of Alabama.
  • Historical Map Archive 
• Atlas of Historical County Boundaries 
  From the Newberry Library.
• Atlas of Oregon 
  A book by William G. Loy.
• Atlas of Oregon CD-ROM 
• Boundaries of the United States and the Several States  with an animated GIF map of the Settlement of the United States 
• 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 
• 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
• Counties of England, Scotland and Wales Prior to the 1974 Boundary Changes 
• County Lookup 
  Searchable database for U.S. counties.
• County Map of Missouri 
  From the Missouri State Archives.
• County Map of Scotland 
  From the GENUKI web site for Scotland.
• 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.
• 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.
• Framland Hundred  ~ Leicestershire, England
  Village maps & directory listings.
• Graphical Display of the Federal Township and Range System  ~ U.S.
  Explains the division of townships and sections.
• Herefordshire Field Names Database  ~ England
  Online searchable database.
• Historical Commission Place Name Search  ~ Jefferson County, Colorado
  Online searchable database.
• Historical County Lines 
• Illinois County Boundaries 1790 - Present 
  Series of maps showing the development of Illinois counties from 1790 to present.
• 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.
• Leitrim-Roscommon Map Collection  ~ Ireland
  Maps that display the Parishes, Baronies and Poor Law Unions for these two counties.
• Louisiana Map Collection 
  From the New Orleans Public Library.
• 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.
• 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 the United States: Ancestry Maps 
  From the University of Minnesota. Displays 1990 census data for self-reported ancestry background by county.
  • Arab 
  • Asian 
  • Austrian 
  • Belgian </