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• 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.

  • Avoid Detours with Historical Maps

    Article by Juliana Smith.

  • Building A Locality File

    Article by Juliana Smith.

  • Mapping Your Ancestors: Using Maps in Genealogical Research

    Article by Curt B. Witcher.

  • Using Ancestry: The Value of Gazetteers

    Article by George G. Morgan.

  • Using Maps and Gazetteers in Your Research

    Article by Juliana Smith.

• 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.

• Place Your Ancestors: Your Guide to Using Atlases, Maps & Gazetteers

  A guide to help you locate and use maps, atlases and gazetteers in your genealogical research.

• Using Maps in Genealogy

  From the USGS Mapping Applications Center.