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International
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International

Link - America, North ~ DMOZ Open Directory Project
Link - by Excite
Link - Expedia Maps
Link - FEEFHS ~ SEARCH
Link - FEEFHS ~ Map Room

GNIS (Geographic Names Information System) Index

Link - Index
Link - Mapping Information
Link - Global Gazeteer ~ Presentation Copyright 1998 by Carl Rosenberg
~ Worldwide Directory of Cities & Towns
Link - Genealogy Is ~ CDs
Link - GTN (Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names)
Link - GNS (GEOnet Names Server) & Geographic Data

Link - Maps and Atlases ~ General and Historical by Homework Central
Link - PCL (Perry Castañeda Library) Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
Link - Place Name Servers on the Internet ~ Arizona State University Libraries
Link - Shell GeoStar

Regional
Link - Regional ~ DMOZ Open Directory Project

Topographic
Link - MSN TerraServer Homepage
Link - TerraServer.com
Link - TopoZone ~ Topographic Map ~ Alaska & Puerto Rico coming soon

Link - Virtual Reference Desk by University of Delaware Library
Link - World and Its People, The ~ GINN
Link - World Map ~ Clickable
Link - Clickable Map of the World ~ Clickable Map Pages Index, Flags of International Organisations
~ FOTW (Flags of the World)

 

Regions

America, North
America, North : Canada
USA-Geographics page
Australia
Europe
Europe : Belgium Area
Europe : Germany
Europe : Luxembourg
Europe : Netherlands
Europe : United Kingdom
Europe : UK : England
Europe : UK : Ireland
New Zealand

 

America, North

Link - America, North ~ DMOZ Open Directory Project

U.S. & CANADA
Link - 1847-1929 US and Canada Panoramic Maps ~ Cities and Towns

 

America, North : Canada

Link - CGNDB (Canadian Geographic Names Database)
Canadian Geographic
Link - Online
Link - Finding Your Way Into the Millennium ~ Click on the date it will show you the changing boundaries from
1700 to the present time. There is also text outlining the history of each period.
Link - NB_County_Division (New Brunswick) ~ Also a Map
Link - 1847-1929 US and Canada Panoramic Maps ~ Cities and Towns

Australia

Link - Geographic Place Names Gazeteer

 

Europe

Link - Principal Seats of War, 1788-1815 States
Link - Principal Seats of War, 1788-1815 (Russia, Napoleon Maps ~ 1812)
Link - Shell GeoStar

CENTRAL
Link - 980 A.D. - 1871 A.D.
Link - about 1648 ~ Ancestry.com

CENTRAL & WESTERN
Link - Central & Western Europe, 1815

EAST
Link - FEEFHS (Federation of East European Family History Societies)
Organizations
Link - FEEFHS Front Page (Federation of East European Families Historical Societies)

SOUTH EASTERN
Link - Historical Maps of Southeast Europe, 900-1881
Organizations

Link - Carpatho-Russyn Society ~ Carpatho-Rusyn, who have inhabited their corner of
southeastern Europe for centuries under the shifting tides of fortune for the Ukrainian, Polish,
Czech and other governments which have controlled portions of their habitation

 

Europe : Belgium Area

Belgian Graphics Page [Old Town Maps, etc.]
Local : Brabant

Link - Historical Brabant (& Tournai) Maps
Local : West Flanders
Link - Genealogy in Zieeuws-Vlaanderen ~ Histories, Calendars, Maps, Links
Link - Belgium Map ~ PCL
Link - Overview ~ Clickable map, general info, visiting Belgium, cities and regions,
news and information services, network services, other Belgian overview pages,...

 

Europe : Germany

Link - City ~ FALK Stadtpläne
Link - Travel ~ Excite

Europe : Luxembourg

Link - Luxembourg gazetteer of villages and towns

 

Europe : Netherlands

Link - Netherlands Map ~ Encyclopædia Britannica
Link - Netherlands Map ~ PCL
Link - NETHERLANDS ~ Regionale Sites ~ Surname Index & SEARCH
Link - Oddens Bookmarks ~ SEARCH, Cartographic, Links, etc.
Link - Dutch City Maps of the Blaeu's Toonneel der Steden from 1652
Link - Historic Maps of Dutch Cartographers
Link - Begijnhoven in Vlaanderen

 

Europe : United Kingdom

Link - Get-A-Map or Link - Multi-Map
Link - Multi-Map.com
Link - Street Map
Link - LRM Names Input Page ~ Landranger SEARCHable Index ~ British Ordnance Survey ~ an accurate map reference and a choice of places with that name, referring to specific sheets of the map. It may be necessary to play with various spellings and abbreviations The references relate back to the Landranger series of maps that cover all of England, Scotland and Wales to a metricated to 1:50,000 (4cm to 1km, or 2.5 inches to 1 mile) scale

 

Europe : UK : England

Link - Map of London, 1827
Link - UK Street Map Page

Local : Lincolnshire
Link - Lincolnshire Gazetteer

 

Europe : UK : Ireland

Link - IreAtlas ~ Townland Search Form
Link - Ireland History in Maps
Link - Maps of Ireland ~ Map Center ~ see the pull-down menu for the British Isles ~ Ancestry.com
Link - PLACENAMES, Meanings of
Link - Western Ireland, 1691 ~ Ancestry.com

Link - Irish Tourist Board International Office Network

MAPS : 17th + 18th centuries
Link - Irish Maps of the 17th, 18th, and 19th Century
Link - Historic Towns Atlas
Link - Ordnance Survey - Historical Mapping from RallyMaps
Link - Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland
Link - Kennys Irish Map Shop

 

New Zealand

Link - Geographic Place-Names Database

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This page has been compiled by Flo. Day until 30 April 2000
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when she discontinued this set of pages for personal reasons.
Last updated 24 Apr 2000
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