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GEOGRAPHICS - USA

Local
National
States

 

 

AniMap
Link - County Boundary Historical Atlas for Windows by Gold Bug
Link - Demo Download Page by Gold Bug

Local

Link - Geography Index
Link - USGENMAP (US Genealogy Map Project) ~ County Name to State Cross Reference
Link - U.S. Gazeteer ~ Listings by City or Zip Code ~ "This gazetteer is used to identify
places to view with the Tiger Map Server and obtain census data from the 1990 Census
Lookup server. You can search for places, counties or MCDs by entering the name and
state abbreviation (optional), or 5-digit zip code."

Link - Cities & Towns SEARCH Page ~ Library of Congress, American Memory
Link - Geographic Nameserver

Link - Almanac - States
GoTo: Virginia on this page

 

National

Link - American Memory Map Collection at The Library of Congress [Scroll Down]
Link - DMOZ Open Directory Project
Link - Eagle GeoCoder ~ Verify U.S. addresses, obtain census tract info, learn exact
latitude/longitude coordinates, MAP from Tiger database

Link - Historic Maps ~ Yahoo
Link - Maps On US ~ Guests can use the left side, without registering.
Link - American-Canadian Genealogical SocietyThe following is from an article in
Link - Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter, Vol. 4 No. 47 of Nov. 20, 1999, and is
copyright 1999 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of
the author. "The negative number indicates degrees West; the positive number indicates
the degrees North. The decimal portion can be converted to minutes by multiplying by 60.
Likewise, the decimal minutes can be converted to seconds by again multiplying by 60."

Migration
Link - Eastern Colonial Routes
Link - Great Philadelphia Wagon Road Map
Link - Oregon Trail Links

Link - Tiger Map Server Browser ~ Census
Link - TopoZone ~ Topographic Map
Link - U.S. Digital Map Library ~ USGenWeb Project ~ U.S. Maps, Indian Land Cessions
to the U.S., Treaty Maps, State and County Maps

USGS

Link - USGS National Mapping Information Home Page
GNIS (Geographic Names Information System)
Link - USGS GNIS
Index of U.S. & Territories
Link - GNIS ~ PlaceNames and Coordinates by Yale* University
Link - GNIS Query System. Find County, Cemetery, Post Office, etc.
Can use data elements from Yale* University's GNIS to make a LOCATIONS map.
Link - GNIS National Mapping Information

States

Link - USGS State Maps List ~ FTP Downloads

Land : Eastern States
Link - BLM (Bureau of Land Management), General Land Office
Link - Map Links
Link - U.S. 1895 Atlas ~ Individual States & Counties available
Link - U.S. Atlas & Map INDEX, 1895
U.S. Border/Land Claims ~ By Date or State

Link - USGENMAP (US Genealogy Map Project)
Link - Upper Ohio (River), The, 1753-1779 [includes Mason-Dixon Line]

 

Virginia

Counties
Link - Gen ~ Select A County + historical maps and more
Link - Virginia County Interactive Mapper, The,
by University of Virginia Library Geographic Information Center
Link - Virginia County 1895 Maps
Link - Geographics of Virginia ~ GMU (George Mason University)
Link - Mid-Atlantic Roots Network ~ Regional, SEARCH, State Pages, General,
Switchboard ~ DELAWARE, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, MARYLAND, NEW JERSEY,
NORTH CAROLINA, PENNSYLVANIA, VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA
Link - GenWeb
Link - GNIS SEARCH
RootsWeb
Link - Virginia Roots Network at RootsWeb
Link - Timeline

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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 10 September 2002
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