Walking With Your Ancestors
Walking With Your Ancestors: A Genealogist's Guide To Using Maps And Geography Melinda Kashuba,
Publisher: Family Tree Books
ISBN: 1558707301
Edition: Paperback; 2005-08-20
Summary:
From locating an ancestor's homesite and where records might be kept
to determining which route and roads forebears took when migrating
from one area to another, maps are common tools in tracing family
history. This book expands the reader's awareness of how maps and
other geographic resources, such as atlases, gazetteers, and global
positioning systems, will help them find their elusive ancestors.
Readers will learn how to: -Find historic maps that will help them in
their search -Locate obscure towns and villages -Determine shifting
boundary changes that can affect their research -Use maps and other
geographic tools to find cemeteries and ancestral homesites In
addition, this book is filled with practical examples for using maps
in genealogy. It's packed with map reproductions, giving readers
easy-to-follow instruction on getting the most out of maps to aid
them in the search for their ancestors.
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