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I don’t know why but, ever since I was a child I have loved maps. If pushed, I could probably psychoanalyze the reason maps interest me so; however, I prefer to stay naive on the issue and simply continue to Continue reading An Atlas of Trails West of the Mississippi River
Many years have passed since North America has seen any of its national boundaries change. Most of the World has proven less stable of recent decades. Even Europe has seen its share of change. World history is wroth with the Continue reading Alsace-Lorraine: Atlantic Bridge to Germany
Google Maps for Android has made wayfinding inside twenty-two U.S.A. museums a lot easier. With indoor maps and walking directions for U.S.A. museums now available on your Android phone or tablet, you can easily plan your route from exhibit to Continue reading Find Your Way Around Over 20 Popular Museums & 10,000 Other Indoor Places with Google Maps for Android
Religion, politics, and economics along with, in some cases, and healthy sense of discovery and exploration drove people to the New World. Those same factors drove people, from the earliest colonial days, to move ever westward. Standing between the early Continue reading An Atlas of Southern Trails to the Mississippi
Map Guide to German Parish Registers: Kingdom of Bavaria II – Niederbayern II is the seventh of ten volumes covering Bavaria. This is also volume 20 of the now 41 total volumes in the Map Guide to German Parish Registers series. Continue reading Map Guide to German Parish Registers: Kingdom of Bavaria VII – Niederbayern II
Standing between many of the early American colonies and the majority of the continent were the Appalachians. The entire mountainous region was thick with tree and undergrowth, hillsides and rivers, breached only by the game trails of buffalo and game. Continue reading An Atlas of Appalachian Trails to the Ohio River
Map Guide to German Parish Registers: Kingdom of Bavaria V – Schwaben is the fifth of ten volumes covering Bavaria. This is also volume 18 of the now 41 total volumes in the Map Guide to German Parish Registers series. Continue reading Map Guide to German Parish Registers: Kingdom of Bavaria V – Schwaben
Land & Property Research in the United States by E. Wade Hone thoroughly examines the topic, helping researchers quickly determine the type of records available for a particular time and location. Readers will also learn technique to make better use Continue reading Land & Property Research in the United States
Map Guide to German Parish Registers: Kingdom of Prussia, Province of Rhineland III and Kingdom of Bavaria, Palatinate (Pfalz) is the third volume covering Rhineland. See the list below for all areas covered. This map guide provides an historical background Continue reading Map Guide to German Parish Registers: Rhineland III and Palatinate (Pfalz)
Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses 1790–1920 shows county outline maps at ten-year intervals. Effectively, a map of each state’s county lines at the time of each Federal census through 1920. The county has always been used as the Continue reading Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses 1790–1920
Since 1845 about a third of central and eastern Europe’s emigrants to other continents took passage from Hamburg, Germany. Hamburg is a key city in the densely populated and industrialized Nordrhein-Westfalen area of Germany. The Atlantic Bridge to Germany, Volume Continue reading The Atlantic Bridge to Germany: Nordrehin-Westfalen
You can literally put your family history on the map using Family Atlas. Created by the folks at RootsMagic, Family Atlas is a fun way to graphically show your family’s history. By easily importing your genealogy from RootsMagic, Legacy, Family Continue reading Put Your Family History on the Map
Few countries have as confusing a past as Germany. Over the centuries literally hundreds of small kingdoms and territories existed, swelling and falling through war and domination. Beginning as early as 843, larger territories were broken up into hundreds of Continue reading The Making of Germany, Maps and History
Baden is Germany’s tie to the Atlantic Ocean. Its people, religion, language, and even its borders have shifted over the centuries, but it has always played a vital role in Germany’s growth, development, and position in Europe. The overall shape Continue reading The Grand Duchy of Baden
Earlier in the week, we looked at a DVD from Lisa Louise Cook entitled Google Earth for Genealogy, Volume I. As mentioned, the DVD is part of a set. Here, we look at Volume II. One of the many great Continue reading Getting the Most, and Then a Little More, from Google Earth