Using Historic Maps for Genealogy and Family History

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  Historical Maps of Major U.S. Cities and More in New Online Tool

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  1836 map of New York City compared to modern satellite image, shown with each map in “spyglass” format. Image from David Rumsey Map Collection blog …

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  David Rumsey Shares Souvenir Map for Early Airline Passengers

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  A recent blog post at slate.com caught my eye because it features a map from the genealogists-love-it David Rumsey map collection. But what captured …

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  by | 12 Comments Premium Video: What's Changed at Google (log in required) One thing that never changes with Google is that it is constantly changing. …

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  14 Best Libraries for Genealogy via Brand New Pinterest Feature

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  Are you wondering how to find the best public libraries for genealogy research? Travel this very special map on my brand new Pinterest board, and …

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  The Genealogy Gems Podcast with Lisa Louise Cooke - Your Family History Show: Episode 98 The Journey Takers, New Sweepstakes, and Liquid Galaxy for Google Earth

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  Published Oct 7, 2010 Episode 98 - The Journey Takers Thank you to the Genealogy Bloggers who blogged about the new Google Earth for Genealogy Volume II …

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  The Growth of US Newspapers, 1690-2011

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  This animation is taken from the interactive data visualization of the Library of Congress' "Chronicling America" directory of US newspapers. It shows all newspapers in all languages published in the US from 1690 to 2011. View the full visualization at ruralwest.stanford.edu/​newspapers. Created by the Rural West Initiative of the Bill Lane Center for the American West, Stanford University. Visualization by Dan Chang, Krissy Clark, Yuankai Ge, Geoff McGhee, Yinfeng Qin and Jason Wang.